Brian Hurley delves into the archives to bridge the literature and thought of Japan and the West
Features
A Citizen of the Arts
James Cox Gives Cherokee Playwright Lynn Riggs His Due
Carmen, Chameleon
Jennifer Wilks tracks an opera heroine’s many guises, from Bizet to Beyoncé
A Gift for Real Dialogue
With a gift to the College of Liberal Arts, Carl and Tamara Tricoli have created opportunities for students to engage in challenging but invaluable conversations
The Mentor Mindset
Psychology professor David Yeager on how to speak so young people will listen
A Man Obsessed
Oscar Cásares brings the border to the stage
1984 In Their Words
Seven 1984 alumni share about their time on the Forty Acres
Hank the Hallucination Runs for President
Hank was, admittedly, not a perfect political candidate. But he just may have been perfect for his time and place — namely, early 1980s Austin.
How Austin Became the Live Music Capital of the World
The slogan became official in 1991, but the city’s reputation as a music mecca has its real roots in the early 1980s
“It’s Always Our Decision Who We Are”
Bob Solomon and Kathleen Higgins’ ‘80s Love Story
A Defining Moment
1984 marked a turning point in the anti-apartheid movement at UT Austin
Crossword: 1984 Is Anybody Watching?
For our special “Class of 1984,” we asked Kyle Mahowald, assistant professor of linguistics here at UT, to construct a crossword puzzle
Kingship, Godship, Scholarship
Azfar Moin locates the roots of secularism in the sacred kingship of Emperor Akbar
Poetry, Goats, Revolution
Oksana Lutsyshyna’s new novel explores a little-known Ukrainian protest movement and the weight of change
Democracy Then
Classicist Naomi Campa on how studying the past can illuminate the present.
We Have the Best Stories
Ward Keeler on life as an anthropologist.
A Selfless Art
A wanderer (and COLA alum) puts down roots and grows communities.
Pictures Snapping into Place
Steven Hoelscher brings a geographer’s critical eye to the study of photography and history.
How Maps Can Kill: Lessons in Critical Cartography
Steven Seegel exposes the distortions, biases, and hidden agendas behind the seemingly objective art of cartography.
Old Threads, New Threads
Faegheh Shirazi weaves a career in cultural textiles.
The Scholar and the Artist
Cherise Smith looks at Michael Ray Charles looking at the world.
Lisa Moore Is Picking Up What They’re Putting Down
As a young scholar and critic, Lisa Moore was driven by a deceptively simple desire: “I really wanted to see myself in literature and art, because I love literature and art and I felt that it was wrong if my experience had not been represented there.”
Blood in the Water: A Graphic Story
A graphic story by American Studies Ph.D. student and cartoonist Coyote Shook that explores the shark-related research of American Studies professor Janet Davis, one of Shook’s advisors, in the context of Shook’s own work as well as the broader field of “blue humanities.”
Austen in Austin
When UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center, world-renowned for its rare books and manuscripts, wanted to tell a fresh story about Jane Austen, it needed to team up with an Austen scholar willing to go places the HRC couldn’t. That scholar? Janine Barchas.
Ghosts in the Machine: Digital forensics and the race against the technological clock
Jacques Derrida, the famous philosopher, thought the advent of digital word processing meant the end of the draft. Thorsten Ries and a team of researchers are proving him wrong — and pushing the boundaries of digital forensics in the humanities.