THE end of the war will present two great questions — a question of government for the governors and a question of education for the teachers. There will be other questions as well. There will be ...

In the last post, I discussed how the sense of agency, an integral element of humanism, seems crucial for leading a meaningful life. The secular world many of us inhabit is a continuation of ...

In the last post, I discussed how the sense of agency, an integral element of humanism, seems crucial for leading a meaningful life. The secular world many of us inhabit is a continuation of ...

[W]hat is at issue here is evaluating the danger of what might happen to our humanity in the present half-century, and distinguishing between what we want to keep and what we are ready to lose, ...

The historical tradition -- The physical tradition -- The moral tradition -- The encyclopedic tradition -- The metamorphoses of the gods -- The reintegration of the gods -- The science of mythology in ...

Long before "alternative facts" made headlines, University of Colorado Boulder English Professor Katherine Eggert was studying late-Renaissance English writers. She focused on their use of alchemical ...

I have not touched a musical instrument with serious performative intent since around the age of 10, when I took my acceptable rendition of “Popeye the Sailor Man” at the local piano recital as a ...

This program is no longer accepting new student applications. The Renaissance studies immersion is an interdisciplinary set of courses focused on the study of cultural events (artistic, literary, ...

BEIJING — When Han Han, China’s 27-year-old superstar blogger, author and literary bad boy, who loves to drive racing cars and thumb his nose at the establishment, announced the title of his hotly ...