The Allergy-Friendly Cookbook
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
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Ronald L. Baker Passes Away (1937-2023)
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
Folklore and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations professor Dan Ben-Amos dies at 88
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
J. Craig Thorpe Book Signing
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
Coetzee’s Survival Tactics: A Closer Look at JML 46.2
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
Universalism and Difference: The French Suburbs on Screen
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
Under Penalty of Death
February 13, 2023
Kevin Meredith, February 9, 2023
The first time I read Howard Woolverton’s secret FBI account of his kidnapping, I laughed. … READ MORE
Laughing at Fascism in Vonnegut’s Mother Night: A Closer Look at JML 46.1
January 10, 2023
By Susan Farrell, author of “American Fascism and the Historical Underpinnings of Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night,” from Journal of Modern Literature,… READ MORE
The Experiences of People: Personal Ties to Suitable Strangers
January 9, 2023
by Vera Sheridan, author of Suitable Strangers: The Hungarian Revolution, a Hunger Strike, and Ireland’s First Refugee Camp
The 1956 Hungarian revolution altered the trajectory of my life,… READ MORE