October 31, 2018
In early modern England death was a pervasive shadow during everyday life. The departed were often honored in songs, or elegies. Music historian K. Dawn Grapes looks at the musical… READ MORE
October 25, 2018
Why in the Age of Enlightenment, a time of “sober rationalism”, did ghost stories flourish in Scotland? Martha McGill’s new book examines this apparent contradiction and the reasons behind it,… READ MORE
October 22, 2018
The American composer Julius Eastman (1940-1990) has “entered the canon.” Since that joyous 2016 headline in the New York Times, Eastman’s compositions have found a home with the venerable classical… READ MORE
October 19, 2018
Camden House is pleased to announce a new book series that seeks to publish monographs and edited collections dedicated to women and gender in German Studies. We are particularly interested… READ MORE
October 17, 2018
To mark the publication in paperback of her acclaimed book Socialising the Child in Late Medieval England (York Medieval Press), Dr Merridee Bailey (Associate Member of the Faculty of History,… READ MORE
October 12, 2018
To follow up Wednesday’s behind-the-scenes interview with the editors of Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 US Presidential Election, here’s a sneak peek into the… READ MORE
October 10, 2018
Christine A. Kray, Tamar W. Carroll, and Hinda Mandell, editors of the just-published Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 US Presidential Election (University of Rochester… READ MORE
October 5, 2018
Gustavo San Román is in Montevideo on research leave from the University of St Andrews to work on Uruguayan literature and culture, as he has done throughout his career. Here… READ MORE
October 4, 2018
Looking for a new Boydell book this month? From the presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to the various stages of the European Romantic period, we round up… READ MORE
Q&A with Seth Peabody: Exploring German Film History