主题词：Thomas Hardy Literature Studies; Contemporary art, education, critique; Literature and Culture Studies; Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies; Contemporary Literature and Criticism; Short Stories in Global Literature; Migration and Exile Studies; Linguistics and Discourse Analysis; Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature; Caribbean and African Literature and Culture; Autobiographical and Biographical Writing; Historical Architecture and Urbanism; Diverse multidisciplinary academic research; Evelyn Waugh and Hans Urs von Balthasar Studies; Literary Analysis and Cultural Studies; Historical and Scientific Studies; Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights; Translation Studies and Practices; Language, Metaphor, and Cognition; Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies; German Literature and Culture Studies; Empathy and Medical Education; Canadian Identity and History; Poetry Analysis and Criticism; Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction