Posts Tagged ‘humanities’
African-American Hoodoo: more than magic
RUTGERS (US) — The tradition of herbal healing known as Hoodoo is about more than using hex-breaking oils and candles to ward off bad vibes, according to a new book by scholar Katrina Hazzard-Donald. Continue…
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Society & Culture - Nov 15, 2012 11:43 - 1 Comment
US-Mexico conflict fueled anti-war movement
PENN STATE (US) — The Mexican-American War sparked the first truly national anti-war movement in the US, says historian Amy Greenberg. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 13, 2012 13:05 - 0 Comments
How ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ took over US stages
U. VIRGINIA (US) — The best-selling novel of the 19th century, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, morphed into live performances across the US, which ranged from moral dramas to racist spectacles. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 10, 2012 16:13 - 5 Comments
MRI reveals brain’s response to reading
STANFORD (US) — Researchers asked people to read Jane Austen in an MRI machine, and say the surprising results suggest reading closely could be “training” for our brains. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 9, 2012 8:34 - 0 Comments
‘Social play’ classes keep doctors sharp
PENN STATE (US) — Mini-courses in the humanities that stimulate creative juices and add variety to doctors’ daily routines sharpen critical thinking skills and improve job satisfaction, a new study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 2, 2012 10:28 - 2 Comments
Clear cultural mission vital to next museums
U. CHICAGO (US) — Careful planning and a focus on what visitors want is crucial to the success of new museums and other cultural centers, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 26, 2012 13:25 - 1 Comment
Union’s strategy trouble prolonged Civil War
PENN STATE (US) — Northern military leaders struggled to find a viable strategy in the Civil War, which added to the conflict’s length and cost, according to a historian’s new book. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 25, 2012 12:15 - 6 Comments
1890 image may be world’s oldest recording
INDIANA U. (US) — Modern technology may have resurrected the oldest recording in the world from an image. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 4, 2012 11:41 - 0 Comments
Archive tracks shift in Texas news topics
STANFORD (US) — A new online database analyzes newspaper vocabulary from the 1820s onward to reveal which topics have preoccupied Texas communities. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 25, 2012 11:44 - 0 Comments
For science’s sake, touch the art
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Visitors to a new exhibition get to break the cardinal rule of museum-going: Please don’t touch. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 12, 2012 17:10 - 4 Comments
Would you ‘friend’ Shakespeare?
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A new social network tracks major figures in literature, like William Shakespeare and Robert Frost—and the scholars who study them. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 9, 2012 11:22 - 1 Comment
First female professor’s archive goes digital
STANFORD (US) — The archives of Europe’s first female professor, Laura Bassi, will soon be available online. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 27, 2011 11:06 - 3 Comments
Manuscript details Ben Jonson’s ‘lost’ trek
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — The chance discovery of a manuscript hidden among papers in an ancient family archive is shedding light on the life and career of Ben Jonson, William Shakespeare’s biggest rival. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 16, 2011 14:07 - 2 Comments
Is choice just a mind game?
NYU (US) — By illuminating rational choice, game theory can expound on strategic questions in the humanities made by characters in a range of texts that include the Bible and Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 26, 2010 23:06 - 1 Comment
On view: Tomorrow’s multicultural museum
U. CHICAGO (US)—Museums need to become more welcoming to minorities and provide more opportunities to interact with young people in order to remain relevant to the public in a rapidly changing world, according to a new report presented May 24 at a meeting of the American Association of Museums. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 15, 2010 14:11 - 0 Comments
Shakespeare’s lost work?
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK)—A literary detective who claims to have found evidence of a ‘lost play’ by William Shakespeare has won the backing of the acclaimed Shakespeare publishers, Arden, with the publication of his new book, Double Falsehood, or the Distressed Lovers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 1, 2010 18:53 - 0 Comments
Brome’s plays hit the digital stage
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—The collected works of dramatist Richard Brome, which have not appeared in a complete edition since 1873, are now available through a fully-searchable Web site. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 28, 2009 15:04 - 0 Comments
Digital archive puts the ‘e’ in Homer
UC IRVINE (US)—The Iliad and about 20,000 other Greek classics are available online through the first digital humanities archive. One of the world’s largest collections of e-texts, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, or Treasury of the Greek Language, includes virtually all surviving Greek texts from 800 B.C. to 600 A.D., as well as the majority of existent works up to the fall of Byzantium in 1453. (more…)
