Koutarcano
JOHN SABAPATHY
An experimental piece of writing that traces the histories of Crawford Lake, Ontario which became a site of unique significance for Canada and could have been for the Anthropocene.
Introduction
ABIGAIL BLEACH, CYDNEY PHILLIP
The former IAS Postdoctoral Fellows introduce their guest-edited series on Anthropocene Vernaculars which is based on their year-long research at the Institute.
The Roses of Versailles: Embodied Politics in Jacques Demy’s Lady Oscar
ALESSANDRA ALOISI
A fascinating critique of how Lady Oscar is portrayed in Jacques Demy’s film and how it has reimagined gender, class, and power.
The Roses of Versailles: Queer and Feminist Paladin, and Enemy of the Right
FRANCES CLEMENTE
Lady Oscar has moved from a feminist queer TV icon to become a lively character at the heart of contemporary Italian debates. Can fictional characters influence politics?
The Roses of Versailles: Lady Oscar – Shōjo Warrior at the Crossroads of S Relationships and Queer Desire
CHRISTINA PARTE
Cross-dressing, androgynous looking youth are a frequent feature in shōjo manga – manga for girls. But is it limited to the world of shōjo?
The Roses of Versailles: Introduction
PATRICK BRAY
This new three-part series approaches Lady Oscar, the main protagonist in Riyoko Ikeda’s manga The Rose of Versailles, from different perspectives: the shojo manga, Italian politics and the filmic version.
The First Page: Liberation Theology
PABLO BRADBURY, NIALL H.D. GERAGHTY
This new book reevaluates the legacy and significance of the liberation theology movement which emerged in the late twentieth century in Latin America.
Shocking the System
ROZANA HIMAZ, JOHN MARTIN
This conversation explores how a shock can affect people across their lifetime, across future generations, even across millions of years?
The First Page: Metropolitan Science
REBEKAH HIGGITT & JASMINE KILBURN-TOPPIN
New perspectives on the development of a scientific culture in London between 1600 and 1800.
The First Page: Master Peace
NIKOLAS KOSMATOPOULOS
The author argues that so-called experts, from violence researchers to peace professionals, often misrepresent and exacerbat the violence they claim to be tackling.
The First Page: Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought
CHLOE L. IRETON
A new book that maps the development of early modern Black thought about slavery and freedom in the sixteenth century.
Astonishing Things at the Royal Academy of Arts
PATRICK BRAY
The towering figure of intellectual and political life in much of nineteenth century France, Victor Hugo, had yet another, lesser known talent: drawing.
The Sun, the River and the Spirits
MAJA & REUBEN FOWKES, SAODAT ISMAILOVA
An interview with Uzbek filmmaker and artist Saodat Ismailova about her work and her time as IAS/SAVA Creative Fellow.
The First Page: The Overseer State
SASCHA AUERBACH
A new book that offer a new historical interpretation of late-stage slavery and its entanglement with the development of the modern state..
The First Page: Revisiting Childhood Resilience
WENDY SIMS-SCHOUTEN
Wendy Sims-Schouten draws upon data collected over a period of ten years; from and co-produced with children, young people and adults from marginalised communities.
Class, Memory, and the Narrative of Enlightenment
STEPHANIE BIRD, MARY FULBROOK ET AL
Members of the UCL Centre for Collective Violence, Holocaust and Genocide Studies reflect on the reminiscences of a former member of the Nazi League of German Girls.