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Jazz’s Rise, Fall and Continuing Legacy
November 22, 2024
How jazz moved from a position of dominance in popular music to a niche music but also to the status of Black classical music.
Rights Consciousness
November 21, 2024
Rights are a product of conflict, resistance, struggle and negotiation, not consensus.
Using the Past to Inform the Present, Part 2
November 20, 2024
How history can further illuminate our understanding of drug and alcohol use.
Using the Past to Inform the Present, Part 1
November 19, 2024
How history can illuminate our understanding of drug and alcohol use.
The Two Americas
November 15, 2024
Economic shifts, cultural rifts and emerging political fault lines.
Cancer and the Human Condition, Part 2
November 14, 2024
Further reflections on how the humanities can help us process and cope with acute illness.
Cancer and the Human Condition, Part 1
November 13, 2024
How the humanities can help us process and cope with acute illness.
How Campuses Might Become More Dynamic, Responsive and Financially Sustainable
November 12, 2024
Substack provides a potential blueprint for university outreach and faculty empowerment.