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Fall 2025

Tasting India Through Historical Texts

November 10, 2025 by Erin Russell

Andrea Gutiérrez explores Indian culture through premodern recipes

More Than a Language

November 6, 2025 by Kaulie Watson

UT’s Yoruba studies program goes beyond grammar to connect students with Yoruba culture in West Africa and the diaspora

The Hidden Life of Maoist Factory Workers

October 27, 2025 by Imani Evans

Huaiyin Li reveals the reality hidden under layers of political propaganda and critique

To Russia with Love

October 13, 2025 by Alex Reshanov

Thomas Jesús Garza reflects on four decades of travel to a changing nation

Highbrow Advice for Life: St. Augustine’s Big Message

October 8, 2025 by Peter LaSalle

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

Blooming Where You’re Planted

October 1, 2025 by Lauren Macknight

A U.S. Marine’s Journey from São Paulo to UT Austin

Between Dionysus and Athena

October 1, 2025 by Maureen Turner

Understanding the ancient world through its food and wine

Tuva or Bust

September 24, 2025 by Leora Visotzky

Jason Roberts on Siberian shamanism, or how to cross a river on a roll of plastic wrap

Primates and Parasites in Amazonian Ecuador

September 23, 2025 by Kristin Phillips

Anthony Di Fiore embarks on a new area of research: identifying the parasites infecting primates in the Amazon

Reverse the Curse

September 16, 2025 by Kaulie Watson

Political scientist Delgerjargal Uvsh explores how resource-rich countries can turn crisis into change

Economics of the Unconscious

September 15, 2025 by Lauren Macknight

Economic sociologist Daniel Fridman on what Americans can learn from Argentine
therapists

Marketing the Liberal Arts: Why We Learn

September 9, 2025 by Daniel Oppenheimer

Mastering the balance between professional training and the search for wisdom

People of the Park

September 3, 2025 by Alex Reshanov

Brenda Boonabaana draws lessons from Uganda’s ecotourism industry

Snorkeling for Solutions

August 25, 2025 by Kaulie Watson

The Great Barrier Reef May Term program combines natural wonder and policy studies

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