By Zoya Brumberg Students attending colleges and universities in Texas are required to learn about Texas politics, yet many students and professors know little about the way Texas government works. When Jim Henson began the Texas Politics Project around 2001, it took the modest form of an open-source online textbook intended as a resource for […]
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Pterodáctilo
By Zoya Brumberg Graduate students often wonder how their work fits into their lives outside the university. We publish and present papers with the hope that they contribute significantly to our fields. But for many scholars, public engagement in the form of podcasts, blog posts, youtube channels, and creative writing have helped us feel that […]
Front Porch Gatherings
By Zoya Brumberg East Austin has only recently become home to craft cocktail bars, yoga studios, high-end vintage clothing stores, art house movie theaters, and food trucks lauded by the New York Times dining section. For someone new to Austin, unfamiliar with its complex history, it is difficult to imagine that these neighborhoods were intentionally […]
Star Parties
By Zoya Brumberg The ever-shifting positions of the planets and stars scattered across the night sky have invited the curiosity of their onlookers since the age of antiquity. They have acted as tools of navigation for travelers and as guidance for astrologers. Modern astronomy developed over centuries, searching for clues into the nature of the […]
Sexing History
By Zoya Brumberg Some people may not consider history to be the sexiest topic, but for podcast hosts Lauren Gutterman and Gillian Frank, the histories of sex and sexuality are unique keys to understanding both the past and the present. Sexing History brings these lesser-known stories of history to life through short-form podcast storytelling rather […]
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