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Jazz in Europe provides a detailed record of how «new» (American) music evolved on the «old» (European) continent. The «chroniclers» explore the history of jazz in individual European countries from a local perspective, with each author contributing a unique bird’s-eye view of their particular context. This comprehensive analysis of the origins and dissemination of jazz… Continue reading New publication: Jazz in Europe
This book argues that the «international community» created and managed the dysfunctional state of Bosnia and Herzegovina by effectively rewarding ethnic cleansing, drawing up a transitional constitution which, in turn, generated a complex ethnifying polity incapable of independent reform. This constitution, which was only added as an annex to the Dayton Peace Agreement, has continued… Continue reading New publication: The Disintegration of Bosnia and Herzegovina
**Reminder: Deadline on 31 July 2018** Peter Lang Oxford is delighted to announce the 2018 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in Comparative Literature. Proposals are invited from early career scholars in Comparative Literature for academic monographs to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board. The winner of the competition will receive a contract to publish… Continue reading Calling all recent PhDs in #complit! One week left to apply! #competition #comparativeliterature @bclapostgrad
The English Language and Foundation Studies Centre will be launching two new books by ELFSC staff. Among them is Unbridling the Western Film Auteur, edited by Emma Hamilton and Alistair Rolls. The book renders a complex portrait of the Western auteur by considering the genre in a transnational context. It proposes that narrow views of auteurism should… Continue reading Book launch: Unbridling the Western Film Auteur
From the Amesbury Museum and Heritage Trust Facebook Page: Great news internationally for Amesbury of a new Documentary on Blick Mead from our good friend Archaeologist David Jacques. I am very pleased to pass on that I am in advanced negotiations with Discovery Channel/ Channel 4 to make a dedicated hour long documentary on our work at Blick… Continue reading Blick Mead likely to Be turned into a documentary
Originally posted on the Embassy of the Czech Republic's website On July 4 the Embassy of the Czech Republic hosted the launch of Anna Rosenbaum's book The Safe House Down Under, the story of Australia's immigration policy towards the admission of Czechoslovak refugees trying to escape the Nazi regime. Ondřej Boháč, Chargé d´Affaires a.i. of… Continue reading Book Launch: Anna Rosenbaum’s ‘The Safe House Down Under’ at the Embassy of the Czech Republic
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