Countdown to Portugal: Five Reasons to Go Now
We hope you’ll join us for Portugal: Poised Between Proud Tradition and Global Modernity in October 2016. There are so […]
Journal
The Mythic and Intimate in the American West
A guest blog post by Mark Cwik I’ve been reading quite a bit in the last few months about the
Ancient Greece, a World of Colour and Beauty
A guest blog post by Zoë Eisenman [Editor’s note: Zoë will be leading The Fall of the House of Oedipus
GUEST BLOG—Oedipus: An Identity Crisis by Zoë Eisenman
“Who are you?” – the Caterpillar, Alice in Wonderland “And you may ask yourself, Am I right? Or am I
TRAVEL PURSUITS—Bridging the Gulf Between Us
البعد جفاء “Distance equals disaffection.” ― Arabic proverb “Life is meant to be shared. We need each other.” ― Lailah
GUEST BLOG—Feeling at Home with Ulysses by Michael Groden
At home. Mentioning Ulysses might conjure up a range of associations – important, classic, difficult, even unreadable – but “at
Slowing Down in Kyoto
Each travel experience is unique, with its own set of rich memories. But what if you had to choose a
TRAVEL PURSUITS—Cuba! The times they are a-changin
“And keep your eyes wide The chance won’t come again” – Bob Dylan Sometimes one has the chance to be an
Lost (or Found) in Translation
Every few years, there is a new, and generally assumed to be improved, translation of a major literary classic. Robert
Soldiers at War, Literature in Revolution
As the train crammed with soldiers crept its way past Amiens toward the front, Private Stephen Graham surveyed the scene