How Berlin Rebuilt Its Classical Music Scene After World War II
After World War II, Berlin musicians rebuilt the city's classical music scene by channeling the trauma of their experiences — they called it "rubble music." Read more ›
From Woolf to Hemingway: The Transformation of Literary Dialogue
Prof. Elizabeth Alsop looks at the development and transformation of literary dialogue in fiction novels throughout the centuries, giving it a "greater capacity for signification." Read more ›
How David Bowie Fans Transformed Brixton with a Street Party
It's been four years since hundreds gathered in front of a mural in Brixton to mourn David Bowie's death with music and community. Brixton hasn't been the same since. Read more ›
American Christianity’s Obsession with Native American Salvation
"Messianic Fulfillments: Staging Indigenous Salvation in America" by Prof. Hayes P. Mauro examines Christian evangelical movements of the 16th-19th centuries' efforts to transform Native Americans into the "ideal American." Read more ›
‘Middlemarch’ and George Eliot’s Scientific Aspirations
A new essay by City College of New York Prof. Renata Kobetts Miller takes a deeper look at George Eliot's 1872 masterpiece Middlemarch. Read more ›
A Novel Brings Ethiopia’s Women Warriors Out of the Shadows
Queens College Professor Maaza Mengiste's new novel, The Shadow King, follows the Ethiopian women warriors who fought the Italian army. Read more ›
The Art of ‘Silence’ in the Poetry of Northern Ireland’s Medbh McGuckian
Kingsborough Community College Professor Maureen Fadem deciphers the eclectic poetry of Northern Ireland’s Medbh McGuckian in a new book titled Silence and Articulacy in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian. Read more ›
New Book Journeys to Singapore’s Rough-and-Tumble 19th Century
Prof. John D. Greenwood's latest book, Chasing the Dragon, evokes the history and cultural complexity of Singapore's pre-colonial era. Read more ›
‘Call Me By Your Name’ Characters Return, But Don’t Call This A Sequel
The characters from André Aciman's novel "Call Me By Your Name" reappear in his latest book, "Find Me," but the author says he does not consider the new work a sequel. Read more ›