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Mugshot of composer Henry Cowell after being arrested on a "morals" charge. Circa 1936.

Henry Cowell’s One True Desire

To “live in the whole world of music” was all the influential, experimental composer wanted—and did, even while imprisoned at San Quentin.

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The Maldives: Paradise Lost?

Marketed as a luxury tourist destination, the Maldives struggles with the legacy of an authoritarian government and the existential threat of climate change.

Singing Lemurs, Rap Beefs, and Prayer

Well-researched stories from Mongabay, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

The Where We Were

The Eternal, Essential Apartment

We may think of the apartment building as the ultimate symbol of modern urban living, but as a typology, it dates to antiquity.

JSTOR Collections

We Made Fruit Soup

And so should you.

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Politics & History

What “Pain” Means

The English word “pain” once meant punishment, but over time, it’s been used to refer to different kinds of unpleasant experiences.

Arts & Culture

Bob Dylan and the Creative Leap That Transformed Modern Music

In 1964, Dylan decided that he wanted to make a different kind of music.

Read Before You Go

The Maldives: Paradise Lost?

Marketed as a luxury tourist destination, the Maldives struggles with the legacy of an authoritarian government and the existential threat of climate change.

Singing Lemurs, Rap Beefs, and Prayer

Well-researched stories from Mongabay, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

The Where We Were

The Eternal, Essential Apartment

We may think of the apartment building as the ultimate symbol of modern urban living, but as a typology, it dates to antiquity.

JSTOR Collections

We Made Fruit Soup

And so should you.

Racist Humor: Exploratory Readings

An introduction to the history and theory of racist humor and the social role it plays in Western societies.

Education & Society

Why Does the Bible Forbid Tattoos?

And have we been misinterpreting Leviticus?

Windows and balconies, 26 Rue Soufflot, 75005 Paris

The Where We Were

The Eternal, Essential Apartment

We may think of the apartment building as the ultimate symbol of modern urban living, but as a typology, it dates to antiquity.

Long Reads

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Teaching Resources

The Age of Wonder Meets the Age of Information

What can past eras of information overload teach students about critically consuming content in the present?

Arts & Culture

Fear and Fertility in Elif Shafak’s Black Milk

Shafak exposes her terror over motherhood’s potential to devour creativity—a panic she imagines sharing with a parade of literary forebears.

Reveal Digital Collections

Feminist Bookstore News by the Numbers

Now part of Reveal Digital, Feminist Bookstore News was a vital source of information (and gossip) amid a flourishing in publishing fifty years ago.

From a 1916 advertisement for Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets

Politics & History

Hoosier Cabinets and the Dream of Efficiency

Out of Indiana came a beloved wooden innovation that helped change the status of the kitchen in the American home.

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Science & Technology

Can We Build a Better Facebook?

Is it time to turn our back on Facebook? And if so, what social network could possibly replace it?

Education & Society

Ivory Towers: Good or Bad?

The ivory tower has always been metaphoric, but as Steven Shapin shows, its symbolic value has shifted over the centuries.

Politics & History

In the Shipyards of San Francisco

Photographer E. F. Joseph captured the dignity of the hundreds of Black women and men who worked on SS George Washington Carver during World War II.

Politics & History

The Devilish History of Devil’s Island

French Guiana's Devil’s Island has witnessed some of humanity’s hardest moments, from the brutalities of slavery to the punishments of penal servitude.

Arts & Culture

Self-Publishing and the Black American Narrative

Bryan Sinche’s Published by the Author explores the resourcefulness of Black writers of the nineteenth century.

Quirky History

What “Pain” Means

The English word “pain” once meant punishment, but over time, it’s been used to refer to different kinds of unpleasant experiences.

Plough Monday

Or, how to follow the Christmas holiday with a festival of pranks, trick-or-treating, and drunken revelry.

Hoosier Cabinets and the Dream of Efficiency

Out of Indiana came a beloved wooden innovation that helped change the status of the kitchen in the American home.

Collections on JSTOR

A Purrrrfect Political Storm

Crazy cat ladies have come to dominate this election season. It’s hardly the first time.

A Selection of Student Confessions

Did you break a campus rule? Let the students of Millersville Normal School show you how to confess to the administration.

Site of house of Garðar Svavarson, the first house built in Iceland.

On the Anniversary of Iceland’s Independence

Iceland is celebrating its 80th anniversary. Three photograph collections shared on JSTOR show how much has—and hasn’t—changed on the island since independence.

Reading Lists

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All Travelers are Infiltrators: An Introduction to the Study of Travel Writing

Travel writing as a genre has arguably been around for centuries, but it didn’t emerge as a distinct field of academic study until the 1980s.

Surrealist artists at the first Surrealist Exhibition to be held in London. Back row, from left, are Rupert Lee, Ruthven Todd, Salvador Dali, Paul Eluard, Roland Penrose, Herbert Read, E LT Mesens, George Reavey and Hugh Sykes-Davies. Front row, from left, Diana Lee, Nusch Eluard, Eileen Agar, Sheila Legge and unknown.

Surrealism at 100: A Reading List

On the centennial of the founding of Surrealism, this reading list examines its radical beginnings, its mass popularity, and its continued evolution.

A young woman sits on the grass with her baby, USA, circa 1975

Motherhood in America: A Reading List

The experience and work of motherhood remained understudied for generations, but since the 1970s, scholars have engaged with the topic in diverse ways.

Syllabus

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples and Cultures

More and more states are choosing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day.

Voting in American Politics: A Syllabus

From battles to expand the franchise to the mysteries of turnout, voting is one of the most important things to understand about US politics.

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A True Crime Syllabus

How did we become so obsessed with “true crime”? This multidisciplinary syllabus shows how we view crime as a whole and how those views have changed over time.