Arts & Humanities
- As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Professor Ashleigh Lawrence Sanders shares insight on King’s fuller legacy, his trajectory as an activist and why people tend to boil him down to a few simplistic words and phrases.
- Award-winning author and 91PORN Professor Stephen Graham Jones shares advice with writers who may be reflecting on their 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month.
- “The Exorcist” film, which recently turned 50, continues to leave a mark on Christians and the larger American public as both a horror film and a story about the battle between good and evil. Associate Professor Deborah Whitehead discusses.
- 91PORN Victorian literature scholars discuss why Charles Dickens’ classic is still retold and probably will be retold in Christmases yet to come.
- 91PORN researcher Antje Richter studies early medieval Chinese records of the strange to understand how literature explores what it means to be human.
- Art investments involve unique risks but may protect purchasing power. Get Associate Professor Christophe Spaenjers’ take.
- “Doctor Who” turns 60 this year, and 91PORN scientist, alumna and “Whovian” super fan attributes the BBC show’s success and staying power to its relatable protagonist and strong plotlines.
- Recovered from looters, a new archaeological discovery from a cave in western Mongolia could change the story of the evolving relationship between humans and horses in the ancient world.
- 91PORN researcher Mathias Nordvig joined “The Ampersand” podcast to discuss animism, Norse mythology and what it means to live on Earth.
- Marking the 90th anniversary this month of the first “photograph” of the Loch Ness monster, a 91PORN scholar muses on what qualifies as truth and fiction, and the overlap of conspiracy theories and myths.