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August 6, 2008

Re-Enactment

The following post is by Jonathan Kahana, author of Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary This is the third in a series of postings by Jonathan Kahana: read his first post and second post In his recent review of...

August 5, 2008

Vice Presidential Candidates and the Debates: A Post by Alan Schroeder

The following post is by Alan Schroeder, author of Presidential Debates: Fifty Years of High-Risk TV In selecting their running mates, Barack Obama and John McCain will choose not just a prospective vice president, but also a vice presidential debater. ...

August 4, 2008

Getting beyond the Conventions of Biography – and Hagiography Too: A Post by Peter Heehs

The following post is by Peter Heehs, author of The Lives of Sri Aurobindo How do you write about a man who is known to some as a politician, to others as a poet and critic, to still others as a...

August 1, 2008

Hard-To-Find Classic Documentaries: A Post from Jonathan Kahana

Jonathan Kahana is assistant professor of cinema studies at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and author of the just-published Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary. My first post to this blog listed the “best documentary...

July 31, 2008

Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries: Michael Fischbach on the History News Network

In a recent post on the History News Network, Michael Fischbach, author of the forthcoming book, Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries, discusses the recent U.S. House of Representatives Resolution 185, which asks the United States government whenever mention is...

July 30, 2008

The Man Behind "A Civil Action"

The August issue of Discover magazine features a profile and interview with Phil Brown, author of Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement. The interview tells how Phil Brown’s work as a sociologist in the field of public...

July 29, 2008

Interview with Alison Griffiths, author of Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinemas, Museums, and the Immersive View

The following is an interview with Alison Griffiths, author of Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinemas, Museums, and the Immersive View. Griffiths is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College, City University of New York, and on...

July 28, 2008

More on The Measure of America

Policymakers and the media are continuing to react and respond to the publication of The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009: * Kristen Lewis, one of the book’s co-authors, was recently invited by Charles E. Schumer to testify...

July 25, 2008

The Best Documentaries of All Time: A Post from Jonathan Kahana

Jonathan Kahana is assistant professor of cinema studies at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and author of the just-published Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary. A few years ago, I was asked by a writer...

July 24, 2008

India's Growing Pains in the Global Economy: An Interview with Charles Calomiris

The Columbia Business School’s Web site Ideas at Work recently interviewed Charles Calomiris, the co-editor of Sustaining India’s Growth Miracle. In the interview, Calomiris discusses how India’s growth and potential for growth compares with that of China; the challenges confronting...

July 23, 2008

Conversational Reading reviews W. G. Sebald: Image, Archive, Modernity

Scott Esposito at the always worthwhile and interesting Conversational Reading has a very good review of J. J. Long’s W. G. Sebald: Image, Archive, Modernity. Long’s book as you might have guessed from the subtitle views Sebald’s work in light...

July 22, 2008

More on The Measure of America: A Quiz and Article from the Social Science Research Council

As The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009 continues to garner attention for its truly eye-opening findings about the United States, the Social Science Research Council has decided to put you to the test. The quiz they have...

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