Question: Essays and Art from the Humanities

26/07/2021

We're excited to see a new editorial team starting with Question Journal.

We'd also like to thank the outgoing team Rachel Beaney and Sam Young for the outstanding work they have done during their editorial stint.

Meet the new team here: https://bit.ly/3zfHB7h

26/07/2021

Excited to announce that Issue 6 of
is now available to read online! We've had some fantastic submissions on the theme of 'Community' this year, complete with stunning artwork throughout - check it out: https://questionjournal.com/issue-6

© 2020 by Question, ed. Samuel Young and Rachel Beaney. Proudly sponsored by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership

26/10/2020

A big welcome to all our new SWWDTP PhD students starting their journey with us this term.

26/10/2020

One more week until we set our Call for Papers for Issue 6 ('Community') - any South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership researchers (old or new) who want to join our editing and review team, you've got till 2 November to get in touch! [email protected]

30/09/2020

Issue 5 'Exchange' is out now to read online. Take a look!
https://www.questionjournal.com/issue-5

30/09/2020

We are so glad to see Seb's piece highlighted here

Paula Martínez Pastorino / La Casa de Las Recogidas collective's photograph in "The Visible Pulse of the Possible: Exchanges, Protest and Possibilities in Chilean Performance Art" - Issue 5 - Question: Essays and Art from the Humanities

Read the full paper here: https://www.questionjournal.com/issue-5

06/07/2020

Our second blog post on the theme of is here! Medi Jones-Williams shows us cultural exchange through sites of nymph worship. Take a look:

https://www.questionjournal.com/single-post/2020/07/06/Cultural-Exchange-in-the-Roman-Provinces-Nymph-Worship-on-Hadrian%E2%80%99s-Wall

The nymphs traversed the transitional realm between gods and mortals in the ancient imagination. As the personifications/providers of natural resources and pat

22/06/2020

The small village of Silian is typical of many rural communities in south-west Wales in that it falls within the top 20% of Wales’ most deprived areas in terms

11/02/2020

In our new blog in the series, comic artist Vincenzo Pani presents a humorous re-elaboration of the episode of Odysseus and the Cyclops taken from Homer’s Odyssey. Odysseus is not the symbol of the courageous and upright hero. On the contrary, he is presented as an unpleasant and troublesome character who gets out of trouble only through his unscrupulous cleverness and the help of powerful friends (represented by the goddess Athena).
Read the adventures of the Odious Odysseus clicking on the following link
https://www.questionjournal.com/single-post/2020/02/11/The-Odious-Odysseus

This artwork is a humorous re-elaboration of the episode of Odysseus and the Cyclops taken from Homer’s Odyssey. The events in the illustration follow the orig

06/02/2020

Our latest blog post by Charlotte Spence offers a new perspective on the relationship between the under-classes and the gods in Ancient Greece and Rome. Public festivals and large sanctuaries were not the only places in which individuals could get in touch with the divine. Oracles and curse tables offer interesting examples of direct prayer and of a more intimate contact with the gods.
Follow the link to our blog https://www.questionjournal.com/single-post/2020/02/06/The-Myth-of-the-Silent-Under-Classes-in-Ancient-Greek-and-Roman-Religion

Most of us are exposed to ancient Greek and Roman religion through monumental architecture such as the Parthenon and through raucous myths featuring gods behav

03/02/2020

We’re always thrilled when the physical copies of finally arrive on our desks! Get in touch to get your copy of issue 4, Myth!

30/01/2020

Interested in Classical Reception and Myth? Our latest post 'The Thesean cult of personality: power, politics and contingent mythologies within Classical Athens’ by Ben Stanley Cassell explores the importance of myth in the political development of Classical Athens. In this context, the story of the hero Theseus became a prominent presence that was manipulated to sustain the democratic establishment of the city and to consolidate its unity in times of adversity.

https://www.questionjournal.com/single-post/2020/01/30/The-Thesean-cult-of-personality-power-politics-and-contingent-mythologies-within-Classical-Athens

Antonio Canova - Teseo defeats the centaur - Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien - Vienna Austria. Photo by: Simone Crespiatico, https://commons.wikimedia.

28/01/2020

Check out our latest blog piece 'The Fairytale Casebook' by Nele Czerwinka for thought provoking reflections on the influence of folklore on both the collective subconsciousness and contemporary society. https://www.questionjournal.com/single-post/2020/01/20/The-Fairytale-Casebook

The Fairytale Casebook is a physical theatre performance project about fairytales, folklore and myths, their echos in our contemporary time, and the influences

28/01/2020

Check out our latest blog piece 'The Fairytale Casebook' by Nele Czerwinka. Thought provoking reflections on the influence of folklore on both the collective subconsciousness and contemporary society. Read the blog at https://www.questionjournal.com/single-post/2020/01/20/The-Fairytale-Casebook

The Fairytale Casebook is a physical theatre performance project about fairytales, folklore and myths, their echos in our contemporary time, and the influences

23/01/2020

Have you downloaded your copy of issue 4, ‘Myth’ yet? You can read it online or download it at www.questionjournal.com. This issue features articles on Greek mythology, British miners, and myths around nuclear weapons. Check it out!

Question is an exciting new journal featuring creative writing and academic articles for mainstream readers. Subscribe today for a copy or become a contributor!

23/01/2020

The Question Issue 5 Editorial Team are busy working with authors for the upcoming issue 'Exchange', to be launched at the Summer Festival of Research this year. Watch this space!
https://www.questionjournal.com/editorial-team-q5

© 2017 by Question, ed. Gareth Mills and Tabitha Stanmore. Proudly sponsored by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership

06/01/2020

New Year and new... DEADLINE EXTENSION!
CFP deadline for "EXCHANGE" is now extended to Monday January 13th
Please send your abstracts to [email protected]

FULL INFO 👇

20/12/2019

The editorial team of is happy to announce that issue 4, ‘Myth’, is out! You can read it online or download it at www.questionjournal.com. It’s an issue packed with thrilling research, brilliant creative writing pieces and amazing artworks, check it out!

03/12/2019

Here's a sneak peek of our forthcoming issue 'Myth', which is coming out this month - packed with amazing articles, artworks and creative writing pieces which explore the concept of , from classic era up until modern times mythology! Cover and artworks are by artist Sara Anstis www.saraanstis.com.

11/11/2019

We are now sharing our CfP for Issue #5, 'Exchange'. 'Concepts of knowledge exchange are a constant feature in contemporary academia. Conferences, journals and symposia from every discipline facilitate the sharing of new ideas and arguments. In the wider world, however, understandings of ‘exchange’ are not limited to knowledge dissemination alone.
'Exchange can be cultural, bringing people into contact with new languages and forms of expression. In the arts, we witness cross-cultural communication through translated literature, film, music and theatre. Exchange can also be social, encompassing the movement of people and traditions across
borders. Yet, at the same time, exchange can have an insidious element in the shape of economic exploitation, cultural appropriation or resistance to change.'
If you want to be part of our next Issue, it's time to get scribbling! You have until the 6th January 2020 to send us your ideas.

18/10/2019

We are getting very excited here at Question as we revise the final edit of Issue 4, 'Myth'. This time we (and our authors) have put together interdisciplinary work that debunks and/or reworks myths on a range of topics - from Jewish migrations to Mercury, Du Liniang to Kant, Iran's nuclear aspirations to Ovid. Get ready!

16/06/2019

ISSUE #3 "FRONTIERS" is now available.

Download it here --> https://www.questionjournal.com/issue-3

12/06/2019

Beyond the Border | Question - Essays and Art from the Humanities

"What do we really know about borders? I mean us, European citi­zens with passports valid in most of the countries in the world."
Federico Faloppa and Luca Prestia, in our blog, present the exhibition "Beyond the border", which has been displayed in Reading, Bolzano, Palermo, Trento, Bressanone, and will be replayed in Cuneo (July 2019), Kostanz (September 2019), Milano-Bicocca (October 2019). Further dates and locations to be announced.

What do we really know about borders? I mean us, European citi­zens with passports valid in most of the countries in the world. Us, the constantly-on-the-move,

10/06/2019

Calling all artists! Question 4, Myth, is looking for artworks!

We welcome visual art pieces that reflect on and engage with next issue’s broad theme . Submit samples of your work or a proposal to [email protected] by the 5th of July! INFO 👇

04/06/2019

questionjournal | Issue 3

Our "Frontiers" is now online!
Thanks so much to all who contributed to this great new issue.

You can download the PDF here 👇

Question is an exciting new journal featuring creative writing and academic articles for mainstream readers. Subscribe today for a copy or become a contributor!

29/05/2019

CFP DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR "MYTH"!
Please send your abstracts for Classics, Archaeology, Art History, Media and TV, Law and Philosphy by June 5th!

FULL INFO 👉 https://www.questionjournal.com/call-for-submissions

28/05/2019

Chic's New Single calls us to Come and be Safer on the Dancefloor | Question - Essays and Art from the Humanities

"It is a bright, energetic song about doomsday. Chic’s 2018 song, 'Till the World Falls', their first single for an album in 26 years, defuses the idea of impending oblivion, transforming it into an opportunity for unashamed disco fun.
At a time where Donald Trump is expressing nationalist sentiments in the U.S., Chic calls us to reject this and unite around dance music."
Music and contemporary world in our new blog post, by Will Rees, University of Exeter.

It is a bright, energetic song about doomsday. Chic’s 2018 song, Till the World Falls, their first single for an album in 26 years, defuses the idea of impendi

21/05/2019

questionjournal | Call for Submissions

DID YOU SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT TO QUESTION?
The Call for Paper for our Issue #4 "Myth" is now open!
We welcome a range of content, from academic articles to creative contents, from all disciplines in the humanities: English, Philosophy, Law, Art History, Media & TV, Theatre, History, Modern Languages, Archaeology and Classics...
Deadline for abstract submission is on May 24th!
👇 Find out more in the link below 👇

Question is an exciting new journal featuring creative writing and academic articles for mainstream readers. Subscribe today for a copy or become a contributor!

20/05/2019

Filmistaan: A love for cinema that forges connections across time, nations, and borders | Question - Essays and Art from the Humanities

"“Whenever Aftaab brings a film to show in the village from India,
I always come to watch it. Under this guise I can visit that side,
meet those people, walk those streets, I can feel the trees there and my heart gleams with happiness.”
Today, in this new blog post, Meera Shirodkar (University of Southampton) brings us to Filmistaan.

“Whenever Aftaab brings a film to show in the village from India,I always come to watch it. Under this guise I can visit that side,meet those people, walk thos

20/05/2019

Attention please! The deadline for Issue 4 ‘Myth’ is looming (24th May) and we want to hear from you. Like our previous issues, Issue 4 will be an interdisciplinary compilation of scholarship and creative content. We are looking to bust some myths from all corners of our research - from Art History, Media and TV, Archeology, History, Taxidermy, Modern Languages etc. Please read the attached CfP and get scribbling with your abstracts (or questions).

08/05/2019

Image of Margin | Question - Essays and Art from the Humanities

"Since the rise of Modernist design, our lives have become inundated with the concept of material wealth. Simple geometric shapes are emblematic of such design, constituting everything from small cups to large buildings, with many such objects being mass produced..."
Siying Ma, University of Southampton, in our new blog post!

Since the rise of Modernist design, our lives have become inundated with the concept of material wealth. Simple geometric shapes are emblematic of such design,

01/05/2019

Here's a sneak peek of our June issue 'Frontiers' - it's full of South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership funded research exploring questions of frontiers in the contexts of Greek and Roman Theatre, Spanish Cinema, identity paradigms of Russia the West, and much much more. This issue also includes four innovative creative content pieces. We think the cover design by Cerys Knighton Art is pretty perfect too.

30/04/2019

Drawing the state of exception | Question - Essays and Art from the Humanities

"For Schmitt, the sovereign—the absolute, legitimate ruler of a state—reveals himself in two ways: firstly, through the ability to make a genuine or pure decision; and secondly, by deciding what constitutes an exceptional moment, an exceptional case. The extraordinary measure appears during emergency, siege, or crisis, at a time that requires suspension of the existing order so as to maintain order."

A new blog post by Joseph Owen, University of Southampton.

IntroductionCarl Schmitt was a Weimar political and legal thinker who became one of the leading jurists of the Third Reich. Schmitt is best known for his theor