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Humanities@Humanities_MDPI18 Jun 2025

Humanities has received the new Impact Factor (IF) of 0.3. We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to our Guest Editors, Editorial Board Members, reviewers, authors, and readers. #humanities

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Highly Cited Article 📢 "Against Exceptionalism" by Zahi Zalloua Critiques trauma paradigms that essentialize events like the Holocaust and chattel slavery, drawing on Žižek and Fanon to argue for a politics of concrete universality. 📚 mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/2/50

Against Exceptionalism

Against Exceptionalism

In this article, I question the logic informing paradigms of trauma that ontologize and essentialize events, such as the Holocaust and chattel slavery, making them unique, incomparable exceptions...

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Highly Cited Article 📢 "Conservation Humanities and Multispecies Justice" by Ursula K. Heise argues biodiversity conservation is primarily a social and cultural issue, framed through multispecies justice Read: mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/2/43 #EnvironmentalHumanities

Conservation Humanities and Multispecies Justice

Conservation Humanities and Multispecies Justice

This article argues that biodiversity conservation is primarily a social and cultural issue and only secondarily a scientific one. It explains the proxy logic of narratives about endangered species,...

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Highly Cited Article 📢 "The Shapes of Cinderella: Emotional Architecture and the Language of Moral Difference" by Katherine Elkins Explores how Cinderella tales across cultures reveal different moral values through emotional arcs. 🔗 mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/10/198

The Shapes of Cinderella: Emotional Architecture and the Language of Moral Difference

The Shapes of Cinderella: Emotional Architecture and the Language of Moral Difference

This study leverages emotional arc modeling along with close reading to examine the Chinese Ye Xian, Perrault’s Cendrillon, and two Grimm versions. While computational modeling suggests that Cinder...

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Highly Cited Article 📢 "Beyond the Wound: Queer Trauma, Memory, and Resistance in Rainbow Milk" by Corpus Navalón-Guzmán reframes trauma not as a fixed wound but as a generative force for identity reconstruction and resistance in queer literature. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/10/196

Beyond the Wound: Queer Trauma, Memory, and Resistance in Rainbow Milk

Beyond the Wound: Queer Trauma, Memory, and Resistance in Rainbow Milk

This paper explores how trauma functions not only as a mark of suffering but as a generative force of memory, agency, and resistance. Traditional trauma narratives often confine queer bodies to sites...

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Highly Cited Article 📢 "Escaping the Workshop: Writers from the Factory in China's Early Reform Era (1978–1989)" by Sandy J. S. Zhang Explores how factory writers used literature as symbolic escape and ideological critique in early reform-era China. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/10/188

“A Kind of Hamlet”: Rescripting Shakespeare and the Refusal of Racial Scripts in James Ijames’s Fat...

“A Kind of Hamlet”: Rescripting Shakespeare and the Refusal of Racial Scripts in James Ijames’s Fat...

In his 1926 “Criteria of Negro Art,” W.E.B. Du Bois advocates for art’s role in the quest for liberation while acknowledging the challenges facing the creation of Black art, observing, “We can go on...

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🎙️Meet Prof. Dr. Albrecht Classen, Editor-in-Chief of Humanities! Discover his perspectives on the journal and the importance of exploring human culture, literature, and expression. 🔗mdpi.com/journal/humanities/… #Humanities #MDPI #OpenAccess

Humanities | Interview with Editor-in-Chief—Prof. Dr. Albrecht Classen | MDPI

Humanities | Interview with Editor-in-Chief—Prof. Dr. Albrecht Classen | MDPI

We are pleased to interview Humanities’ (ISSN 2076-0787) Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Classen, to discuss the journal’s development, the evolving...

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📚 Highly Cited Article “The Future of Nostalgia: Loss and Absence in the Age of Algorithmic Temporality” by Silvia Pierosara mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/10/187

The Future of Nostalgia: Loss and Absence in the Age of Algorithmic Temporality

The Future of Nostalgia: Loss and Absence in the Age of Algorithmic Temporality

For human beings, accepting loss and absence is a constant effort, particularly when it comes to accepting their own finitude, which becomes apparent as time passes and people leave us. This is...

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Highly Cited Article! 📢 "Translation and Power in Georgia: Postcolonial Trajectories from Socialist Realism to Post-Soviet Market Pressures" by Gül Mükerrem Öztürk 📚 Read: mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/9/174

Translation and Power in Georgia: Postcolonial Trajectories from Socialist Realism to Post-Soviet...

Translation and Power in Georgia: Postcolonial Trajectories from Socialist Realism to Post-Soviet...

This study examines the transformation of literary translation practices in Georgia from the Soviet era to the post-Soviet and neoliberal periods, using postcolonial translation theory as the main...

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📯📯MDPI Subject Workshop: Humanities is coming! "The Agency of Humanities in a Transforming World" ✏️Hear from Prof. David Finklestein, a leading voice! 🗓️3 November 2026, 📍Manchester, UK 🔑Register now! unitedkingdom.mdpi.com/post/… #MDPI #OpenAccess #HumanitiesSubjectWorkshop

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Highly Cited Article! 📢 "Beyond Vision: The Aesthetics of Sound and Expression of Cultural Identity by Independent Malaysian Chinese Director James Lee" by Xingyao Jiang & Rosdeen bin Suboh 🎬 Read: mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/8/170

Beyond Vision: The Aesthetics of Sound and Expression of Cultural Identity by Independent Malaysian...

Beyond Vision: The Aesthetics of Sound and Expression of Cultural Identity by Independent Malaysian...

Since the early 2000s, Malaysian Chinese independent cinema has garnered international recognition, with James Lee emerging as one of its most influential figures. Distinct from many of his contemp...

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Join MDPI's 9th Guest Editor Club Webinar on Oct 19, 2026! 🗓️ Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities session with 4 experienced Guest Editors sharing insights on Special Issues. 🕐 13:00 CEST Free registration: sciforum.net/event/GEClub-9-… #MDPI #AcademicTwitter #OpenAccess

9th MDPI Guest Editor Club 2026 | Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Session, Online - 19 October...

9th MDPI Guest Editor Club 2026 | Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Session, Online - 19 October...

9th Guest Editor Club 2026 Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Session MDPI is pleased to invite all Guest Editors to participate in the 9th MDPI Guest Editor Club Webinar | Social Sciences, Arts...

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🏛️ Highly Cited Article “Between Text and Form: Expanded Textuality in Contemporary Architecture” by Manuel Iglesias-Vázquez Exploring how iconic buildings communicate meaning and shape public space. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/8/163 #Humanities #Architecture #CulturalStudies

Between Text and Form: Expanded Textuality in Contemporary Architecture

Between Text and Form: Expanded Textuality in Contemporary Architecture

This article explores the concept of textuality as embedded within contemporary architecture, understood as the capacity of buildings to generate meanings, narratives, and interpretations that...

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🌊 Highly Cited Article “‘I Have Seen the Sea’: Caribbean Aquatic Poetics in Monique Roffey’s The Mermaid of Black Conch” by Leighan Renaud Exploring mermaids, Caribbean folklore, and aquatic poetics in contemporary literature. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/7/154 #CaribbeanLiterature

‘I Have Seen the Sea’: Caribbean Aquatic Poetics in Monique Roffey’s The Mermaid of Black Conch

‘I Have Seen the Sea’: Caribbean Aquatic Poetics in Monique Roffey’s The Mermaid of Black Conch

The polyvalent nature of water is one often explored in fiction by Caribbean writers, and this paper will consider the ways that the representations of mermaids act as an extension of this explorat...

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#CallForReading 📢 Exploring how parallel philological editions can preserve literary heritage while making texts more accessible to contemporary readers. Published in Humanities. by Dr. Jolanda Lila mdpi.com/2076-0787/15/10/145

Between Authenticity and Accessibility: Parallel Philological Editions as a Practice of Literary...

Between Authenticity and Accessibility: Parallel Philological Editions as a Practice of Literary...

This study explores how parallel philological editions can serve as instruments for safeguarding endangered literary heritage through the preservation and transmission of Arbëresh—a historical...

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📢 Join the 9th MDPI Guest Editor Club 2026 | Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Session on 19 October! 🌍 Connect with speakers from diverse journals and exchange editorial insights. 🕒 13:00 CEST | 07:00 EDT | 19:00 CST (Asia) 🔗 Register: sciforum.net/event/GEClub-9-…

9th MDPI Guest Editor Club 2026 | Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Session, Online - 19 October...

9th MDPI Guest Editor Club 2026 | Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Session, Online - 19 October...

9th Guest Editor Club 2026 Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Session MDPI is pleased to invite all Guest Editors to participate in the 9th MDPI Guest Editor Club Webinar | Social Sciences, Arts...

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📚 Highly Cited Article “Ritual and Assemblage: Reading Hybrid Elegy Through Changing American Death Practices” by Anastasia Nikolis Exploring mourning, ritual, and hybrid poetics in contemporary American elegy. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/6/127 #Humanities #Poetry #LiteraryStudies

Ritual and Assemblage: Reading Hybrid Elegy Through Changing American Death Practices

Ritual and Assemblage: Reading Hybrid Elegy Through Changing American Death Practices

In American Hybrid (2009), Cole Swenson describes hybrid poetics as a reconciliation between the two dominant poetic traditions of the 20th century, which might be called lyric and experimental...

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📚 Highly Cited Article “Unbearable Birth: Natality in Louise Glück’s Averno” by Reena Sastri Exploring birth, mortality, and myth in Louise Glück’s poetry. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/6/122 #Humanities #PoetryStudies #LiteraryStudies

Unbearable Birth: Natality in Louise Glück’s Averno

Unbearable Birth: Natality in Louise Glück’s Averno

This essay argues for the importance of the overlooked theme of natality in the poetry of Louise Glück. In its guise as mortality, human finitude causes pain through the permanence of death; in its...

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📚 Highly Cited Article “Age Enfreakment in Nursing Home Drama” by Anna Gaidash Exploring aging, stigma, and representations of older adults in theatre. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/6/117 #Humanities #TheatreStudies #AgeStudies

Age Enfreakment in Nursing Home Drama

Age Enfreakment in Nursing Home Drama

This essay explores how the concept of enfreakment can be used to analyze older adult characters in late 1970s US American theatre, focusing on D.L. Coburn’s The Gin Game and Tennessee Williams’s...

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🎨 Highly Cited Article "Fictional Characters as Story-Free Denoting Concepts" by Francesco Orilia Fictional characters as denoting concepts, not objects—and how they migrate across stories. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/6/112 #PhilosophyOfFiction #Ontology

Fictional Characters as Story-Free Denoting Concepts

Fictional Characters as Story-Free Denoting Concepts

Some realist views about fiction are non-objectual in that they see fictional characters not as objects but rather as properties or the like; notably, kinds, roles, or denoting concepts. The view...

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🎨 Highly Cited Article “Graffiti in the Lawscape: Seizing the Circuits of Valorization of an Elusive and Resistant Practice” by Cecilia Brazioli & Andrea Mubi Brighenti Exploring graffiti, urban spaces, and the complex politics of cultural value. mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/5/108

Graffiti in the Lawscape: Seizing the Circuits of Valorization of an Elusive and Resistant Practice

Graffiti in the Lawscape: Seizing the Circuits of Valorization of an Elusive and Resistant Practice

In this piece, we approach graffiti from the perspective of the ‘circuits of valorization’ that qualify as well as quantify it. We understand a valorization circuit as an assemblage of cultural,...

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