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Oxford Bibliographies Online is a series of intuitive and easy-to-use “ultimate reading lists” designed to help users navigate the vast seas of information that exist today. To introduce you to the doors this new online tool opens Andrew Herrmann, Associate Editor of OBO, has excerpted some suggested reading related to Greek mythology. Use his study guide below to impress the date you bring to see the Immortals.
Robert Paarlberg, author of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know, is a leading authority on food policy, and one of the most prominent scholars writing on agricultural issues today. He is B.F. Johnson Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College and Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. Soon after his “Attention Whole Foods Shoppers” article in the May/June 2010 issue of Foreign Policy, Paarlberg was asked to testify in front of the House Committee on Agriculture. Below, he shares his thoughts on this invitation.
The podictionary word of the week is “pent up”.
Anatoly Liberman looks at the words “dodge” and “kitsch”.
For the third part of his Unpleasant People series, Anatoly Liberman discusses the recent origins of the word swindler.
Anatoly Liberman ponders what he learned this month, “especially” the “buzzword” “neologist.”
Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymology of “wayzgoose.”
Christian Kay on sounds and sense in the HTOED.
Who won our NBA contest?
Professor Christian Kay on the press interest in the HTOED.
Ammon Shea reveals how the Oxford Word of the Year is chosen.
Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymology of “dandy.”
Senior OED editor Edmund Weiner, one of the authors of The Ring of Words, on Tolkien’s language.
Ammon Shea explores the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Professor Christian Kay reflects on her 40 years’ work on the HTOED.
How could you use the HTOED to rewrite the Gettysburg Address?