By Gaia Vince / 03.07.2017 The Rock of Gibraltar appears out of the plane window as an immense limestone monolith sharply rearing up from the base of Spain into the Mediterranean. One of the ancient Pillars of Hercules, it marked the end of the Earth in classical times. Greek sailors didn’t go past it. Atlantis,[…]
By Jill Suttie / 03.26.2017 Canines and Cooperation My dog, Casey, is one of my favorite beings on the planet. Not only is he extremely cute, his presence calms me, makes me happy, and helps me to meet new people…especially when I take a walk with him. My husband and I often joke that if[…]
The Old Drunkard, Hellenistic Sculpture, Late 3rd century BCE / Glyptothek, Munich By Dr. Peter Kruschwitz / 08.14.2015 From The Petrified Muse Professor of Classics Fellow of the Pontifical Academy for Latin (Pontificia Academia Latinitatis) University of Reading The Roman fabulist Phaedrus opens the third book of his Fabulae with the following piece (Phaedr. 3.1,[…]
Photograph of Emerson in later life / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Leonard Gougeon / 09.15.2015 Distinguished Professor of American Literature University of Scranton Introduction When Emerson entered the national scene in 1850 as a full-fledged reformer, he knew that America faced a dire moral threat. In September, the U. S. Congress passed a series of[…]
By Dr. Mohammad Nassar and Dr. Abdulmajeed Sabbagh Nassar: The University of Jordan Sabbagh: Umm Al-Qura University Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 56 (2016), 528-555 The Great Church at Khirbat Mar Elyas is one of the most important sites with geometric mosaic pavements in northern Jordan, with one the of best-preserved baptistries in the[…]
Indurated limestone statue of Hatshepsut, c.1473-1458 BCE / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York By Dr. Robert Dunn Professor Emeritus of Art Bridgewater State University Bridgewater Review 20:2 (Dec. 2001), 10-14 The Pilgrimage During my years of teaching the art and architectural survey courses that cover ancient Egypt, and later in developing the course Women[…]
Lecture By Dr. Eric Pallant at Barnard’s Inn Hall / 03.23.2017 Fulbright Scholar, Professor of Environmental Science Allegheny College The story of human civilization – our developing relationship to nature, to food, religion, science, time, and one another – can all be told by a loaf of freshly-baked, warm-from-the-oven sourdough bread. The fact that for[…]