Interview In dialogue: Women in translation August 16, 2023 In recent years, 鈥淲omen in Translation鈥� month has emerged as a critical platform for questioning the underrepresentation of women authors in translated literature and exploring the significance of bringing their works to a global audience. At its core lie the vital and pressing questions: Why aren鈥檛 more works by women being translated, and why are women in translation so important? Read More
Essay Insect apocalypse August 14, 2023 Insects underpin almost all terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. But in the last few decades, populations all over the world have collapsed with terrifying speed. Read More
Interview Spotlight on Supporting Diverse Voices: Cara Ocobock July 31, 2023 In this Author Q&A, we highlight the work of Dr. Cara Ocobock, Supporting Diverse Voices grantee and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of Notre Dame. Read More
Essay On origins, Africa, and the novelty of knowledge July 30, 2023 Every living being has origins. Yes, plural, because living organisms adapt and change over time. Read More
Interview Nicolas Mathevon on The Voices of Nature July 27, 2023 Did you know that elephant seals recognize each other by voice? That flies emit sounds with their wings to communicate during courtship? That bird nestlings learn their song by imitating an adult?聽The world of animal communication is far more incredible than you might think. Read More
Essay Plato the constitutionalist鈥攁nd the Supreme Court July 27, 2023 A cabal of unelected men and women appointed with tenure for life, making the most important decisions for an entire society with no chance of appeal. That is a good description of the United States Supreme Court. It鈥檚 also a good description of the philosopher-rulers of Plato鈥檚 Republic. Read More
Essay The everyday surveillance of undocumented immigrants July 26, 2023 Undocumented immigrants live within a tangled web of institutional surveillance that both threatens and maintains their societal presence as they deal with life鈥檚 ups and downs. Read More
Interview In dialogue: Rethinking climate change and catastrophe July 18, 2023 This month, in pursuit of clarity and advice, we gathered some of our authors and asked the following question: How should we think about the future in the face of climate change? Their perspectives offer us the tools to collectively rethink catastrophe in order to generate alternative possibilities of hope, action, or simple awareness regarding the planet and its beings. Read More
Interview Office hours with Sarah Damaske July 18, 2023 This month鈥檚 Office Hours is a conversation with Sarah Damaske, author of聽The Tolls of Uncertainty. Damaske is a professor of sociology and labor and employment relations at Pennsylvania State University. She shares some good reasons to be hopeful about the future of sociology and also reminds us of the potential for profound and surprising moments during interviews. Read More
Essay The vanishing lives of coral July 17, 2023 At least in the twenty-first-century popular imagination, coral alternately symbolizes either a blissful day at the beach or the end of our planet as we know it. In the nineteenth century, however, coral had many other lives. Read More
Essay How I fell in love with natural history, with Robert Still July 12, 2023 To celebrate the arrival of summer and the gifts of nature that come with it, we asked several of our naturalist writers and scholars to respond to the following question: How did you fall in love with natural history? This week, we hear from Dr. Robert Still, publishing director of WILDGuides and co-author of British and Irish Wild Flowers and Plants. Read More
Essay The corporation as institutional adaptation June 27, 2023 Both external events and government policy have profoundly influenced the shape and extent of the American corporation. Read More
Essay The artist Mina Loy: Modernist constellation June 26, 2023 Not since Marcel Duchamp curated Mina Loy鈥檚 last one-person exhibition in New York at the Bodley Gallery in 1959 has the latter artist risen above the obscuring cloud of mystery and notoriety that set to her heels in 1914. Read More
Essay How I fell in love with natural history, with Heather Campbell June 23, 2023 To celebrate the coming of summer, we asked several of our naturalist writers and scholars to respond to the following question: How did you fall in love with natural history? This week, we hear from Dr. Heather Campbell. Read More
Essay Aristotelian virtues for social media June 23, 2023 There was no social media in Aristotle鈥檚 day. But a trio of virtues Aristotle invokes for social situations鈥攁nd their corresponding vices鈥攏icely capture the landscape of human (mis)behavior on the social media of today. Read More
