This special issue of the Journal of Romanian Studies, Heroes or Villains? Democracy, Discourse, and New Actors in Romanian Politics, offers a focused examination of Romania’s rapidly shifting political landscape during the 2024–2025 elections.
British Society in Crisis by Neville Kirk
Britain experienced continual crises from the 1970s to Brexit in 2016. Neville Kirk's new publication British Society and its Three Crises: From 1970s Globalisation, to the Financial Crash of 2007-8 and the onset of Brexit in 2016 is an innovative and comprehensive study which pays special attention to three combined crises: the development of neo-liberal … Continue reading
Walking as Methodology: Tracing post-conflict Belfast on foot
Only 20 years old when she first set foot on Northern Irish soil as part of a university exchange, Elizabeth DeYoung (now Dr. DeYoung) spent months getting accustomed to the paths, people, and pubs of Belfast. It wasn’t until her return, years later, during a chance conversation with an old landlord, that she learned of … Continue reading
Introducing ‘Sociolinguistic Methodologies at a Crossroads: Innovations from the Postgraduate Community’: A Modern Languages Open Special Collection
This month sees the launch of a new special collection on Modern Languages Open that rethinks methodological approaches in sociolinguistics since Covid 19. The collection includes cutting-edge contributions from the postgraduate community that explore novel ways of applying research methods in a rapidly evolving research climate. Here, the co-editors of the collection, Nicola Bermingham, Stefania Tufi, and Claire Nance explain the research context and thinking that informs this collection of essays.
Q&A With Nikolaj Lübecker: Author of Twenty-First-Century Symbolism
In an exclusive Q&A for Liverpool University Press, Lübecker chats to us about his latest book, reading nineteenth-century French poetry with a philosophical corpus, as well as his concerns for the visual.
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