Peter Hess’s book project, Crisis, Transgression, Discipline, Ordering: Resisting Pluralization and Globalization in German Literature, explores the connections between food, globalization, and the creation of a national identity grounded in masculinity and false memories. In this episode of Humanities Highlights, Hess explores in particular the connection between the influx of imported foods into Germany and […]
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Food and Globalization in Early 16th-Century Germany
Peter Hess's book project, Crisis, Transgression, Discipline, Ordering: Resisting Pluralization and Globalization in German Literature, explores the connections between food, globalization, and the … [Read More...]
Presidential Politicking: Who Puts Those Words in the Candidates’ Mouths?
Don Baer. Michael Gerson. Ted Sorensen. Peggy Noonan. Jon Favreau. You may not recognize all--or even some--of these names, but you have probably heard or read the words they have written. These … [Read More...]
21st-Century Breakfast Club
"You see us as you want to see us—in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...and an athlete...and a basket case...a … [Read More...]
Modern Banking, Cryptocurrency, and the World’s Unbanked, Part 2
What is the relationship between being unbanked and poverty? What are some solutions to the condition of being unbanked? Today’s episode of Humanities Minutes, part two of two, discusses the global … [Read More...]
Human Nature as Cultural Design
Benjamin Gregg, associate professor of Government, explores core issues in bioethics in his upcoming book, Human Nature as Cultural Design: The Political Challenge of Genetic Enhancement. These issues … [Read More...]