Cultural Studies

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

The Nomadic Humanities
A proposal for a new paradigm: the Nomadic Humanities.
Catharine R. StimpsonJul 12, 2016
St. Marks Isn’t Over, It’s Over For You: A Conversation With Ada Calhoun
In “St. Marks Is Dead”, writer Ada Calhoun traces 400 years of the street beginning with Peter Stuyvesant’s expansive farm to the karaoke bars of today.
Emily ColucciJun 16, 2016
- Cultural Studies
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
Dan Fox on why pretentiousness matters.
Jun 15, 2016
- Cultural Studies
The Tragedy of the Pit Bull
Tucker Coombe interviews Bronwen Dickey about her new book, “Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon”.
Tucker CoombeJun 13, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- History
Blame Ageism
How ugly is ageism in the United States?
Margaret Morganroth GulletteJun 8, 2016
- Cultural Studies
The Elephant in the Seminar Room: Should the PhD Be Saved?
A review of Leonard Cassuto’s "The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It".
Stephen MilderMay 26, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Education
On National Tap Dance Day, May the Critics Hail: “Tap Dance Is Dead Right for Everybody!”
Thirty-six years after a historic gathering, the tap community still struggles to convince the general public that tap is “dead right for everybody.”
Constance Valis HillMay 20, 2016
- Cultural Studies
Beyond Resistance: Towards a Future History of Digital Humanities
In “Neoliberal Tools (and Archives),” Daniel Allington, Sarah Brouillette, and David Golumbia have produced a timely and trenchant critique.
Andrew Piper, Juliana Spahr, Richard SoMay 11, 2016
- Cultural Studies
Our Hero and His Blues: Celebrating Albert Murray
Clifford Thompson celebrates Albert Murray 100th birthday by taking an in-depth look at his life's work
Clifford ThompsonMay 8, 2016
Neoliberal Tools (and Archives): A Political History of Digital Humanities
Daniel Allington, Sarah Brouillete, and David Golumbia explain how Digital Humanities plays a lead role in the corporatist restructuring of the humanities.
Daniel Allington, David Golumbia, Sarah BrouilletteMay 1, 2016
- Cultural Studies
A Prophetic Vision of Haiti’s Past
Jeremy Matthew Glick's "The Black Radical Tragic" is a book we were all waiting for without knowing it.
Slavoj ŽižekApr 17, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Philosophy & Religion
The Future of Academic Style: Why Citations Still Matter in the Age of Google
An argument for the importance of academic citation in the digital age.
Kathleen FitzpatrickMar 29, 2016
- Cultural Studies