Babyn Yar brings together the responses to the tragic events of September 1941. Presented here in the original and in English translation, the poems create a... Læs mere
From 2010 to 2014, the Classics Department at the University of Heidelberg set out to trace over two millennia of research on... Læs mere
Throughout US history, black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons. Joshua Bennett explores the place of animality in works by... Læs mere
In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the inspiring story of the uprising that galvanized antislavery forces in Britain and led directly to abolition two years later.
The US Constitution says nothing about a presidential cabinet, yet this institution has grown powerful. Lindsay M. Chervinsky... Læs mere
The threat of cyberwar can feel very Hollywood: nuclear codes hacked, power plants melting down, cities burning. In reality,... Læs mere
The poems in The Voices of Babyn Yar convey the experiences of ordinary civilians going through unbearable events leading to the massacre at Kyiv’s Babyn Yar. Conceived as a... Læs mere
Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810), widely regarded as the most accomplished Urdu poet, composed his ghazals in a distinctive Indian style arising from the Persian... Læs mere
The 700 poems of Hindi poet Biharilal’s Satsai weave amorous narratives of the god Krishna and the goddess Radha with hero and heroine motifs, bridging... Læs mere
Tony Rothman offers a primer on the science of the big bang and the questions we still can’t answer about the origins of the universe. Enlisting thoughtful analogies and... Læs mere
Electronic eavesdropping once provoked protest and outrage. Now it is a mundane fact of life. How did we get here? The Listeners traces the... Læs mere
Jennifer Allen details a German utopian movement that arose against capitalist triumphalism at the end of the Cold War. Describing public art... Læs mere