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This interview explores how Christine of France used Baroque court spectacles to shape political authority, global imagination, and cultures of consumption.
May 8, 2026
Read more: Q&A with the author of Performing Worlds at the Baroque Court of Christine of France

Q&A with Belal Abu-Alabbas, author of Al-Bukhārī

Belal Abu-Alabbas explores the making of the first comprehensive critical biography of Muhammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: From William Still’s Underground Railroad Records to Digital Analysis

Jeremy Mennis and Nilgun Anadolu-Okur trace the journey of William Still’s 19th century Underground Railroad records into their 21st century digital forms.

Profile half-length photograph of a man facing to the left wearing a dark jacket and tie, holding a cigarette in his hand, with a white handkerchief in his jacket breast pocket. The man has a prominent straight nose, slicked back hair and his tie forms a slight arch from the knot. In the background, on the left side of the image, there is another half-length frontal portrait of a man. He has white hair, also wears a jacket and tie, is looking to the right, and is smiling.

Q&A: ‘Wladzio D´Attainville and the House of Balenciaga (1924–1948)’

Ana Balda uncovers Wladzio D’Attainville's crucial impact on Cristóbal Balenciaga's fashion empire.

Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids

Tales of courtly intrigue, moral testing, romance and reversals of fortune from a rare Persian manuscript…

6 things worth knowing about Jews and Muslims in the Maghreb

Marta Domínguez Díaz explores the intertwined lives of Iberian Muslims and Jews exiled to the Maghrib.

A sepia-toned 18th-century printed broadside titled “TRANSPORTED FOR SEDITION.” The design features ornate borders and three oval engravings of men in period clothing holding papers. Text around the portraits names individuals convicted of sedition and sentenced to transportation (penal exile), including references to courts and dates in the early 1800s. The overall style is decorative and historical, resembling a political or legal proclamation from Britain.

The Scottish Martyrs and the antagonisms between Scots Law and British penal practice

Editors introduce their article on the Scottish Martyrs, which was the runner up in the SHR’s inaugural Early Career Researcher prize (Published in the journal’s December 2025 issue)

Stone statue viewed from behind beneath tall Gothic arches and dark stone columns, framing a bright blue sky with clouds

The Future of Scottish Higher Education

Purpose, Freedom, and Sustainability
(Special Edition of Scottish Affairs)

Emperor Justinian and court officials in a colourful mosaic, Gothic soldiers on the left side.

Barbarians as the Religious Other in the Late Roman World: Q&A with the author

by Maijastina Kahlos Tell us a bit about Barbarians as the Religious Other in the Late Roman World My book examines how Roman identity was redefined during two major transformations of Late Antiquity: the Christianisation of imperial power and the…

Celebrating Libraries, Archives and Natural History

Discover a cross-journal special feature from Library & Information History and Archives of Natural History.