The idea that globalizing economic elites had detached themselves from the state and developed a shared, cosmopolitan class consciousness was so commonsensical that it seemed hegemonic when, just over a decade ago,… READ MORE
July 21, 2023
Blog post by Kathleen Rice
I am an anthropologist and currently co-lead a research project entitled “Ukuvula Isango: Opening the Gate to Women’s Empowerment and Post-Pandemic Reconstruction in Rural South Africa[KR1] .” Ukuvula Isango… READ MORE documents women’s pandemic precarity through longitudinal life history interviews,
July 17, 2023
As a registered dietitian nutritionist, I am constantly working with my clients on what types of foods to bring into the house that will best nourish them and their entire family…. READ MORE
June 14, 2023
Ronald L. Baker died June 1 in Indianapolis at the age of 85.
Baker was a founding member of the AFS History and Folklore Section and edited … READ MORE
Professor of Folklore and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Dan Ben-Amos died at the age of 88 on March 26.
Ben-Amos began teaching at Penn in 1967…. READ MORE
As Railroads, Art and American Life: An Artist’s Memoir moved through publication the idea of a
book signing tour seemed inviting. The presentations would underscore the book’s theme: art
helps us understand that railroads provide a culture far more than just another form of
transportation…. READ MORE
April 19, 2023
By Lynda Ng and Paul Sheehan, editors of special guest cluster “Precarious Times: J.M. Coetzee and the Politics of Survival” and authors of “Introduction: Caring to Survive,” from Journal of Modern Literature,… READ MORE
March 7, 2023
It seems that hardly a month goes by in France without someone loudly criticizing “le wokisme” as the latest US cultural import that the country would be better off without…. READ MORE