Ancient History & Classics, books, Enlightenment, Film studies, Journals, Literature, music, open access

Pride Month 2024 Reading List

This Pride Month, we've put together a selection of books and journal articles which can help us learn about queerness and queer representation - from Trans-ing the enlightenment to new translations of classic Latin American Literature.

History, music

“However little he or we may now understand it”: Historicizing Queer Musical Gossip

New from Clemson University Press, Imagining Musical Pasts: The Queer Literary Musicology of Vernon Lee, Rosa Newmarch, and Edward Prime-Stevenson  explores the complicated archive of sources, interpretations, and people present in queer writings on opera and symphonic music from ca. 1880–1935. In this blog post, author Kristin M. Franseen introduces her book's serious use of … Continue reading

Journals, Liverpool Interest, music, News

Special Preview: The Journal of Beatles Studies Spring/Autumn 2023 issue

Ahead of the Spring/Autumn 2023 issue of The Journal of Beatles Studies we bring you a special preview of its introduction, written by co-editors Holly Tessler and Paul Long. They reflect on the nature of Beatles Studies, seeking contributions from across the spectrum of Beatles scholarship, and the potential power of Open Access research to empower readers and contributors alike.

Film studies, Journals, music

Music, Sound, and the Moving Image: audiovisual essays as videographic film criticism

The editors of Music, Sound, and the Moving Image are delighted to announce a new initiative: the publication of double-anonymous peer-reviewed audiovisual essays in a free to read and audioview format. We hear from them how this ground-breaking initiative came about, as they also invite contributions in this format for publication in future issues.

Journals, Liverpool Interest, music, News

The Journal of Beatles Studies invites submissions for its second issue, to be published in Summer, 2023

The Journal of Beatles Studies invites submissions for its second issue, to be published in Summer, 2023.