August 12, 2011

Interview with Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

The Public Record recently interviewed Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, author of A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilisations: Us and Them Beyond Orientalism. In the interview Adib-Moghaddam, who was born to Iranian parents in Turkey, discussed the continuing controversy over Iran’s nuclear...

August 11, 2011

Uncreative Writing in American Book Review

American Book Review devoted a recent issue to uncreative writing, which they are offering for free on Project Muse. In his article, Uncreative Writing: What Are You Calling Art, Doug Nufer introduces the issue and defines uncreative writing as a...

August 10, 2011

Should Egyptians Use Violence? Erica Chenoweth Debates the Efficacy of Non-Violence

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a very spirited and thoughtful back-and-forth between Erica Chenoweth, author of Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, and the author Thanassis Cambanis. The debate began with Cambanis’s...

August 9, 2011

New Book Tuesday: The Failures of Intelligence and the Legacies of 9/11

The following books are now available Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform Paul R. Pillar Until the Fires Stopped Burning: 9/11 and New York City in the Words and Experiences of Survivors and Witnesses Charles Strozier...

August 5, 2011

Herve This: Father of Molecular Gastronomy

The Film Forum, one of the best movie theaters in New York City, is currently showing the documentary El Bulli: Cooking in Progress. The film focuses on the renowned El Bulli restaurant in Barcelona and its famous creator Ferran Adrià,...

August 4, 2011

Ludger Viefhues-Bailey on Anders Breivik and the Attacks in Norway

“After the horrid day in Oslo, it is undeniable: political religion has taken hold, even in allegedly secular Europe.”—Ludger Viefhues-Bailey In an essay for Religion Dispatches, Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, author of Between a Man and a Woman?: Why Conservatives Oppose Same-Sex...

August 3, 2011

Rosalind Barnett: Taking Gender Out of the Classroom

“Claims of large gender differences are so pervasive and oft-repeated that they are assumed to be true. However, scores of peer-reviewed studies suggest that these claims are invalid. The fact that they are repeated over and over doesn’t make them...

August 2, 2011

New Book Tuesday: Climate Science and Saint Paul

The Inquisition of Climate Science James L. Powell A Radical Philosophy of Saint Paul Stanislas Breton Chinese Women’s Cinema: Transnational Contexts Edited by Lingzhen Wang Writing the Mughal World: Studies on Culture and Politics Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam Social...

August 1, 2011

Luv Puri: Peace Between India and Pakistan?

In his recent essay India and Pakistan’s Surprisingly Successful Negotiations published on the Foreign Policy blog, Luv Puri, author of the forthcoming Across the Line of Control: Inside Azad Kashmir, argues that real, if slow, progress is being made between...

July 29, 2011

Anat Pick on the BBC's The Big Questions

The following is a panel discussion on animal rights that appeared on the BBC which included Anat Pick, author of Creaturely Poetics: Animality and Vulnerability in Literature and Film:

July 28, 2011

Mari Ruti asks Why Fall in Love?

Mari Ruti, author of The Summons of Love, also writes a blog for Psychology Today called The Juicy Bits: Love, lust, and the luster of life, recently wrote a post exploring the reasons why it is important to fall in...

July 27, 2011

Brent Stockwell on the Future of Medicine

“Over the last 15 years, the annual number of approved new drugs has been declining dramatically. Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry, as well as academic and government researchers, have dramatically increased the amount of money spent on drug discovery and development....