Tag: Literature
‘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
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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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Israelis have a skewed view on extent of Gaza’s hunger plight...
Jori Breslawski, Tel Aviv University and Carlo Koos, University of Bergen
Under mounting international pressure, Israel announced on May...
