The Trolls and Copypasta of Twitch Chat
Current discussions surrounding cyber bullying or the creation of communities via the World Wide Web are similar to those that occurred...
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Aubrey Streit Krug
- Apr 21, 2015
Humanities on the Edge Lecture Review: Cristina Rodríguez
The 21st Humanities on the Edge speaker, Cristina Rodríguez, concluded this academic year’s focus on “States of Exception” with a talk on...
James Lowell Brunton & Robert Lipscomb
- Apr 14, 2015
A Very Queer Apocalypse and the Uncanny Feminism of Mad Max (Part One)
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...
James Lowell Brunton
- Apr 14, 2015
Humanities on the Edge Article Review: Cristina Rodríguez
In her 2013 article “Immigration, Civil Rights, & the Evolution of the People,” Cristina Rodríguez explains how two competing notions of...
Raul Palma
- Apr 14, 2015
Humanities on the Edge Article Review: Cristina Rodríguez's "Law and Borders"
In her essay "Law and Borders," Cristina Rodríguez prefaces her argument for immigration federalism with the following disclaimer:...
Dan Froid
- Apr 14, 2015
Bring Who Back?: Dusty Springfield, Camp Taste, and Desire
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...
Robert Lipscomb
- Apr 7, 2015
Humanities on the Edge Lecture Review – Siva Vaidhyanathan
On April 2, 2015, Siva Vaidhyanathan, the twentieth Humanities on the Edge speaker, presented his lecture about “The Operating System of...
Dan Froid
- Mar 31, 2015
Humanities on the Edge Article Review: Siva Vaidhyanathan
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...
Daniel Clausen
- Mar 31, 2015
Humanities on the Edge Event Review: Adam Kotsko
On March 18, Adam Kotsko lectured on “The Prince of this World: The Devil and Political Theology” as the first of this semester’s...
Chandler Warren
- Mar 17, 2015
Humanities on the Edge Book Review: Siva Vaidhyanathan
Vaidhyanathan, Siva. The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry). Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. I remember...
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