Journals, Urban Studies

Informal rental housing in the global South: managing soft densification for sustainable neighbourhoods | IDPR 48.3 Featured Article

Informal rental housing is reshaping neighbourhoods across the global South. Drawing on research from Cape Town, this featured IDPR article explores how ‘soft densification’ can be better managed to support sustainable urban development. Free to read for a limited time.

Journals, Modern Languages

40th anniversary of Catalan Review: Explore free‑to‑read articles from the archive

Founded in 1986, Catalan Review has played a leading role in shaping international scholarship on Catalan culture for four decades. In this anniversary post, Editor William Viestenz looks back on the journal's development and introduces a selection of archive articles chosen by the editorial team and available free to read for a limited time.

Art, Journals

The Virgin with the Laughing Child: technical and art-historical analyses of an enigmatic fifteenth-century terracotta sculpture | Sculpture Journal 35.2 Featured Article

Sculpture Journal launches a new Featured Article series with an interdisciplinary study of a fifteenth-century terracotta sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum. In “The Virgin with the Laughing Child,” Charlotte Hubbard and colleagues combine archival and scientific analysis to explore authorship, manufacture, and context. Free to read for a limited time.