Tamesis and the Thames
November 23, 2023
Guest post by Stephen M. Hart who joined UCL in 1998 and was invited to take up the post of General Editor of Tamesis the following year. He is UCL’s… READ MORE
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Spain’s Planet King
November 22, 2023
Guest post written by Alexander W. Samson, Reader in Early Modern Studies at University College London. If Philip IV was a dumbfounded king, as he is dubbed by Imanol Uribe’s… READ MORE
#SpeakingUp on Affirmative Action and the Hidden Hand of University Governance
November 14, 2023
Guest Post by Donna Nicol, author of the forthcoming book Black Woman On Board published by University of Rochester Press. Two consequential propositions (denying services to undocumented immigrants and banning… READ MORE
To Live As If The Two Worlds Are One
November 9, 2023
Guest post written by ANNE-MARIE STORRS, the author of The Spiritual Consciousness of Carmen Martín Gaite. Reading Carmen Martín Gaite’s novel Nubosidad variable shortly after it was published in 1992,… READ MORE
The Spanish Romantics and the memory of Al-Andalus
November 6, 2023
Guest post written by Daniel Muñoz Sempere, a Ramón y Cajal postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cádiz. The fights over memory that often dominate the headlines in Spanish politics… READ MORE
Books to look out for in November 2023
November 2, 2023
Have the urge to find your next book? Browse our November releases for inspiration! First, we introduce Modeling Motherhood in Weimar Germany which delves into how women writers in Weimar… READ MORE
The History of a Revolutionary Era Through the Biography of a Harp
October 27, 2023
In 2014, while selecting instruments for the new permanent exhibition of musical instruments at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, I came across a harp bearing the signature ‘Sebastian Erard’s //… READ MORE
The Making of Masquerades in African Society
October 20, 2023
It started with a conversation on a train. Harrie Leyten had invited me for a guest lecture as part of his course on African Art at Nijmegen University, and we… READ MORE
Why publish Open Access? Humanities researchers share their stories
October 19, 2023
There are lots of reasons why humanities scholars may choose to publish Open Access (OA). We asked the authors and editors of our most-read OA titles to share their stories.
Uncovering Newsprint Literature in West Africa
October 15, 2023
I have been fascinated by Onitsha market literature ever since completing my PhD on West African popular literature. Written by local authors and published on presses in eastern Nigeria between… READ MORE
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