Current discussions surrounding cyber bullying or the creation of communities via the World Wide Web are similar to those that occurred...

The 21st Humanities on the Edge speaker, Cristina Rodríguez, concluded this academic year’s focus on “States of Exception” with a talk on...

Spoiler Alert: We are going to talk about the latest Mad Max movie. There’s really no way to do this without discussing some major plot...

In her 2013 article “Immigration, Civil Rights, & the Evolution of the People,” Cristina Rodríguez explains how two competing notions of...

In her essay "Law and Borders," Cristina Rodríguez prefaces her argument for immigration federalism with the following disclaimer:...

If you’re a friend of mine, or even a genial acquaintance, I’ve probably bored you at least once with my chatter about the pop- and...

On April 2, 2015, Siva Vaidhyanathan, the twentieth Humanities on the Edge speaker, presented his lecture about “The Operating System of...

Or, What Do You Do for Fun in the 24th Century? Last summer, I attempted, and aborted, a rewatch of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I...

On March 18, Adam Kotsko lectured on “The Prince of this World: The Devil and Political Theology” as the first of this semester’s...

Vaidhyanathan, Siva. The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry). Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. I remember...