This episode will explore who can own an idea. … [Read more...]
The H. J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports
Opened in 2009, The H. J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports was founded by University of Texas faculty members Terry and Jan Todd, whose personal collection of physical culture and sports materials constitutes the majority of the center’s research holdings. These holdings and those acquired by the Todds, span the fields of strength training, physical education, sports, alternative medicine, and performance-enhancing drugs. The Stark Center also houses the media files of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, as well as several golf-related collections and Olympic … [Read more...]
Whales in Captivity
This episode looks at the strange history of keeping live whales in captivity. … [Read more...]
The Historical Music Recordings Collection
The Historical Music Recordings Collection is the major repository at the university for sound recordings and is one of the largest such collections in the United States, housing more than three hundred thousand items and providing examples of a wide variety of genres in almost every type of format. With a dedicated rerecording studio in-house, the collection can also produce high-quality reproductions of materials from the collection for public use and preservation copies of fragile or deteriorating media. Classical music is predominant among the holdings, but there are considerable … [Read more...]
Randy Lewis
In this episode of Life of the Mind: Conversations with University of Texas Faculty about Scholarship, Ideas, and the State of Higher Education in America, a podcast series developed by Duncan Moench, Caroline Pinkston talks with Randy Lewis, professor in American Studies, about teaching in a department where you were once a student, digging deeply into one subject versus exploring broadly, and how creating art is related to studying and writing about it. They also discuss teaching as a collaborative practice, and making the university more accessible to the public. … [Read more...]
Uncovering Nakedness
Today's episode explores the history of anxiety about nakedness. … [Read more...]
Methods in History
Today's episode explores the nuances of how historians research, think about, and explain history. … [Read more...]
Mapping Religion, Hunting Ghosts, and Remembering Billie Holiday
Religions Texas is a joint initiative of the University of Texas at Austin Department of Religious Studies and the Institute for Diversity and Civic Life to document and map religious diversity in Texas. In January 2017, the University of Texas hosted a consultation for this initiative, which included panels on the study of religions in Texas, mapping religion and digital humanities, and religious literacy, pedagogy, and public humanities, as well as a keynote lecture by Tracy Fessenden, Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University. In this lecture, she discussed mapping as a … [Read more...]
Lessons from Yap
Today's episode is part of our series on the current state of currency. It will have you questioning if cash truly is king. … [Read more...]
Cary Cordova
In this episode of Life of the Mind: Conversations with University of Texas Faculty about Scholarship, Ideas, and the State of Higher Education in America, a podcast series developed by Duncan Moench, Caroline Pinkston speaks with Cary Cordova, professor in American Studies, about the importance of seeing yourself in your students, the process of editing a dissertation into a book, and the nagging problem of the passive voice. They also discuss what it’s like to write, think, and live between American Studies and Latino Studies, and the importance of writing about what matters to … [Read more...]