A Special Ben’s Place of The Week
Can Barbara Hillary teach us about life?
Lives Across The Pond: John Muir
A biographical look at John Muir.
A Few Questions For Susan Shirk
Susan Shirk, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for U.S. relations with China, is the author of China: Fragile Superpower. In her book Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies in the deep insecurity of its leaders. Below Shirk graciously answers some questions for OUP.
Dancing the Tarantella
Sadly the movers are coming for my computer soon, but before they do, here is one last post for today. I was playing around on the electronic version of The International Encyclopedia of Dance and found this entry about the Tarantella dance. Keep reading to find out how dance and spiders are connected. Tarantella. Although […]
Lives Across The Pond: Flora MacDonald
Lives across the pong from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Beyond War: A Proposal
Douglad P. Fry, author of Beyond War, writes an original piece for the OUPblog.
Lives Across The Pond: Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
A closer look at Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse with help from the DNB.
Friday Procrastination: Vacation in Ireland?
Dreaming of Ireland.
This Day in History: Dreyfus Condemned
This Day in History, Dreyfus condemned.
In the beginning: hip hop’s early influences
In the mid-1970s the cultural shockwave known as hip hop emerged from the economic paralysis of New York City, especially the neglected neighborhoods in the Bronx. However, while hip hop music was born in New York, it speaks to a long line of black American and African diasporic cultural traditions.