Migration is one of the defining phenomena of the 21st century. At the same time, however, migration itself is being redefined by a wide range of cultural, social, and technological ...read more
This project aims to reveal the connections between linguistic patterns and text-historical developments in a corpus of metrical paratexts in Byzantine manuscripts, situating these connections in the historical context of ...read more
Epic poetry has traditionally been considered a male genre, written by and for men. This project seeks to contest this view by drawing attention to a corpus of epic poetry ...read more
Didactic poetry was a popular genre in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. After a lull in production between the 6th and 10th century, we see a resurgence of Greek didactic ...read more
What is the difference between magic and miracle? Scholars today believe that it is not possible to reach clear definitions of ‘magic’ and ‘miracle’ capable of answering that question: theoretically, ...read more
This project offers the first dedicated study of female-authored satire in Britain during an era often hailed as the Golden Age of Satire (ca. 1670-1760). Scholars of the long eighteenth ...read more
The early twentieth century saw the emergence of an avant-garde culture, which marked a turning point in the literary history of Spain. Until recently, the dominant approach to Spanish vanguard ...read more
This project studies the topics of vulnerability, violence and kinship, from a sensorial perspective, in five contemporary Mexican novels on migration: Señales que precederán al fin del mundo (Yuri Herrera), ...read more
Throughout history, artists have been captivated by the characters of classical mythology. As the youngest of the arts, one of the most lucrative contemporary entertainment industries and an influential socio-cultural ...read more