In 2017, the United Nations estimated that the share of the world’s population over the age of sixty will have doubled between 2000 and 2050. Politicians, corporate executives, and popular commentators warn of a “crisis” produced by population aging, variously invoking concerns about slowed economic development in the global south, strained pensions and welfare systems, […]
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In an age of globalization, popular culture has been increasingly analyzed through transnational perspectives to reveal how local, national, international, and global dynamics influence and shape the form and content of a given cultural artifact, and impact its production, consumption, and regulation. Comics can cross national and cultural boundaries in a variety of contexts: from
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Darkness is a complex concept. In a real and a metaphorical sense it invites contemplation and imagination of the sad, the unknown, the fearful and unwholesome desires. At the same time it is thrilling and strangely attractive, playing with deep and persistent cultural and metaphysical tensions of good and evil , right and wrong. Darkness
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Each year the Immigration and Ethnic History Society awards the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award. For the 2019 award, it will invite applications from any Ph.D. candidate who will have completed qualifying exams by 2018, and whose thesis focuses on American immigration, emigration, or ethnic history. The award provides two grants of $1000 each for
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The Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholars Award Program supports junior faculty whose research focuses on contemporary American history, politics, culture, and society, and whose service addresses the need for a more inclusive, responsive academic culture on their campus for peers and students. Eligible applicants must be tenure-track faculty who have passed their third-year review or their
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