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Young dancer

Everything Is Divine in Bali

A new exhibit of art, ritual, and performance from a tropical paradise.

By Steven Winn

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Open book

The Well-Wrought Textbook

The making of the midcentury English department classic, Understanding Poetry.

By Garrick Davis

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Robert E. Lee astride Traveller

How Did Robert E. Lee Become an American Icon?

The man was remembered, but not his cause.

By James C. Cobb

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Shah receiving Persian ambassador

Sultans of Swag

A look at "Gifts of the Sultan" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

By Doug Harvey

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Edmund Byrne's house

A Texas-Sized Renovation

Buried Treasure in Austin.

By Brett Campbell

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Image of the 7th N.Y. State Militia, Camp Cameron, Washington, D.C., 1861

An Appreciation: A Historian's Historian

A look at the life and career of Drew Gilpin Faust.

By David W. Blight

humanities, May/June, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 3
Image of segregated bus station in Durham, North Carolina, 1940

Freedom Riders

Telling 436 stories in one documentary.

By Amy Lifson

humanities, May/June, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 3
Image of bench/ step-stool from former East Germany

California's Cold War Museum

All things communist -- from the Berlin Wall to Soviet tchotchkes -- find a home at the Wende.

By David C. Engerman

humanities, May/June, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 3
Image of Josh White with guitar

This Land Is Our Land

The Popular Front and American culture.

By Michael Kazin

humanities, May/June, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 3
Lev Manovich in front of the HIPerSpace.

Graphing Culture

Lev Manovich uses supercomputing to see the big picture.

By James Williford

humanities, March/April, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 2