Alice Dailey recounts the life and death of her mother, who was “a gifted teacher, a passionate reader, and a pathological liar.” Dailey is Professor of English and Director of Faculty Affairs at Villanova University. She discusses her scholarly memoir, Mother of Stories: An Elegy, with Lindsey Drager (Assistant Professor of English, University of Utah). […]
Read MoreEvery spring, research fellows at the Tanner Humanities Center give work-in-progress talks in a casual setting and receive feedback from colleagues across campus. “Our community of fellows is at the heart of the Tanner Humanities Center, and our weekly works in progress talks are at the heart of the fellows’ community,” says Scott Black, Director […]
Read MoreIn the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris stand twenty white marble statues of queens and illustrious women in French history, a series commissioned during the 19th-century reign of King Louis-Philippe as part of a larger beautification program. However, when sculptor Victor Thérasse presented his statue of Queen Balthild in 1848, both the statue itself […]
Read MoreWhat if advances in technology were already changing the causal logic of human reproduction which is now taken for granted? Could pregnancy shift from an event which some opt out of through prevention or termination, to an intentional, elective choice? How should such a system work, and what would be its likely consequences? […]
Read MoreVoices: In Utah, diverse literature should be celebrated with the same vigor as the Olympics The Games bring together athletes who push the boundaries of human performance, and the humanities should similarly strive for international excellence, balancing tradition with innovation. By Scott Black and Robert Carson | For The Salt Lake Tribune | Sep. 3, […]
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