Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational.| the polyphony
In Part 4 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Rocío Rødtjer discusses the colonial legacies of nineteenth-century medical metaphors and demonstrates their ongoing relevance for the present day.| the polyphony
In Part 3 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Nicolás Fernández-Medina examines the Spanish avant-garde’s response to the biomedical sciences through the lens of Ramón Gómez de la Serna’s pioneering avant-gardism.| the polyphony
In Part 2 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Olivia Glaze considers the policy and impact potential of research on languages, identity and culture within the medical humanities.| the polyphony
Jen Clay’s interactive piece, “Soft Night, Watching,” makes people feel “happy and eerie at the same time.”| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“It sparks their creativity, it allows them to work collaboratively with their peers, it really unites our group."| EdSurge Articles
Robert Redford's passing reminds us that perhaps his greatest legacy is his support for independent film. So on today's show, what is the impact of independent film on the industry? How has independent film changed in recent years. How has the major shift toward streaming affected our access to independent films? [ dur: 58mins. ] Cynthia Baron is a Professor of Arts in Department of Theater & Film at Bowling Green State University. She is the author of Modern Acting: The Lost Chapter of Ameri...| The Scholars' Circle
High school teacher Tom Moore reminds young writers that an AI-generated essay rings false because it can’t replace the traits that drive human ...| EdSurge Articles
The University Art Museum has received a monumental gift of more than 80 traditional Indian patachitra scrolls, significantly expanding its collection of So ...| SU News
ORCID has added new humanities-based work types; a long-awaited development both for ORCID and for our community!| ORCID
La Casita Cultural Center will commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 with a community-wide event and the opening of a new exhibition, "WEIR ...| SU News
Alexandrea Ravenelle’s latest book explores how COVID-19 affected the most vulnerable wage-earners.| Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine
A UNC-Chapel Hill student signed a book deal for her young adult thriller with a “big five” publisher when she was still a first-year student.| Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine
In a new book spanning 200 years of history, award-winning scholar Blair L.M. Kelley shines a spotlight on the often-overlooked contributions of everyday Black workers through the lens of her own family’s story.| Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine
Living Forms is the result of a semester-long exploration of site-specific dance work in Rebecca Lazier’s Site, Off-Site, Site-Responsive Dance and Choreography class as part of the Princeton Dance Festival: Reimagined 2020. This website is an evolving collection of the embedded layers that inform improvisational response that often do not find their way into the ‘final product’. You are encouraged to browse the scores, videos, recordings, links, images, and texts that are tethered to ...| McGraw Commons
The Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan website is a re-development of several projects developed by Professor Tom Conlan in Princeton Department of East Asian Studies, devoted to understanding the Mongol Invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281. The failure of the invasions gave rise to the notion of the “divine wind” or Kamikaze, although an exploration of the invasions reveals that the Japanese defeated the Mongols with little need of divine, or meteorological intervention. The website...| McGraw Commons
The first set of documents that are translated are 53 records of the Tannowa collection. They cover the period from the early thirteenth through the early sixteenth century, and provide insight into the actions of the Tannowa, a warrior family who resided in the eponymous Tannowa estate in Izumi province. This collection is unique in that it provides, in great detail, evidence for the actions of the warriors of the central provinces near Kyoto, which rarely survive. These document reveal much...| McGraw Commons
In this course, students will engage with Brazilian culture through the concept of performance, underlining race and gender issues. How do dance, music, poetry, image, theater, film, fiction, humor, and sports represent Brazilian people and cultures? How do those practices develop between transnational zones of systemic racism and gender injustice in relation to Afro-Brazilian, Indigenous people, immigrants, and other groups? We invite students to collaborate in the creation of short performa...| McGraw Commons
