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November 25, 2024
Instrument of War
In his new book, Instrument of War: Music and the Making of the America's Soldiers (University of Chicago Press, 2024), David Suisman shows that the U…
November 24, 2024
Analog Superpowers
At the beginning of the twentieth century, two British inventors, Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood, became fascinated by a major military question: …
November 13, 2024
Wisecracks
What good is a good sense of humour especially when the humour may be ethically questionable? Although humour seems a valuable part of a good conversa…
November 11, 2024
Dual Justice
The United States incarcerates its citizens for property crime, drug use, and violent crime at a rate that exceeds any other developed nation – and di…
November 9, 2024
Non-literary Fiction
In this episode of High Theory, Esther Gabara talks with us about Non-Literary Fiction, that is, works of fiction that belong to the world of contempo…
November 4, 2024
Intimate Subjects
When, where, and who gets to touch and be touched, and who decides? What do we learn through touch? How does touch bring us closer together or push us…
November 2, 2024
The Return of Resentment
The term “resentment,” often casually paired with words like “hatred,” “rage,” and “fear,” has dominated US news analysis since November 2016. Despi…
October 23, 2024
The Librarian's Atlas
In The Librarian's Atlas: The Shape of Knowledge in Early Modern Spain (U Chicago Press, 2024) Seth Kimmel explores the material history of libraries …
October 21, 2024
Sea Level
News reports warn of rising sea levels spurred by climate change. Waters inch ever higher, disrupting delicate ecosystems and threatening island and c…
October 18, 2024
Some White Folks
There is racial inequality in America, and some people are distressed over it while others are not. Some White Folks: The Interracial Politics of Symp…
October 13, 2024
A Good Reputation
Neighborhoods have the power to form significant parts of our worlds and identities. A neighborhood's reputation, however, doesn't always match up to …
September 30, 2024
The Power of the Badge
The image of the sheriff is deeply embedded in American culture – from pacifist Jimmy Stewart in Destry Rides Again and gun averse Roy Scheider in Jaw…
September 25, 2024
The Black Tax
In The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America (U Chicago Press, 2024), Andrew W. Kahrl uncovers the history of ineq…
September 23, 2024
The Myth of Disenchantment
A great many theorists have argued that the defining feature of modernity is that people no longer believe in spirits, myths, or magic. Jason Ā. Josep…
September 21, 2024
Liberty's Grid
Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of startling uniformity. Perpendicular streets and rectangular fields, a…
September 18, 2024
Fixers
In Fixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Dr. Zrinka Stahuljak challenges schola…
September 16, 2024
A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other
Many scholars and members of the press have argued that John Roberts’ Supreme Court is exceptional. While some emphasize the approach to interpreting …
September 11, 2024
Polished
Why do people go to college? In Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility (U Chicago Press, 2024), Melissa Osborne, an associate pr…
September 10, 2024
On Both Sides of the Tracks
An analysis of social mobility in contemporary French literature that offers a new perspective on figures who move between social classes. Social cli…
September 9, 2024
Insurgent Communities
When people migrate and settle in other countries, do they automatically form a diaspora? In Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Dia…