The Alexander Mosaic: Greek history and Roman memories Perhaps the finest representation of battle to survive from antiquity, the Alexander Mosaic conveys all the confusion and violence of ...
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Exploring language and masculinities in the media landscape Robert Lawson explores both toxic masculinity and positive masculinity in the media landscape, from Andrew Tate to the television...
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Has Russian journalism returned to Soviet era restrictions? Simon Huxtable explores the history of Russian journalism in the Soviet Union and asks how, or whether, it compares to the situat...
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Digital dance cultures: from online obscurity to mainstream recognition I didn’t enter the world of digital dance cultures as a scholar. When I was introduced to TikTok and Dubsmash in Oc...
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François Truffaut: why we crave great fiction François Truffaut is among the few French directors whose work can be labeled as “pure fiction.” He always professed that films should no...
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: the unlikely triumph of a holiday classic A Charlie Brown Christmas was never supposed to be a success. It hit on all the wrong beats. The pacing was slow, the vo...
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Fake news, misinformation, and disinformation: journalism today? Fake, false, inaccurate, misleading, and deceptive. This rhetoric is all too familiar to the news consuming public today. B...
SHAPE and societal recovery from crises The SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts for People and the Economy) initiative advocates for the value of the social sciences, humanitie...
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The rise and fall of the European Super League: when the American challenge backfires In the long history of America’s influence on the politics of innovation in Europe, the case of the p...
The Turing test is not about AI: it is about our tendency to project humanity onto things As Artificial Intelligence technologies enter into more and more facets of our everyday life, we ar...
Victorian 3D: virtual adventures in the stereoscope We're used to travelling long distances to explore exotic new locations—but that hasn't always been possible. So how did people visit f...
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SHAPE today and tomorrow: Q&A with Sophie Goldsworthy and Julia Black (part two) This second part of our Q&A with Sophie Goldsworthy, Director of Content Strategy & Acquisitions at OUP, and...
Introducing SHAPE: Q&A with Sophie Goldsworthy and Julia Black (part one) OUP is excited to support the newly created SHAPE initiative—Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts for People...
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Is the “distant sociality” and digital intimacy of pandemic life here to stay? Pandemic life has underscored how digital technology can foster intimate connections. As citizens of a wor...
Women & Literature: Maya Angelou Angelou's creative talent and genius cut across many arenas. One of the most celebrated authors in the United States, Angelou wrote with an honesty and grac...
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Bruce Lee and the invention of martial arts Had he lived, Bruce Lee would have been 80 on 27 November 2020. This anniversary will be marked by countless people and innumerable institutions ...
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They may not be pros—but they’re recording artists now “If you give yourself to something that you think isn’t going to work, sometimes it does,” says retired school teacher and l...
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US journalism’s complicity in democratic backsliding The unelected power of the Fourth Estate is never more evident—and potentially destructive—than during campaign seasons, when anta...
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Rooting chimp communication in relevance theory The key assumption of Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson’s relevance theory is that every act of communication comes with the promise (not the...
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Beethoven’s virtual collaborations Since the onset of the pandemic, online platforms like Facebook and YouTube have become indispensable hubs of musical collaboration. Simply scroll down ...
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The senses in an increasingly digital world We interact with the world around us with all our senses—such as sight, hearing, smell, but also much more! The senses are fundamental to our e...
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Rebuilding better: designing the future of cities and governance In city and town meetings throughout the United States, “we need to rebuild better” has become a common refrain from pro...
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Six of the best Italian comedies An astonishing array of Italy’s finest films are comedies. Some of the most memorable performances by actors like Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Gian...
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Winston Churchill and the media in the 1945 British general election Seventy-five years ago this week, the House of Commons in Britain began debating the legislative programme of Clement At...
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Six French comedies you should see Many of the top box office hits in France are little known in the United States and most have been comedies. While some of these have been remade by Holly...
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