Afterword
ZOLTÁN KÉKESI
After one year of writing about London and Memory, the series ‘Other Cities: London Memoryscape’ is coming to end with a look back by the series’s editor.
The First Page: Out of Gaza
KATHARINA GALOR
The story of a friendship between the author, an Israeli Jewish scholar, and Dima Mansour, a young Palestinian held in a Belgian detention centre.
The First Page: Critical Games
TIM BEASLEY-MURRAY
An exploration of the games we play (whether we know it or not), the ways we play them (for fun, but also to win, and to gain approval from others), and what happens when they get out of hand.
The First Page: Pioneering Women Archivists
ELIZABETH SHEPHERD
The story of four remarkable women who laid the foundations of English local archives in the early twentieth century: Ethel Stokes, Lilian Redstone, Catherine Jamison and Joan Wake.
The First Pages: Galaxies
RICHARD ELLIS, OR GRAUR
Two first pages by two renowned astrophysicists. The one, a semi-autobiographical account of a career studying distant galaxies. The other, an overview of the history and physics of galaxies.
The Languages of the Future Conference
FLORA SAGERS & JOSH WEEKS
The guest-editors of this journal issue look back on the conference they organised at the IAS in June 2025 which formed the foundation for this issue.
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NELLI SHKARUPINA, RENATE LURDESA BAUMANE
What constitutes an archive?
This piece examines architecture as a political medium, a form of geopolitical memory and propaganda, and an alternative form of archive.
Reclaiming Chersonese
NELLI SHKARUPINA, RENATE LURDESA BAUMANE
What constitutes an archive?
This piece examines architecture as a political medium, a form of geopolitical memory and propaganda, and an alternative form of archive.
EDITORIAL
FLORA SAGERS & JOSH WEEKS
The guest-editors of this Think Pieces journal issue introduce the theme, Languages of the Future, and provide an overview of the wide-ranging contributions.
Blood Cells in Crosstalk
MALLIKA SEKHAR
What language do the red and white blood cells in our bodies speak? The manga turned anime, Cells at Work! and Cells at Work! Code Black, features anthropomorphised cells of the human body and might give us a clue.
Language that Diminishes the Future
JINZHAO KAN
What does language convey, and what does it accomplish? An analysis of the clinical dialogue in Sarah Kane’s play 4.48 Psychosis and the reversal of its language between psychiatrist and patient.
When the Footnote Fails
ISHAN TRIPATHI
Can we imagine scholarly discourse without the footnote? Maybe not. But what if the footnote as a language has failed and in its place appears… the internet meme?
Libraries of the Future
FLICK KEMP
How can we ensure that libraries are not just keepers of knowledge, past and present, but a place where futures are nurtured? An exploration of the potential that libraries hold, deny and could have.
Architecture as a Manifesto
NELLI SHKARUPINA
What role did the manifesto play in architect Bernard Tschumi’s work? And what role did his work play in the development of the (architectural) manifesto?
Non-human Poetry: Eighty Days
MARILYN ALLEN
What happens when we collaborate with a non-human on the creation of poetry?
Teaching French, not French Toast
DANY JACOBS
How do you teach French in a country where French toast is more popular than French? A reflection on the decay of multilingualism.