Area Studies
Fairy Tales
Overturns traditional views of the origins of fairy tales and documents their actual origins and transmission.
Mystery of The Night Café
Explores the spiritual vision of Van Gogh’s painting The Night Café.
With an Iron Pen
A groundbreaking collection of forty-two Israeli poetic voices protesting the occupation of the West Bank.
Digital Diaspora
Traces the rise of black participation in cyberspace.
Latino Voices in New England
Compelling stories and striking photographs illustrate the challenges and highlights of Latino/a life in Portland, Maine.
The Mighty Scot
Turns a spotlight on the Victorian love affair with Scotland.
The Politics of Regime Structure Reform in Democracies
Analyzes initiatives aimed at reforming the electoral and government systems of Israel in comparison to other established democracies.
Excavating Victorians
How Victorians reacted to the new sciences of geology and archaeology.
Cholera and Nation
How cholera epidemics affected Victorian perceptions of the body and the nation.
Manly Leaders in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
Examines fantasies of charismatic, virile leaders in British literature from the 1790s to the 1840s.
White Horizon
From explorers’ accounts to boys’ adventure fiction, how Arctic exploration served as a metaphor for nation-building and empire in nineteenth-century Britain.
Water Resources and Inter-Riparian Relations in the Nile Basin
Argues for new water policies in the Nile River Basin.
Identity, Memory, and Diaspora
Offers a detailed picture of the lives of Cuban Americans through interviews with artists, writers, and philosophers.
Recasting Culture and Space in Iberian Contexts
Anthropological case studies of the interplay of space, culture, and power in Iberia since 1850.
Dante and Paul's "Five Words with Understanding"
Argues there is a program of five-word utterances that imitate fallen language in Dante’s Commedia.
From Divine to Human: Dante's Circle vs. Boccaccio's Parodic Centers
In Boccacio's Decameron, Cervigni sees a parodic echo of the circles of Dante's Divine Comedy, and asks whether Bocaccio envisions the voyage of the brigata as similar to Dante the Pilgrim's journey toward the center, first the abysmal center of Lucifer, then towards the highest center, God.
Poets on the Edge
Selections from twenty-seven Hebrew poets, many of whose poems appear here in English for the first time.
Spiritual Dimensions of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-I Nur
Essays on various facets of Nursi’s spirituality as portrayed in his Risale-i Nur.
Zionism
Traces the dialectical connections between Zionism’s past and present.
The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism
Explores the philosophical contributions and contemporary relevance of early German Romanticism.
Cuba
Internationally renowned scholars address the Cuban diaspora from multiple perspectives and locations.
Teacher and Comrade
A biographical/narrative study of oppression, racism, and resistance in twentieth-century South Africa through the life of Richard Dudley, a teacher/politico.
The Ravine
Fictional narrative of a young girl’s experiences at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
Sarah Kofman's Corpus
Draws connections between the life and writings of philosopher Sarah Kofman.
Imperialism and Human Rights
Looks at the language of rights used by diverse interest groups in British-colonized Nigeria.