THE FIRST PAGE
THE FIRST PAGE
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 First Page: Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States
EMILE BADARIN
Using Palastine as a case study, this book examines how recognition politics operate to legitimise long-standing colonial power structures.
The First Page: And Salt the Earth Behind
SOUL MILES
How can we identify Eugenics in its contemporary guises and disguises? A critical look at Eugenics as a ‘design project’.
The First Page: Emigrant Soldiers
SELENA DALY
Over 300,000 Italian men returned to Italy from abroad during World War I to perform their conscripted military service. What happened to them following their arrival and once the war had ended?
The First Page: ARTMargins
MAJA & REUBEN FOWKES
A special issue of journal ARTMargins that investigates the records of the transformation of nature in socialist art history.
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.
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.
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.
The First Pages on Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds
MARIO GRAÑA TABORELLI, ADRIAN MASTER
In their books, Jurisdictional Battlefields and We, the King, both authors examine the political culture in the Iberian Empire and reveal the existence of dialogue where we least expect it.
The First Page: Time and Power in Azraq Refugee Camp
MELISSA GATTER
Challenging the perceptions of Azraq as the ‘ideal’ refugee camp, where mundane bureaucratic procedures create a power system that surpresses instead of aiding refugees.
The First Page: Medieval Twitter
ALICIA SPENCER-HALL
This monograph offers a provocative medieval(ist) reading of Twitter’s premature demise, and Elon Musk’s medievalism.
The First Page: To See In The Dark
NICHOLAS MIRZOEFF
An analysis of how the videos and photos, shared on social media by young people in Gaza, enabled a profound switch in public opinion.
The First Page: Practices, Education and Technology in Audiovisual Translation
ALEJANDRO BOLAÑOS GARCÍA-ESCRIBANO
What is the future of audiovisual translation and how do digital technologies shape the intersection of education and technology?
The First Page: Song in the Novel
JENNIFER RUSHWORTH, HANNAH SCOTT, BARRY IFE
Investigating the variety of types of songs present in novels. What are their function, and what makes them important for plot, character and setting?
The First Page: Proust’s Songbook
JENNIFER RUSHWORTH
What is the role of songs in Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu? And how did Proust drew inspiration from contemporary composers and theorists of song?
The First Page: Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Short Fiction
ANA CLÁUDIA SURIANI DA SILVA ET AL
An anthology of short fiction from established and emerging Afro-Brazilian voices that responds to a growing demand for Afro-descendant literature.
The First Page: ‘Am I Less British?’
DOĞUŞ ŞIMŞEK
How do children living in North London, whose parents migrated from Turkey, position themselves within a range of locations? And what sense of identity, belonging and transnational experiences do they have?
The First Page: Intelligent Computing for Cultural Heritage
XIAOGUANG WANG, MARCIA LEI ZENG ET AL
This edited volume offers a global perspective on the latest advancements and trends in digital humanities and intelligent computing of cultural heritage
The First Page: Schooling for Refugee Children
ELEANORE HARGREAVES, BRIAN LALLY ET AL
This collaboration between five authors explores their interactions with refugee children whose experiences are expressed through their own words and drawings.
The First Page: Contemporary Dance Festivals in the Former Yugoslav Space
ALEXANDRA BAYBUTT
Baybutt expands the understanding of conditions defining the creation and circulation of contemporary dance that differ across Europe and focuses on festival-making in the Balkan region.
The First Page: Into the Continent
EMILY MCGIFFIN
In her poetry, McGiffin explores the ongoing violence, destruction, and loss wrought by colonialism and capitalist extraction across time and reminds us that we live in a world shaped by the past.
The First Page: German-Jewish Life Writing in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
HELEN FINCH
How did German-speaking Holocaust survivors pursue literary careers in an often-indifferent postwar society? And how did their literary life writings reflect their postwar struggles?
The First Page: Home After Fascism by Anna Koch
ANNA KOCH
In April 1945, Thomas Geve, a fifteen-year-old former inmate of Buchenwald concentration camp, drew a picture book depicting his experiences.