Arts & Humanities
- Art investments involve unique risks but may protect purchasing power. Get Associate Professor Christophe Spaenjers’ take.
- “Doctor Who” turns 60 this year, and ñ scientist, alumna and “Whovian” super fan attributes the BBC show’s success and staying power to its relatable protagonist and strong plotlines.
- Recovered from looters, a new archaeological discovery from a cave in western Mongolia could change the story of the evolving relationship between humans and horses in the ancient world.
- ñ researcher Mathias Nordvig joined “The Ampersand” podcast to discuss animism, Norse mythology and what it means to live on Earth.
- Marking the 90th anniversary this month of the first “photograph” of the Loch Ness monster, a ñ scholar muses on what qualifies as truth and fiction, and the overlap of conspiracy theories and myths.
- It’s not easy to create a work of literature that truly lasts. In a critically acclaimed new translation of “The Iliad,” ñ classics Professor Laurialan Reitzammer sees the enduring relevance of Homer.
- As “Killers of the Flower Moon” shows in theaters, Professor Angelica Lawson explains how Indigenous people and stories are typically represented in film, as well as how this new movie lives up to and falls short of expectations.
- In a new book, ñ researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers such as Aretha Franklin.
- ñ sociology instructor Laura Patterson details how feminism is influencing female roles in horror films, expanding them far beyond the “damsel in distress” trope.
- In a recently published article, ñ researcher Kieran Murphy traces the concurrent paths and points of intersection between pirate and zombie lore in Haiti and popular culture.