“There is a need to create ideals even when you can’t see any way to achieve them, because if there are no ideals, there can be no hope and…

English literature scholar Gutjahr (Charles Hodge) provides a sweeping history of Americans’ religious belief in aliens

Podcast Episode · The Academic Life · August 6 · 1h 1m

Has modern life become too disenchanted? Brown University professor Michael Satlow explores what we've gained, and perhaps lost, since the ancient world.

Four books on Thomas Jefferson trace the life and thought of a Virginia slave owner who argued passionately for human liberty.

But the reviews for ‘Disclosure Day’ among the experts on UAP—unidentified aerial phenomena—are decidedly mixed.

YouTube video by Benjamin Park, Historian

A philosopher probes the promise of AI friendships

Short reviews of recent releases.

A user’s guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises

Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

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University of Pennsylvania religion professor Weitzman (The Origin of the Jews) traces in this sweeping account how the story of...

On this week's 51%, we speak with Emory University Professor Miriam Udel about how a 20th Century movement of Yiddish literature strived to help Jewish children make sense of a tumultuous world and…

How Mexican and Latinx hackers apply concepts from coding to their lived experiences

Meet the team behind Princeton University Press’s multi-year publishing project: a 26-volume critical edition of C. G. Jung’s writings, featuring vibrant new translations.