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Joanna Vanderham as Desdemona and Hugh Quarshie as the title character in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of ‘Othello.’ Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images

‘I were but little happy, if I could say how much’:...

Cora Fox, Arizona State University What is “happiness” – and who gets to be happy? Since...

AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the...

Billy J. Stratton, University of Denver In 2014, Stephen Hawking voiced grave warnings about the threats of artificial intelligence.

What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?

Christine Larson, University of Colorado Boulder and Ashley Carter, University of Colorado Boulder CC BY-SA

Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers

Shannon McHugh, UMass Boston As poets have demonstrated for centuries, a sonnet for your beloved never goes out of...

To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close...

Debra J. Rosenthal, John Carroll University Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation...

Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the...

Jessica Pressman, San Diego State University Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have...

This course teaches how to judge a book by its cover...

Lynda Kachurek, University of Richmond Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....

Why I teach a course connecting Taylor Swift’s songs to the...

Elizabeth Scala, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Unusual Courses is...

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