The city of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand has become the destination for a growing segment of the international tourism market: religious tourism. International tourists visit Buddhist temples,…
This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. Yugoslav historiography counted seven major Axis military operations undertaken against…
Eine der besten Sachen, die Delhi in den letzten 20 Jahren verändert hat, ist die Metro. Damit kommt mensch gut und sicher an viele Orte in der Stadt.…
Eine der besten Sachen, die Delhi in den letzten 20 Jahren verändert hat, ist die Metro. Damit kommt mensch gut und sicher an viele Orte in der Stadt.…
Der 1933 in Deutschland geschriebene Roman Unsere Straße hat einmal einen Klassiker der antifaschistischen Erinnerung an den Beginn des Nationalsozialismus gebildet. Heute ist er weitgehend vergessen….
By Jehron Muhammad Every year, including 2023 we in the United States celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights …
Final de Marca Copito. Un gorila blanco y otros legados y memorias, destinado al catálogo de la exposición Ikunde. Barcelona metrópoli colonial, celebrada en el Museu de les…
This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. Soldiers participate in wars for various reasons, some of which…
It’s important to remain impartial when conducting ethnography. A mean girl at an after-school club challenged my role as a researcher. The post Ethnographic Postcards: The Mean Girl…
Over six million prime-age men are neither working nor looking for work; America’s low unemployment rate hides the fact that many men have dropped out of the workforce…
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” …