“When they make a wasteland, they call it ‘peace,‘” wrote the Roman historian Tacitus, in a turn of phrase that a classics scholar says has been relevant for centuries – including right now.
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In the drama of envisioning a future for the United States, Joe Biden and Donald Trump both invoked stories about snakes to suggest different views about self-interest and the common good.
Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990 was met by an outpouring of poetic celebration both within South Africa and globally.
The sudden death on Friday of the Irish Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney has focused international minds and media on the power of poetry to affect our lives. This is especially true from an environmental…
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Post-doctoral researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Associate professor in Cultural Studies and English, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Reader in Irish Literature, Oxford Brookes University
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Professor, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Classics and the Director of Peace and Conflict Studies, College of the Holy Cross