Claire Roosien has studied how the Soviet government encouraged Uzbek women to remove their veils so they could more easily join the workforce. Some women were rewarded with luxury textiles, which served as a new marker of their identity.

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An intricate tapestry

Claire Roosien pursues a more nuanced view of the former Soviet Union.
Paula Harper, AB’10, studies the dynamics of online fan communities like the one surrounding Taylor Swift, seen here posing for a selfie with a fan.

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Two perspectives on popular music

A musicologist and a scholar of Japan examine the culture of pop music from the Cold War to the digital age.
A new music ensemble rehearses in the Logan Center for the Arts.

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Learning in concert

Award-winning composition PhD students share the full range of their skills.
Bob Daily's screenwriting resume includes ABC's reboot of "The Wonder Years," created by Saladin K. Patterson (right).

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Peak TV

Bob Daily, AM’86, discusses his career writing for television.

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Andy Warhol's silkscreen paintings of Mao Tse-tung, prompted by Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972, blend communist propaganda and capitalist mass culture.

You say you want a revolution

Michael Bourdaghs on how Cold War music ends up in unexpected places
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An interview with Dean Nelson

The new dean of the Humanities Division discusses her role.
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Excerpt: “Imagining the End”

Jonathan Lear considers how mourning gives meaning to life.
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New Humanities faculty members prepare for the year. Back row (start left) Jacobe Huet, A. E. Stevenson, and Robyn Schiff. Front row (start left) Katherine Buse, Mikayla Kelley, Thomas Pendlebury, Mehrnoush Soroush, and Melissa Baese-Berk.

New faculty fall 2023

The Division of the Humanities introduces nine new faculty members.