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Anneliese Landau’s Life in Music

Anneliese Landau’s Life in Music

Today marks the 116th birthday of musicologist, lecturer, and promoter Anneliese Landau (1903-1991), who worked in early German radio, the Nazi-era Jewish Culture League, and the Jewish Centers Association in… READ MORE

Books to look out for in March 2019

Books to look out for in March 2019

Dominating this month’s releases is Malory’s Morte Darthur in a wave of fresh perspectives on the most important text of the middles ages. Explore the expansion of critical approaches in… READ MORE

Happy Birthday Sir Henry Wood!

Happy Birthday Sir Henry Wood!

“I shopped all morning. Ties, shoes, ordering a fresh supply of cigars and cigarettes, and my one vice – glacé stem ginger.”[1] This was the conductor Sir Henry Wood on… READ MORE

Material Enlightenment

Material Enlightenment

Dr Joanna Wharton’s new book looks at the writings and lives of five very different women – Anne Barbauld, Honora Edgeworth, Hannah More, Elizabeth Hamilton and Maria Edgeworth – whose… READ MORE

A Protestant Lord in James VI’s Scotland

A Protestant Lord in James VI’s Scotland

Reputed to be the richest earl in Scotland, George Keith, fifth Earl Marischal, is an outstanding example of long-term successful Protestant Lordship in a Scotland reeling from the consequences of… READ MORE

Call for Papers: German History in Context

Call for Papers: German History in Context

German History in Context accepts proposals for monographs and edited collections on all aspects of modern German history. We especially encourage submissions on any aspect of post-1945 cultural, political, and… READ MORE

Call for Papers: African Literature Today 38

Call for Papers: African Literature Today 38

Environmental Transformation in Literature and Criticism Papers are invited on the ways in which African environmental(ist) writing engages with major shifts in twenty-first-century thinking such as the announcement of the… READ MORE