Arts & Humanities

Arts & Humanities

Healing Holocaust Survivors: An Interview with Stella Maria Frei

Eighty years after the Nazi surrender, a new open access book urges us to reflect on conflict’s enduring traumas and the complex role humanitarian organizations play in reshaping displaced lives.

Stella Maria Frei, Billy Sawyers | 08.05.2025

Arts & Humanities

How Soul Music Became the Heartbeat of the Panama Canal Diggers’ Descendants

Trump’s recent declaration to take back the Panama Canal brings to light the forgotten sacrifices of Afro-Caribbean workers – and the legacy of U.S. imperialism in the region.

Matti Steinitz | 28.02.2025

Arts & Humanities

Cognitive Science and Classical Studies: The Chance for a Constructive Dialogue

There’s a new and rapidly growing discipline on the block and it’s known as cognitive studies. How are its insights into perception, intuition and emotion transforming humanities research? In the case of classics, cognitive approaches have already opened up a world of possibilities.

Anna Novokhatko | 02.12.2024

Arts & Humanities

Elite Slavery and Professional Football: An Interview With Alexander Rothenberg

What do slave traders and football agents have in common? Alexander Rothenberg’s new book examines the production and use of elite bodies, connecting historical practices of slavery to the working conditions of ‘wonderkids’ in contemporary sports and entertainment.

Alexander Rothenberg, Billy Sawyers | 26.11.2024

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