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
Mākua’s Futures
Laurel Mei-Singh on the possibilities for life after militarism in Hawai’i
The King and I
On receiving the Vega Medal — and meeting the king of Sweden, Carl Gustav XVI
Lost in the Sauce
Ashanté Reese on the beautiful, the useful, and being on Team Too Much
Making Things, Making Meaning
Jürgen Streeck on linguistics, hip-hop, and car mechanics
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
Writing Portraits
Javier Auyero on his new book, “Portraits of Persistence: Inequality and Hope in Latin America”
Eye of Guaraná
Historian Seth Garfield tells the rich cultural and commercial story of guaraná, the world’s most caffeine-rich plant.
