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Desperately Funny: Comedy, Performance and the Musical Moment in Toni Erdmann (2016) (2023)
Book Chapter
Harries, R. (2023). Desperately Funny: Comedy, Performance and the Musical Moment in Toni Erdmann (2016). In A. K. Windisch, C. Tieber, & P. Powrie (Eds.), When Music Takes Over in Film (225-246). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89155-8_12

In a standout scene in Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016), straight-laced management consultant Ines (Sandra Hüller) is quietly coerced by her father Winfried (Peter Simonischek)—here in character as his eccentric alter ego Toni—into singing to a room fu... Read More about Desperately Funny: Comedy, Performance and the Musical Moment in Toni Erdmann (2016).

Language and the prison-house: the cultural rhetoric of Brazil's cultural memory wars (2023)
Book Chapter
Miranda, R. (2023). Language and the prison-house: the cultural rhetoric of Brazil's cultural memory wars. In Culture and Society. Rhetorical Perspectives, Transferential Insights (133-154). Tibilisi, Georgia: New Vision University Press

This chapter aims to explore the contribution of cultural rhetoric towards the critique of cultural memory, taking up as case study the discussions on the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985). Partially as a backlash against the work of the Tr... Read More about Language and the prison-house: the cultural rhetoric of Brazil's cultural memory wars.

“The many faces of sorrow”: An empirical exploration of the psychological plurality of sadness (2023)
Journal Article
Tsikandilakis, M., Bali, P., Yu, Z., Karlis, A. K., Tong, E. M. W., Milbank, A., …Madan, C. (2023). “The many faces of sorrow”: An empirical exploration of the psychological plurality of sadness. Current Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04518-z

Sadness has typically been associated with failure, defeat and loss, but it has also been suggested that sadness facilitates positive and restructuring emotional changes. This suggests that sadness is a multi-faceted emotion. This supports the idea t... Read More about “The many faces of sorrow”: An empirical exploration of the psychological plurality of sadness.

Leo VI and the Transformation of Byzantine Strategic Thinking about the Rus'1 (2023)
Book Chapter
White, M. (2023). Leo VI and the Transformation of Byzantine Strategic Thinking about the Rus'1. In S. Torres Prieto, & A. Franklin (Eds.), Medieval Rus’ and Early Modern Russia: Texts and Contexts (3-14). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003256236-2

The arrival of the Rus’ in the Dnieper region in the mid-9th century gradually led to a reappraisal of relations on the part of the established Byzantine Empire. Where initially the newcomers were considered to be of little strategic importance, stil... Read More about Leo VI and the Transformation of Byzantine Strategic Thinking about the Rus'1.

Advocating ancient equalities. Pluralising “antiquity” in enlightened universal history (2023)
Journal Article
Oergel, M. (2023). Advocating ancient equalities. Pluralising “antiquity” in enlightened universal history. Intellectual History Review, 33(3), 411-433. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2023.2177249

This article investigates the constructions of Hebrew, classical, and “Northern” antiquities put forward by an eighteenth-century network of Anglo-German scholars. It asks to what extent these constructions propose a cultural equality between these c... Read More about Advocating ancient equalities. Pluralising “antiquity” in enlightened universal history.

“It’s a Touchy Subject”: Service Providers’ Perspectives of Eating Disorders in Men and Boys (2023)
Journal Article
Foye, U., Mycock, G., & Bartel, H. (2023). “It’s a Touchy Subject”: Service Providers’ Perspectives of Eating Disorders in Men and Boys. The Journal of Men's Studies, Article 106082652311530. https://doi.org/10.1177/10608265231153087

This study explores the perceptions and experiences of providers of eating disorder services towards men to understand the challenges and barriers experienced by both professionals and patients in addressing the gender bias within this field. A total... Read More about “It’s a Touchy Subject”: Service Providers’ Perspectives of Eating Disorders in Men and Boys.

Innovation vs Practicality vs Entertainment (2023)
Journal Article
Mevel, P., Robinson, J., & Tennent, P. (2023). Innovation vs Practicality vs Entertainment. inTRAlinea: Online Translation Journal, Special issue: Inclusive theatre-making: translation, accessibility and beyond, Article 2595

This article examines the use of inclusive technological solutions to promote accessibility on stage. Specifically, it concentrates on the way technological solutions are developed and integrated into a show’s design both in terms of the immersion an... Read More about Innovation vs Practicality vs Entertainment.

The influence of advocacy, infrastructure, policy-making, policy arbiters, and policy disruptors on language learning in English secondary schools since 1945 (2022)
Journal Article
McLelland, N. (2022). The influence of advocacy, infrastructure, policy-making, policy arbiters, and policy disruptors on language learning in English secondary schools since 1945. Documents pour l’Histoire du Français Langue Étrangère ou Seconde, 68, https://doi.org/10.4000/dhfles.8970

Taking the history of languages education policy in England as its case study, this paper examines how the practice of teaching and learning French and other languages has been shaped, in various ways, by advocacy; by institutional infrastructure; an... Read More about The influence of advocacy, infrastructure, policy-making, policy arbiters, and policy disruptors on language learning in English secondary schools since 1945.

Immersive, Creative, Inclusive: Areas of cross-fertilization between accessible captions for D/deaf audiences for the stage and for the screen (2022)
Journal Article
Mevel, P., Robinson, J., & Tennent, P. (2022). Immersive, Creative, Inclusive: Areas of cross-fertilization between accessible captions for D/deaf audiences for the stage and for the screen. Journal of Audiovisual Translation, 5(2), 176-193. https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v5i2.2022.227

In a deliberate and valiant effort to adapt to the conditions created by the recent pandemic, many theatre companies across the globe shifted their activities from the stage to online video platforms. But in releasing large portions of their back-cat... Read More about Immersive, Creative, Inclusive: Areas of cross-fertilization between accessible captions for D/deaf audiences for the stage and for the screen.

Translation under Review: Placing the Increased Visibility of Translation in British Reviews into Its Wider Societal Context (2022)
Book Chapter
Gray, M. (2022). Translation under Review: Placing the Increased Visibility of Translation in British Reviews into Its Wider Societal Context. In M. Kornacki, & G. Massey (Eds.), Contextuality in Translation and Interpreting: Selected Papers from the Łódź-ZHAW Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning 2020–2021. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers

In The Translator’s Invisibility (1995), Lawrence Venuti claims that reviewers contribute to the notion of ‘invisibility’ of the translator by rarely addressing the ‘fact of translation’ at all. He asserts that, on the rare occasions that translation... Read More about Translation under Review: Placing the Increased Visibility of Translation in British Reviews into Its Wider Societal Context.

World(s) apart – Borges Coelho’s Museu da Revolução and Writing in (and of) a Changing World (2022)
Journal Article
Gonçalves Miranda, R. (2022). World(s) apart – Borges Coelho’s Museu da Revolução and Writing in (and of) a Changing World. Gragoatá - Revista dos Programas de Pós-Graduação do Instituto de Letras da UFF, 27(59), Article e54292. https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v27i59.54292

This article will depart from Said’s position on the worldliness of texts and Pheng Cheah’s reflections on postcolonial literature as world literature (2016) towards a reading of João Paulo Borges Coelho’s 2021 novel Museu da Revolução. Borges Coelho... Read More about World(s) apart – Borges Coelho’s Museu da Revolução and Writing in (and of) a Changing World.

Negotiating Mongolian ethnic identity through the teaching of Mandarin Chinese as a second language (2022)
Journal Article
Wu, J., McLelland, N., & Dauncey, S. (2022). Negotiating Mongolian ethnic identity through the teaching of Mandarin Chinese as a second language. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2022.2134879

Despite growing attention paid to the language ideologies of teachers as actors in bilingualism or multilingualism studies, little research has examined whether and how power dynamics between majority and minority languages play a role in the promulg... Read More about Negotiating Mongolian ethnic identity through the teaching of Mandarin Chinese as a second language.

Creative Long Covid: A qualitative exploration of the experience of Long Covid through the medium of creative narratives (2022)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Allsopp, G., Bartel, H., Singh, P., & Crawford, P. (2022). Creative Long Covid: A qualitative exploration of the experience of Long Covid through the medium of creative narratives. Health Expectations, 25(6), 2950-2959. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13602

Background: Healthcare is witnessing a new disease with the emergence of Long Covid; a condition which can result in myriad symptoms, varying in frequency and severity. As new data are emerging to help inform treatment guidelines, the perspectives of... Read More about Creative Long Covid: A qualitative exploration of the experience of Long Covid through the medium of creative narratives.

Cinema, Ethnicity, and Nation-Building in the Sakha Republic (Russia) and Kazakhstan (2022)
Book Chapter
McGinity-Peebles, A. (2022). Cinema, Ethnicity, and Nation-Building in the Sakha Republic (Russia) and Kazakhstan. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Communication. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.1326

In the post-Soviet era, ethnocultural identity and nationhood have been dominant themes in the cinemas of Kazakhstan and the Sakha Republic (officially known as the Republic of Sakha, or Yakutia). Despite their different sociopolitical contexts (unli... Read More about Cinema, Ethnicity, and Nation-Building in the Sakha Republic (Russia) and Kazakhstan.

A ‘Girls’ Illness?' Using Narratives of Eating Disorders in Men and Boys in Healthcare Education and Research (2022)
Book Chapter
Bartel, H. (2022). A ‘Girls’ Illness?' Using Narratives of Eating Disorders in Men and Boys in Healthcare Education and Research. In K. Hinsliff-Smith, J. McGarry, & P. Ali (Eds.), Arts Based Health Care Research: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (69-84). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94423-0_6

This chapter addresses how arts-based approaches can advance healthcare training, therapy and research in the field of eating disorders. It brings to the forefront the under-researched and under-represented topic of eating disorders in men and boys.... Read More about A ‘Girls’ Illness?' Using Narratives of Eating Disorders in Men and Boys in Healthcare Education and Research.

Use of Writing Letters and Other Literature Forms to Capture Experiences of Research Participants (2022)
Book Chapter
Hinsliff-Smith, K., McGarry, J., Randa, M. B., Bartel, H., & Langmack, G. (2022). Use of Writing Letters and Other Literature Forms to Capture Experiences of Research Participants. In K. Hinsliff-Smith, J. McGarry, & P. Ali (Eds.), Arts Based Health Care Research: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (121-135). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94423-0_9

Within any form of qualitative research, the researcher’s role is to help the participant share their experiences and to translate and convey the messages often as interview themes and findings. However, often these traditional qualitative approaches... Read More about Use of Writing Letters and Other Literature Forms to Capture Experiences of Research Participants.

Women in the history of lexicography. An overview, and the case of German (2022)
Conference Proceeding
McLelland, N. (2022). Women in the history of lexicography. An overview, and the case of German. In A. Klosa-Kückelhaus, S. Engelberg, C. Möhrs, & P. Storjohann (Eds.), Dictionaries and Society: Proceedings of the XX EURALEX International Congress 12-16 July 2022, Mannheim, Germany (53-70)

This paper first attempts a state-of-the art overview of what is known about women in the history of lexicography up to the early twentieth century. It then focusses more closely on the German and German-English lexicographical traditions to 1900, ex... Read More about Women in the history of lexicography. An overview, and the case of German.