The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms by Katherine Bowers and Margarita Vaysman
Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across different media, from early pictorial art and epic oral narratives, through literature and visual arts, to film, music, and digital media. However, an understanding of what it means to “faithfully represent reality” is not universal; rather, it varies […]
Fashion Communications between Italy and China by Dr Gaoheng Zhang
In this in-depth study, author Gaoheng Zhang analyses the relationship between the Italian ready-to-wear fashion industry and the Chinese fast fashion industry, focussing on the 2000s and 2010s. Looking first at the communication of Italian fashion in China before examining the impact of Chinese migrants and Chinese fashion on the Italian fashion industry, the author […]
Italian Dumplings and Chinese Pizzas: Transcultural Food Mobilities by Dr. Gaoheng Zhang
Dr. Gaoheng Zhang, CES Affiliate and Associate Professor of Italian, has published a new monograph on food in Italy and China! Zhang shows how China-Italy food mobilities relayed in popular culture helped forge Chinese and Italians’ socioeconomic identities in recent decades by fundamentally shaping contemporary Chinese and Italian consumer cultures. This book addresses China-Italy food […]
Trans* Geschichten der Moderne: »Geschlechtsumwandlung« im 20. Jahrhundert und ihre kolonialen Geister by Dr. Jonah I. Garde
Dr. Jonah I. Garde’s book Trans* Geschichten der Moderne: »Geschlechtsumwandlung« im 20. Jahrhundert und ihre kolonialen Geister was published on June 17, 2025 by [transcript] Independent Academic Publishing. Wie ist Trans* Geschichte mit Modernität und Kolonialität verwoben? Jonah I. Garde zeigt, dass »Geschlechtsumwandlung« im frühen 20. Jahrhundert sowohl als Zeichen wissenschaftlichen Fortschritts galt als auch […]
Cartografias in/justas: representaciones culturales del espacio urbano y rural en la España contemporánea ed. by Dr. Monica Lopez Lerma
Cartografias in/justas: representaciones culturales del espacio urbano y rural en la España contemporánea, edited by Dr. Monica Lopez Lerma, was published by Comares Editorial on May 15, 2024. ¿Cómo se relaciona el espacio con la (in)justicia en la España contemporánea? ¿Cuáles son los límites y posibilidades de esta relación en la era del Antropoceno? Los capítulos de […]
Subject/Object and Beyond: Women in Early Modern France. Essays in Honour of Colette H. Winn ed. by Dr. Nancy Frelick and Dr. Edith Benkov
A collection of essays on early modern women from a collection of leading figures in the field. This edited volume was published by Iter Press in February 2024. Subject/Object and Beyond brings together essays by established and emerging scholars to honor the exceptionally rich contributions and career of scholar Colette H. Winn. It also celebrates […]
Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies 23(2) ed. by Dr. Ross King
Dr. Ross King recently edited a special issue of Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies entitled “Inter- and Intralingual Translation in the Sinographic Cosmopolis.” This special issue was published November 15, 2023.
The Crimean War and Cultural Memory: The War France Won and Forgot by Dr. Sima Godfrey
Sima Godfrey is an associate professor emerita of French at the University of British Columbia. Her book, The Crimean War and Cultural Memory: The War France Won and Forgot, was published in September 2023 by the University of Toronto Press. The Crimean War (1854–56) is widely considered the first modern war with its tactical use […]
The Interwar World ed. by Dr. Andrew Denning and Dr. Heidi J.S. Tworek
Dr. Andrew Denning and Dr. Heidi J.S. Tworek‘s edited volume The Interwar World was published August 29, 2023 by Routledge. The Interwar World collects an international group of over 50 contributors to discuss, analyze, and interpret this crucial period in twentieth-century history. A comprehensive understanding of the interwar era has been limited by Euro-American approaches […]
Anders als die Andern by Dr. Ervin Malakaj
Dr. Ervin Malakaj‘s book Anders als die Andern was published on August 1, 2023 by McGill-Queen’s University Press. Released in 1919, Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others) stunned audiences with its straightforward depiction of queer love. Supporters celebrated the film’s moving storyline, while conservative detractors succeeded in prohibiting public screenings. Banned and partially destroyed after the rise […]