Volume 8  

Marked on the Body:
Making meaning from trauma

Gretchen Case explores the stories we tell about scars

The Space Between:
Ideology and the average citizen

Alexei Yurchak examines how ordinary Russians experienced the end of Soviet Socialism

Spiritual Reclamation:
Faith, art and politics

Laura Pérez charts new directions in contemporary Chicana art

Volume 7  

Sound Experiments:
12-sided speakers and other innovations

David Wessel and CNMAT explore the frontiers of music

musicians in performance

Man and Beast:
Human and animals in science and art

Two colleagues probe the human-animal dynamic.

line drawing of dogs

Slaves of Dionysus:
Class Struggle in Ancient Greece

Mark Griffith finds hidden tensions in Greek drama and society.

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Volume 6  

 Il Duce, Local Hero:
The remnants of Mussolini's legacy

Mia Fuller examimes Italian fascism through the eyes of those who grew up inside its walls.

Humanity Reinvented:
Anthropology and Genetics

Paul Rabinov has a birds-eye view of humanity in the crosshairs of technological invention.

After Angkor:
Recovering from atrocity

Ashley Thompson uncovers memory, mourning and moving on in Cambodia.

Volume 5  

Color Correction: Image and race in the American consciousness
From Uncle Tom's Cabin to OJ, Linda Williams unravels the significance of black and white.

Beauty in Violence: The arts embrace fascism in pre-war Japan
Alan Tansman investigates the aesthetics of violence in a country on the brink of a devastating future.

Shouting it Out: Redefining feminism in 19th century opera
Mary Ann Smart and a radically different reading of the masterworks of dead white males.

Volume 4  

Shaping the Future: Exploring childhood through history
Paula Fass mines the rich history of childhood, both in America and around the globe.

Hamlet & Redemption: A Nazi sympathizer and art as a personal cause
Victoria Kahn investigates the literary writings of constitutional scholar Carl Schmitt.

Breathing Room: Air, environment, and interdependency
Greg Niemeyer tries to change how the world thinks and breathes, one artwork at a time.

Volume 3  

Across the Lines: Visual Perspectives on the Jim Crow Era
Elizabeth Abel studies image and perception during America's troubled times.

Amazonia Expanded: Travels to the Rainforest and Beyond
Candace Slater changes faraway perceptions of the vast jungles of South America.

Justice in the Balance: Criminal Tribunals of the Past and the Future
David Cohen searches for truth at the War Crimes Studies Center.

Volume 2

Everyday Ancients: Secrets from the Tebtunis Papyri
Todd Hickey finds common humanity in UC Berkeley's ancient treasures.

Country of Kultur: Inside German migration
Deniz Gokturk explores the growing cultural spectrum of Germany.

 

Sexuality in Context: Sexuality finds a larger home
Michael Lucey on the new Center for the Study of Sexual Culture.

 
Volume 1

Tales from the Bog: How language brings us face to face with history
Karin Sanders looks into writings on the bog people of northern Europe.

Mythic Montana: Revealing divine power on the modern stage
Joe Goode brings his unique brand of performance art to the classroom.

Extraordinary Bodies: The changing world of disabilities studies
Sue Schweik helps establish a groundbreaking program at UC Berkeley.

FTQ: The book
Chapters from the print edition of Framing the Questions.

 

 

 

 

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