by Patricia Macdonald This is the first of a series of blogs featuring themes and participants from the book Surveying…
Category: Cultural Studies
Cultural Studies
Q & A with the author of ‘Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and photography now’
by Patricia Macdonald Tell us a bit about your book… The purpose of the book is to explore the range…
by Lisa Dombrowski and Justin Wyatt Film director Robert Altman was one of the leading creative forces of the last…
by Andrew M. Jones Tell us a bit about your book The Revival of Evangelicalism: Mission and Piety in the…
In this great interview from New Books in National Security, Omar Ashour, author of How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in…
by Elisabeth Özdalga The core of her new book Pulpit, Mosque and Nation, author Elisabeth Özdalga explores five key aspects…
Cultural History
Folk Songs as Communication, Resistance, Lament, and Entertainment Among Women in Northeastern Afghanistan
By Wolayat Tabasum Niroo In the northeastern provinces of Afghanistan, talented women sing folk songs to entertain each other in…
By Peter C. Pugsley In Japanese High School Films: Iconography, Nostalgia and Discipline, I write about how high school-based films capture…
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Architectural Matrices: Uncovering the History of the Ghurid Dynasty
Via Discovery & Inspiration, a podcast from the National Humanities Center In this short podcast from the National Humanities Center,…
by David Martin-Jones In a previous post, David Martin-Jones, author of Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7, explored the recent and enduring…