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Mapping Eurasia : contrasting the public diplomacies of Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ and China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative (2018)
Journal Article
Pieper, M. (2018). Mapping Eurasia : contrasting the public diplomacies of Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ and China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative. Rising powers quarterly (Online), 3(3),

This paper contrasts the public diplomacies behind China and Russia’s approaches to Eurasian Order and process-traces the gradual interaction between the two. It argues that Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ vision seeks to create a common space in Eurasia... Read More about Mapping Eurasia : contrasting the public diplomacies of Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ and China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative.

Northern Irish fiction (2018)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2018). Northern Irish fiction. In D. O'Gorman, & R. Eaglestone (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction (190-198). Routledge (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315880235-18

The period following the Good Friday Agreement has seen a marked increase in fiction, particularly collections of short stories, by women. This writing extends and develops the tradition of Northern Irish women’s writing which, since the inception of... Read More about Northern Irish fiction.

'"Monster top-knots and balloon chignons" : purity and contamination in the false hair trade (2018)
Book Chapter
Allan, J. (2018). '"Monster top-knots and balloon chignons" : purity and contamination in the false hair trade. In S. Heaton (Ed.), A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire (1800-1920). London: Bloomsbury

Writing the hidden histories of the “things” that sit at the heart of thing theory, early advocates such as Elaine Freedgood (2006) and John Plotz (2009) have revealed the social and historical, personal and imperial significance of seemingly mundane... Read More about '"Monster top-knots and balloon chignons" : purity and contamination in the false hair trade.

China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web (2018)
Journal Article
Herring, L. (2018). China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web. Networking knowledge, 11(2), 39-59. https://doi.org/10.31165/nk.2018.112.532

Online communities play an important role in the development of the Chinese film industry in several significant ways. Taking social media as its focus, this article explores three areas of influence; promoting transparency, critiquing and policing.... Read More about China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web.

China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web (2018)
Journal Article
Herring, L. (2018). China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web. Networking knowledge, 11(2), 39-59. https://doi.org/10.31165/nk.2018.112.532

Online communities play an important role in the development of the Chinese film industry in several significant ways. Taking social media as its focus, this article explores three areas of influence; promoting transparency, critiquing and policing.... Read More about China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web.

Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament (2018)
Book Chapter
Neylon, C. (2018). Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament. In M. Inchley, & J. Vice (Eds.), Amending Speech: Women's voices in parliament (256-261). London: Hansard

From plays written specifically for the cause to huge processions through the streets of UK cities, the British woman suffrage movement relied on spectacle and performance as a key tactic in the fight for votes for women. However, they also employed... Read More about Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament.

A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia (2018)
Journal Article
Maher, D., & Thomson, A. (2018). A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia. Third World Quarterly, 39(11), 2142-2172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2018.1508992

This article provides an investigation into claims that paramilitary violence in Colombia can pose a threat to the peace agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels. These claims highlight the capacity for paramilita... Read More about A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia.