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What triggers perceptions of racism in Heart of Darkness? A reader-response analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Mastropierro, L., & Conklin, K. (2023). What triggers perceptions of racism in Heart of Darkness? A reader-response analysis. Language and Literature, 32(4), 437-457. https://doi.org/10.1177/09639470231202263

This paper combines reader-response analysis and stylistic insights to investigate what may be triggering perceptions of racism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It presents the results of a survey that asked participants to read extracts from th... Read More about What triggers perceptions of racism in Heart of Darkness? A reader-response analysis.

Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging (2023)
Journal Article
Jewitt, S., Smallman-Raynor, M., McClaughlin, E., Clark, M., Dunham, S., Elliott, S., …Tarlinton, R. (2023). Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging. Heliyon, 9(9), Article E19211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19211

Understanding how smallscale (‘backyard’) poultry keepers interpret and respond to governmental directives designed to reduce the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is of paramount importance in preparing for future HPAI outbrea... Read More about Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging.

Rock is Dead, Long Live Rock: Quantum Archaeology in the Neolithic Present (2023)
Journal Article
Legendre, T. (2023). Rock is Dead, Long Live Rock: Quantum Archaeology in the Neolithic Present. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 9(1), 67-85. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.22418

Kilmartin Glen's rock art and built structures suggest activities dedicated to decentring human individuality and agency, paradoxically through heightened sensory experience. This process of "losing oneself" in time and place may be understood in ter... Read More about Rock is Dead, Long Live Rock: Quantum Archaeology in the Neolithic Present.

A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Clos, J., McClaughlin, E., Barnard, P., Tom, T., & Yajaman, S. (2023). A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress. In TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3597530

Online misinformation is a serious problem that can have a negative impact on individuals, societies, and democracies. It can lead to the spread of false information, the erosion of trust in institutions, and the polarisation of political discourse.... Read More about A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress.

Modernist nostalgia and contemporary Irish dance (2023)
Book Chapter
Collins, C. (2023). Modernist nostalgia and contemporary Irish dance. In A. Curtin, N. Johnson, N. Paxton, & C. Warden (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in Contemporary Theatre. Edinburgh University Press

UK Flockdown: Exploring the knowledge, attitudes and practices of backyard poultry keepers surrounding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (2023)
Working Paper
McClaughlin, E., Elliott, S., Jewitt, S., Smallman-Raynor, M., Dunham, S., Parnell, T., …Tarlinton, R. UK Flockdown: Exploring the knowledge, attitudes and practices of backyard poultry keepers surrounding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)

The scale of the current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) due to the A/H5N1 virus in the United Kingdom is unprecedented. In addition to its economic impact on the commercial poultry sector, the disease has devastated wild bird co... Read More about UK Flockdown: Exploring the knowledge, attitudes and practices of backyard poultry keepers surrounding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

Spring Fever (2023)
Book
Legendre, T. (2023). Spring Fever. Valley Press

Amanda Nigh has finally hit her stride. Working at HocusLocus, she recrafts digital content with viral potential while beta-testing radical new software and enjoying London nightlife. But then she discovers a strange story involving Craig Merleau, an... Read More about Spring Fever.

British India in the 1850s (2023)
Book Chapter
Ni Fhlathuin, M. (in press). British India in the 1850s. In Nineteenth-Century Literature in Transition: the 1850s. Cambridge University Press

Scandinavian Runes in England: Dating, Distribution, and Contexts (2023)
Book Chapter
Jesch, J. (in press). Scandinavian Runes in England: Dating, Distribution, and Contexts. In R. Dance, S. Pons-Sanz, & B. Schorn (Eds.), The Legacy of Medieval Scandinavian Encounters with England and the Insular World. Brepols Publishers

Understanding and appraising ‘hate speech’ (2023)
Journal Article
Vilar-Lluch, S. (2023). Understanding and appraising ‘hate speech’. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, 11(2), 279-306. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlac.00082.vil

Hate speech has become a matter of international concern, permeating institutional and lay discussions alike. Yet, exactly what it means to refer to a linguistic act as ‘hate speech’ remains unclear. This paper examines the lay understanding of hate... Read More about Understanding and appraising ‘hate speech’.

Trauma, Mind Style, and Unreliable Narration in Toni Morrison’s Home (2023)
Journal Article
Whitt, R. J. (2023). Trauma, Mind Style, and Unreliable Narration in Toni Morrison’s Home. Style, 57(2), 187–204. https://doi.org/10.5325/style.57.2.0187

This article provides a twofold reading of Toni Morrison's novel Home. In the first instance, the stylistic representation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is explored in relation to Frank's mind style; this is done through a focused examinat... Read More about Trauma, Mind Style, and Unreliable Narration in Toni Morrison’s Home.

Robert Henryson (2023)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. (2023). Robert Henryson. In J. Boffey, & A. Edwards (Eds.), The Oxford History of Poetry in English: Volume 3. Medieval Poetry: 1400-1500. Oxford University Press

What is Hate Speech? The Case for a Corpus Approach (2023)
Journal Article
Lepoutre, M., Vilar-Lluch, S., Borg, E., & Hansen, N. (2023). What is Hate Speech? The Case for a Corpus Approach. Criminal Law and Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-023-09675-7

Contemporary public discourse is saturated with speech that vilifies and incites hatred or violence against vulnerable groups. The term “hate speech” has emerged in legal circles and in ordinary language to refer to these communicative acts. But lega... Read More about What is Hate Speech? The Case for a Corpus Approach.

The language of vaccination campaigns during COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Vilar-Lluch, S., McClaughlin, E., Knight, D., Adolphs, S., & Nichele, E. (in press). The language of vaccination campaigns during COVID-19. Medical Humanities, 49(3), 487-496. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2022-012583

Understanding what makes communication effective when designing public health messages is of key importance. This applies in particular to vaccination campaigns, which aim to encourage vaccine uptake and respond to vaccine hesitancy and dispel any my... Read More about The language of vaccination campaigns during COVID-19.

The Labour of Theatre: 1900-1950 (2023)
Book Chapter
Sutherland, L. (in press). The Labour of Theatre: 1900-1950. In C. Cochrane, L. Goddard, C. Hindson, & T. Reid (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. Routledge

Modern tragedy (2023)
Book
Moran, J. (2023). Modern tragedy. Bloomsbury Publishing

What distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama? How does it relate to contemporary political and social conditions? To what ends have artists employed the tragic form in different locations during the 20th century? Partly motivated by... Read More about Modern tragedy.