Rachel White
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Teaching An Understandable World
The Pro Bene Meritis award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. Since 1984, the annual award has been given to alumni, faculty members and friends of the college who are committed to the liberal arts, have made outstanding contributions in professional or philanthropic…
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Leading His Longhorn Family
The Pro Bene Meritis award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. Since 1984, the annual award has been given to alumni, faculty members and friends of the college who are committed to the liberal arts, have made outstanding contributions in professional or philanthropic…
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Chatting in Chatino
Graduate Students Revive Early Languages In Rural Oaxaca In a rural village between two rivers outside of Oaxaca, Mexico, Ryan Sullivant walked door to door like a salesman, asking neighbors to conjugate verbs. The village, Tataltepec, is one of few within a small mountainous area between Oaxaca and the Pacific coast where a dwindling population…
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Spooky Research: The Unexplained Explained
To the ancient Celtics, Oct. 31 marked the end of harvest and the beginning of barren winter, or a time when life and fertility ended and arid death began. Today, cultures around the world celebrate Halloween as a day where life and death intersect with traditions based on mystery, magic and superstition. Within the College…
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Books: Winter & Spring 2015
Winter and Spring 2015 titles from our college community.
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Historian Provides New Perspective on Islam and Secularism
Religion and politics are at the root of conflict around the world, and historians are looking to the past for solutions to today’s most heated debates. Benjamin Brower, an associate professor in the Department of History and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, examines the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) during the period of French rule…
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Historian Provides Perspective on China’s Economic Rise
Since the ending of the Mao era, China’s economy has grown from small and centralized to a global market giant. But, is China’s success a response to what many consider to be an era of economic failure? Huaiyin Li, a professor in the Departments of History and Asian Studies, examines the micro-foundations of economic growth and…
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Cather Researches Scripted Suicide in Modern Japan
Japanese artists have scripted suicide into their work, sometimes marking destinations for contemplating, committing and mourning suicide, morphing modern Japan into what some consider a “suicide nation.” Kirsten Cather, an associate professor in the Department of Asian Studies, looks to 20th century Japan to answer the question: What happens when people inscribe their suicides in…
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Germanics Professor Reveals How the World Began to Shrink
Today, we receive information from around the world in a blink of an eye; but the forces that have helped the world become so closely connected had their origins in the 19th century. Associate professor in the Department of Germanic Studies Kit Belgum explores an epicenter of our shrinking world in her upcoming book, Geographical…
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Non-gendered history of intellectuals: an unwritten book
Though gender equality has come a long way since the 19th century, modern day literature and culture remains gendered, quieting the voices of worthy intellectuals. Lynn Wilkinson, an associate professor of Germanic studies, comparative literature and women’s and gender studies, tracks the rise of women intellectuals in 19th century Europe for a valuable perspective on…