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HOROS: Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone

Read Thea Potter's blog post on her latest book 'Horos: Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone'.

Open Access Week 2020

On Open Access: Thoughts from our Authors

For Open Access Week 2020 we invited our authors to share their thoughts on the topics of equity, accessibility, open knowledge and open access publishing. Continue reading to find out what they had to say.

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News Flash: R. O. Blechman Turns Ninety!

The Brooklyn-born R. O. Blechman, Bob to his intimates, qualifies officially as a nonagenarian on October 1, 2020. This blog post, despite being candleless and cakefree, celebrates the occasion, with more than enough social distancing to satisfy the strictest epidemiologist.

Documentary Photography

Photography and Protest

Deborah Willis, Chair of Photography & Imaging at Tisch New York University and co-editor of 'Women and Migration', shares her powerful reflections about photography, history and protest in the context of the BLM demonstration taking place all around the world.

Author Posts

A Kids’ Book about Plague from a Bygone Century

Author Jan M. Ziolkowski considers the relationships between sickness, stories and sweetness in this discussion of children's book 'The Acrobat and the Angel' and its relationship to The Juggler of Notre Dame.

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A Charred Cathedral in Paris and A Modern Masterpiece in Glass: Le Jongleur de Notre Dame

Author Jan M. Ziokowski meditates on the relationship between glass, storytelling and hope.

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The Death of Tomie dePaola and the Juggler of Notre Dame

Jan Ziolkowski reflects on the life and work of American author and illustrator Tomie dePaola, particularly his affinity for the tale of the Juggler of Notre Dame.

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The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre

Florence Goyet discusses her global study of the classic short story, which examines the entire body of stories of five major authors: Maupassant, Chekhov, Verga, James and Akutagawa.

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Tony Curtis, “The Young Juggler”

Jan M. Ziolkowski explores the connections between Hollywood star Tony Curtis and the fable of the Juggler of Notre Dame.

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From Darkness to Light: Writers in Museums 1798-1898

'From Darkness to Light, Writers in Museums 1798-1898' explores the reaction of writers and artists to museums and galleries during the gradual introduction of electric light.

Changing the conversation around Existential Risk

On 'William Moorcroft, Potter: Individuality by Design'

Diachronic variation in the Omani Arabic vernacular of the al-‘Awabi district. From Carl Reinhardt (1894) to the present day

A Relational Realist Vision for Education Policy and Practice: The Functionalist Symbolic Reference of UK Governance Models

HOROS: Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone

On Open Access: Thoughts from our Authors

News Flash: R. O. Blechman Turns Ninety!

Photography and Protest

A Kids’ Book about Plague from a Bygone Century

A Charred Cathedral in Paris and A Modern Masterpiece in Glass: Le Jongleur de Notre Dame

The Death of Tomie dePaola and the Juggler of Notre Dame

The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre

Tony Curtis, “The Young Juggler”

From Darkness to Light: Writers in Museums 1798-1898