While the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing is an opportunity to celebrate a remarkable technological achievement, it’s worth reflecting upon the creative vision that made it possible.
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Studios are starting to realize that diverse casts and diverse stories have a massive earning potential.
Municipal swimming pools flourished in the 20th century. But too often, their success was based on the exclusion of African Americans.
Hidden for decades in a vault at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, the photographs depict a regime fixated on establishing order, meting out punishment and stoking nationalism.
The archetype can be traced back to 1920s detective fiction, when gruff, gun-toting, cigarette-smoking mavericks became heroic figures.
For decades, black characters in horror movies were objects of ridicule, died first or played evil Voodoo practitioners. But now we’re seeing a wave of films created by blacks and starring blacks.
While the 2019 ‘Aladdin’ is a big improvement from the 1992 version, it still recycles some old tropes.
An unprecedented survey of US GIs that began in 1941, preserved on microfilm, provides a raw and uncensored story of average Americans grappling with both national ideals and practical necessities.
Women of color in public office often face great scrutiny and hostility. New research shows how France’s first black female senators used their experience fighting Nazis to pass landmark legislation.
According to a new study, those who have a tendency to sabotage their relationships may find solace in the fictional worlds of TV and movies.
According to a new study, a small portion of a site can yield thousands of objects, adding up to millions of dollars.
‘The Life of Washington’ was painted in the 1930s by an artist who sought to upend a rosy narrative of US history. Now some are saying its images ‘traumatize’ viewers – and ought to be taken down.
Scholars continue to debate what, exactly, happened to Emmett Till the morning of his murder. But that hasn’t stopped a poor Mississippi community from trying to profit off one version of the story.
Potions, spells and alchemy are intriguing to children and adults alike. A professor of literature explains what’s behind this fascination and reveals where to experience the magic of transformation.
A folklorist is working to preserve the history of a unique, urban community of Lumbee Indians.
Pope Francis has discouraged homosexual men from entering priesthood. Prior to the 12th century, even celebrated priests could write about same-sex desires and the church paid little attention.
Ellen N. La Motte’s ‘The Backwash of War’ was praised for its clear-eyed portrayal of war, but was swiftly banned. Yet the similarities between her spare prose and Hemingway’s are unmistakable.
Australian society is made up of people from different backgrounds and faiths. Teaching school children about religious diversity and traditions makes them more tolerant of religious minorities.
The way books are sorted at the library can be highly political, touching upon issues of race and identity.
The book took eight years from conception to publication. In the earliest dummy, the monsters that millions have grown to love actually started out as horses.
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Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Georgetown University
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Professor of History, Wesleyan University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Executive Director, Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor and Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Assistant Professor of Religion, California Lutheran University
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Professor of Philosophy of Science, Durham University
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Eric and Jane Nord Family Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Professor of History, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County