The following is an interview with Michael Emmerich, author of The Tale of Genji: Translation, Canonization, and World Literature. In the interview, Emmerich discusses, among other subjects, how The Tale of Genji became a classic of Japanese literature, how it...

In Tattooing the World: Pacific Designs in Print and Skin, Juniper Ellis traces the origins and significance of modern tattoo in the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, travelers, missionaries, scientists, and such writers as Herman Melville, Margaret Mead, Albert...

n n n n nnThe following is an interview with William Egginton, author of the forthcoming In Defense of Religious Moderation, and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University.nnQuestion:  What are everyday fundamentalisms?nnWilliam Egginton: Physicists...

In Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Marda Dunsky takes a close look at how more than two dozen major American print and broadcast outlets have reported the conflict in recent years.  In this...

In Buying Military Transformation Dombrowski and Gholz’s analyze the political relationship between the defense industry and Congress, the bureaucratic relationship between the firms and the military services, and the technical capabilities of different types of businesses. In this interview they...

nnThe following is an interview with Thomas Doherty, author of Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939:nn n n n nQuestion: Hollywood celebrities today are associated with a variety of different social and political causes. How was the situation different then and how did...