Oksana Lutsyshyna’s new novel explores a little-known Ukrainian protest movement and the weight of change.
Features
Kingship, Godship, Scholarship
Azfar Moin locates the roots of secularism in the sacred kingship of Emperor Akbar.
Democracy Then
Classicist Naomi Campa on how studying the past can illuminate the present.
Blog
Taking the Liberal Arts on the Offensive
How do you sell the liberal arts in a world where they’re frequently portrayed as on the decline and on the defensive?
Free Time Done Right
What should we moderns take from from both Catullus’s warnings against leisure and his embrace of it?
Polish Club Founder Graduates to International Stage
Nathan Silverstein came to UT Austin from Los Angeles, but it’s easy to see his heart beats in Poland, connected with his heroic ancestors as well as the modern population still reaching to secure democracy.
Politics of Religion, Religion of Politics
Three UT Austin scholars discuss the link between religion and politics, from Obeah in Trinidad to the religious right in the U.S.
Teaching & Learning
Law, Societies, and Justice for All
UT’s Initiative for Law, Societies, and Justice unites scholars, researchers, students, and community organizers in the pursuit of a more equitable criminal justice system
Where the Great Books Live
The Jefferson Center for Core Texts and Ideas relies on the great books to prepare its students for the future.
Hunting Oppenheimer
Bruce Hunt regularly teaches a course at UT on the “History of the Atomic Bomb” — and he has a few quibbles with Christopher Nolan’s latest film.
Research
Modeling Disability Justice, One Relative Unit of Forward Movement at a Time
Alison Kafer and Julie Minich are using their institutional platform — along with a financial boost from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — to make waves in the field of disability studies.
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez Has Some Questions For You
An experienced journalist turned university professor, Rivas-Rodriguez is leading CMAS through its largest oral history project yet.
Tom Cook’s Legacy
UT anthropologist Maria Franklin spotlights Black history in Bolivar, Texas.
Books
Eye of Guaraná
Historian Seth Garfield tells the rich cultural and commercial story of guaraná, the world’s most caffeine-rich plant.
The Clothes Make the Manuscript
In “Fashioning Spanish Cinema: Costume, Identity, and Stardom,” Jorge Pérez decodes Chanel suits and starched shorts in Spanish cinema.