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Alex Preston has admitted to using AI to write a New York Times Book Review. He has not only embarrassed himself, but broken the trust of his readers.
The beloved Australian film critic David Stratton has died at 85.
Lovers of wine made in France’s Bordeaux region often ask how chateaux set their prices. The answers involve a 19th-century ranking, professional criticism and digital-age reviews.
Critics have scoffed at the AI-written review, but haven’t acknowledged the threat implicit in the reduction of the human to the machine.
Thanks to the internet, there is no shortage of information about films. But Margaret and David have left a hole that is hard to fill.
Giving and receiving criticism can be difficult. This class tries to make it easier.
The political thought of Hannah Arendt reminds us that we are more than our successes and failures.
From Russian Doll to Severance, a spate of conceptual TV series are rehearsing thought experiments challenging our assumptions about the world.
A law scholar examines a pair of Supreme Court cases that pit the public’s free speech rights against politicians’ rights.
Many people who aren’t Jewish are responding as if what’s been taking place is just another episode of Israeli-Palestinian violence. But it’s different for many Jews.
To address declining humanities enrolments, these programs should ensure they offer more than critical theory for identifying and analyzing problems.
While Sanders deftly played the game of Black respectability politics during his short tenure, Jackson State had motives of its own when it hired the former NFL star.
Peer review of research sounds like it should be a conversation between equals. Instead, it can be patronizing, demanding and simply unkind. A group of journal editors thinks this should change.
Nine months into the pandemic, Indonesia has seen serious threats to civil liberties, involving not only privacy but also freedom of expression and of the press in the digital realm.
Clive James will be remembered for his dry wit, distinctive voice and his unlikely yet hugely appealing screen presence.
Arts criticism in Australia is under threat, writes Melbourne-based novelist, poet and theatre critic Alison Croggon. One solution may be state subsidy of arts criticism.
Smee insists that the rich and intense visions of artists such as Cézanne or Chekhov are increasingly lost to us.
His recent death will lead to some old debates about his work returning – but are they still valid?
Fairfax’s plans to reduce arts coverage as part of 125 jobs to go put Australia’s cultural enterprise in jeopardy.
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Associate Professor in Media and Communication, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Fellow, McCormack Graduate School, UMass Boston
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Literature, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Editor, Australian Book Review, Flinders University
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Lecturer in English Literature, Bath Spa University
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow in Film and Screen Studies, Monash University
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Physician, Professor of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Artificial Intelligence Initiatives, University of Michigan
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Teaching Fellow in Political Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Assistant Professor of Race and Media, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor, University of Prince Edward Island