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Title: Histories of Women’s Football in Britain and Ireland, edited by by Fiona Skillen, Helena Byrne, Gary James
Review by: Hans Bolling
“In summary, Histories of Women’s Football in Britain and Ireland is not only a book that utilizes previously inaccessible source material to shed new light on a phenomenon for which interest has increased significantly during the 21st century, but the book also highlights forgotten and/or ignored pioneers. It is only by reading through the original sources that it is possible to challenge the prejudices of previous writers.”
Featured in: idrottsforum.org
Link: https://idrottsforum.org/bolhan_skillenetal260121/
Title: From Tribal Society to Nation-State: A Survey of the National Development of Nigeria, by Liu Hongwu
Review by: Olawale Isaac Yemisi Department of History, University of Ibadan
”Higher education teachers are encouraged to recommend Liu Hongwu’s book to students as it opens up the thrusts of Nigeria’s history, around which a solid foundation can be built. Liu Hongwu’s publication is also a testament to Africa–China relations in education and cultural knowledge exchange, which is crucial to deepening how both actors understand each other.”
Featured in: Africa Review 17 (2025) 229–235
Title: Why Are You So Angry?, by Anne Potjans
Review by: Jeannette Oholi
“Eine große Stärke von Why Are You So Angry? ist, dass Theorie und Textanalyse eng miteinander verwoben sind. Wut ist Theorie und wird durch die intensive und überzeugende Auseinandersetzung mit den Primärtexten zur Praxis. Anne Potjans Analysen brillieren dadurch, dass sie sich nicht nur auf den Inhalt konzentrieren, sondern immer die widerständigen Positionen der Schwarzen Figuren und Stimmen mit der Form des Textes und der Sprache zusammendenken.“
Featured in: 176 German Studies Review 49 /1 • 2026
Link: Project MUSE – German Studies Review-Volume 49, Number 1, February 2026
Title: Reformers, Activists, Intellectuals, and the Circulation of Knowledge: Studies in Social, Cultural, and Popular Educational Movements in Europe, 1815 – 1973, edited by Barry J. Hake, Kirsi Ahonen, Christian Stifte
Review by: Jeannette Oholi
“Das Buch umfasst – neben einer Absicht und Inhalt der Publikation erläuternden Einleitung – acht Beiträge, die ein internationales Spektrum der europäischen Erwachsenenbildung im Zeitraum der letzten beiden Jahrhunderte betreffen. Das in Englisch verfasste Buch entwirft ein differenziertes Bild soziopolitischer Bestrebungen der Erwachsenenbildung und einiger ihrer Protagonisten. Die Publikation bietet Mosaiksteine ambitionierter Forschung. Es regt den wissenschaftlichen Sektor an, der Historie der Erwachsenenbildung weiterhin womöglich sogar mehr Aufmerksamkeit zu widmen, und warnt davor – diskret, höflich aber bestimmt –, sich vom Zeitgeist eines „schwarz-weiß-Denkens und Urteilens“ vereinnahmen zu lassen.“
Featured in: DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHE VOLKSHOCHSCHULE · 02-2025 · NR. 285
Title: Gewalt und virtuelle Räume in Mittelhochdeutscher Heldenepik: Rezeptionsästhetische Untersuchungen, by Tamara Elsner
Review by: Victor Millet
”Elsner’s textual analyses display an astonishingly high degree of accuracy; her readings weigh up the formulations of the text very precisely and describe their potential sensory effects with astonishing simplicity and precision. Elsner repeatedly points out details that even the experienced reader who knows the text repeatedly overlooks. In this respect, reading Elsner’s book is recommended for anyone interested in the depiction of violence in medieval literature, for her analysis of these texts reveals aspects that also apply to other premodern works. As daring as it might be to examine how medieval recipients might have read or heard a text, Elsner’s interpretations of the specific wording in each case are very convincing.”
Featured in: Journal of English and Germanic Philology 125:1 (January 2026)
Link: Project MUSE – JEGP, Journal of English and Germanic Philology-Volume 125, Number 1, January 2026
Title: Lingüística queer hispánica. Las formas nominales de tratamiento de la comunidad de habla LGTBI, by Carles Navarro Carrascosa
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”Pese a los aspectos mejorables que se han señalado, Lingüística queer hispánica es uno de los primeros trabajos que estudia el habla de la comunidad LGTBI+ en el ámbito hispánico. Para ello, se vale de un análisis muy detallado sobre un corpus innovador y extenso, cuya mera existencia es positiva para los estudios de lengua, género y sexualidad. Por supuesto, la lingüística queer hispánica no se reduce a los fenómenos considerados en la obra; son múltiples los aspectos fonéticos, morfoléxicos, pragmadiscursivos, axiológicos, semióticos e interaccionales abarcables bajo dicha rúbrica. Es de esperar que esta publicación facilite el camino de otras investigaciones dedicadas al estudio lingüístico de las personas LGTBI+ en la academia de habla hispana.”
Featured in: RILI, XXIII, N°2 (46) 2025, 177-238
Link: – Iberoamericana
