I am involved in a long-term multi-sited exploration of jazz *outside* of the US. Questions include: the role of race and class; stylistic variations; and the alternative political uses of the music in various…
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Professor Adut's research interests include the public sphere, commodification, and censorship. His book, On Scandal: Moral Disturbances in Society, Politics, and Art, was publisheds in 2008 and he is currently…
Modern Islamic history; Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran; modern Iranian history; Shi'ism; Islamic rituals; social and cultural history; religious and political discourses; historiography;…
American Politics; Political Psychology; Public Opinion
My major concentration is intellectual history and the history of disciplines since the Enlightenment, especially in an international context. My other major interests are theory and methodology in the humanities,…
Lucy Atkinson studies persuasive communication (advertising, PR, social media) in the context of the environment, sustainability and climate change. She examines how mass media communicate about these issues and the…
Political and social applications of classical texts in early modern France, reception of male literary traditions by female Renaissance authors, relations between men and women in French Renaissance literature,…
The role of the law and courts in supporting or extending the rights associated with democracy; Latin America; constitutional change and constitutional justice in the region; the judicial response to police violence…
Professor Brown's current efforts are directed toward publishing a political biography of the man who took the Panama Canal. General Omar Torrijos ruled Panama as a moderate dictator and, by mobilizing world opinion…