Questionnaire. The Humanities after February 24th

Those fields of the humanities dedicated to Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe studies, are faced nowadays with the need not only to reflect on their own imperial or colonial roots, but also to rethink their goals and guidelines. In this questionnaire our regular authors and longtime friends and colleagues Sergey Zenkin, Serguei Alex. Oushakine, Alexander Semyonov, Nikolai Plotnikov, Catriona Kelly, Elena Chkhaidze, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Ellen Rutten, Kevin M.F. Platt, Mark Lipovetsky, Evgeny Dobrenko, Riccardo Nicolosi, Aleida Assmann, and Mikhail Iampolski answer the questions about the recent past and near future of the humanities

The Sporting Image: A personal journey utilising history to develop academic inquiry and creativity

In 1997, an optional third year undergraduate module, The Sporting Image, was developed for sports studies students in which they scrutinized the portrayal of sport in popular and high culture; including literature, film, TV, art and music. Fifteen years later, this module, now compulsory for Sports Journalism students, continues to examine the portrayal of sport and ways in which it has become an integral part of popular culture and resonates with values and standards specific in time and place. This paper describes the evolution of the module and its successes and failures in obliging both the lecturers and students to move outside of their comfort zones and engage with creative writing, poetry, music and the visual arts