Cultural Studies

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

It Won’t Love You Back: An Interview with Maria Tumarkin
Mireille Juchau talks to Maria Tumarkin, author of “Axiomatic.”
Mireille JuchauSep 3, 2019
Year of the Werewolf
The werewolf was an apt figure for 1981, a moment when prominent commentators worried that many Americans had become too self-focused.
Andrew StrombeckAug 29, 2019
How to Write a Wondertale
Natasha Boyd considers the past and future of the fairy story.
Natasha BoydAug 25, 2019
Star Power
Joseph Roach looks at new biographies on Richard Potter and Sarah Bernhardt to find the origin of the modern celebrity.
Joseph RoachAug 19, 2019
- Biography & Autobiography
- Cultural Studies
Moving Birds: Translocation in an Unraveling World
While the millerbird story in Hawai'i is undoubtedly one of success, it is also a profound tragedy that must summon us into new modes of responsibility.
Thom van DoorenAug 7, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology
Melville and the Media: A Conversation with Bernhard Siegert, Markus Krajewski, and Harun Maye
Bryan Norton talks to German scholars Bernhard Siegert, Markus Krajewski, and Harun Maye, authors of an ongoing commentary to Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick.”
Bryan NortonAug 1, 2019
Confronting the Unwatchable
Maggie Hennefeld and Nicholas Baer on our unwatchable era.
Maggie Hennefeld, Nicholas BaerJul 17, 2019
Our Predicament Is No Joke: On Terry Eagleton’s “Humour”
Kieran Setiya takes a serious look at “Humour” by Terry Eagleton.
Kieran SetiyaJul 4, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Philosophy & Religion
Literature in a Time of Collusion: A Conversation Between Jennifer Wilson, Hilah Kohen, Julia Phillips, and Fiona Bell
Jennifer Wilson, Hilah Kohen, Julia Phillips, and Fiona Bell discuss new approaches to writing about Russia.
Fiona Bell, Hilah Kohen, Jennifer Wilson, Julia PhillipsJun 28, 2019
Invisible Europe
Dubravka Ugrešić reflects on today’s Europe and its crises.
Dubravka UgrešićJun 26, 2019
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
Mindfulness Versus McMindfulness: A Conversation with David Forbes
Eleanor J. Bader speaks to David Forbes, author of “Mindfulness and Its Discontents: Education, Self, and Social Transformation.”
Eleanor J. BaderJun 23, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
The Thief: On the Rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s Memoir
Ilan Stavans narrates the rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s long-lost memoir.
Ilan StavansJun 20, 2019