The Varieties of Atheism: Connecting Religion and Its Critics (University of Chicago Press, 2022), edited by Professor David Newheiser reveals the diverse nonreligious experiences obscured by the combative intellectualism…
In the film Doctor Dolittle (1967), the title character yearns to “Talk to the Animals,” as the song goes, to understand their mysterious and often vexing ways. It…
The 2020 discovery of an ancient villa in Britain uncovered the most important Roman mosaic found in the last century. An archaeologist explains how the mosaic offers an…
Janet Chrzan and Kima Cargill Anxious Eaters: Why We Fall for Fad Diets. Columbia University Press. New York: 2022. ISBN # 9780231192446 Emily Contois (The University of Tulsa)…
Page 99 of my dissertation reflects on a detail in an elite type of garment that the Inka Empire (ca. 1476-1532 CE) fabricated in its workshops during the…
A true story: Eight women from Santa Rosa wanted to see a movie set on their home island of Rotuma. And so they got in their cars…
Ich habe mir nun endlich auch indische Gewürze gekauft. Und ein Nudelholz. Und Atta, das lokale Mehl. So konnte ich nun auch beginnen, indisches Essen zu kochen. Das…
Ich habe mir nun endlich auch indische Gewürze gekauft. Und ein Nudelholz. Und Atta, das lokale Mehl. So konnte ich nun auch beginnen, indisches Essen zu kochen. Das…
An exploration of soldier humor This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. Are soldiers funny? On the…
M. R. Sharan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, studying questions centred around development economics and political economy. He obtained his PhD from Harvard University…
Det finns någonting magiskt med speglar, i vissa lägen älskar vi dem, i andra inger de oss en känsla av oro och att vara iakttagna. Att se sig…
Diese Woche gibt es z.B. ein Praktikum auf dem 23. Internationalen literaturfestivals in Berlin, ein Praktikum in den Bereichen Marketing, Social Media und Kundenbetreuung bei cooler Bike Comp…
A Tohono O’odham poet and linguist reflects on the stories and wisdom ancestors communicated—how people survived, how they dispersed and differentiated, how they remember. “Rock Drawings” …
In this episode of High Theory, Jack Jen Gieseking tells us about queer space. Queer geographies matter alongside queer temporalities. And it turns out that lesbian life in…
Trying to read in the library but looking out the window at the reminder that this is no ordinary library experience. A few parts from a recent text:…
Om du befinner dig i en mörk skog mitt i natten och hör någon fälla ett träd i närheten så kan det vara Furusoma som är i farten.…
Contributed By: Prof. R. K. Mutatkar Former Founder Head, Deptt. of Anthropology Director, Inter-disciplinary School of Health Sciences Savitribai Phule Pune University Maharashtra Email: rkmutatka…
Though we rarely see them at work, building inspectors have the power to significantly shape our lives through their discretionary decisions. The building inspectors of Chicago are at…
Ist das Leben mit den ganz wenigen edlen Dingen wirklich die Erlösung aus dem Konsum? Von Apple bis Marie Kondo gibt es die konzentrierte Klarheit und die schöne…
Tenbun closed on March 28, 2020. The space it occupied was empty for a year and a half. Then on October 10, 2021, a new shop opened, Peke…
The Vulgarity of Caste: Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India (Stanford UP, 2022) offers the first social and intellectual history of Dalit performance of Tamasha—a popular form of public,…
starting to see text everywhere, been editing other peoples work much.
Hi all,This week’s not-so-good news from Lebanon, Ethiopia, North Korea & Syria found a positive counterpart with powerful, hopeful stories from women contributing to change-from Vanuatu, Sweden, Sout…
Die deutsche Kollegin ist ganz begeistert von den Affen, setzt sich in den Park, um sie zu beobachten, und möchte sie am liebsten auch mit Leckereien versorgen. Die…