North Koreans lose their beloved leader
They seem to be taking it quite hard…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Love darts and broken hearts
Studying the language used to describe the making and breaking of marriages grants us a unique insight into the expression of emotions such as love, joy, sorrow and loss. In the eighteenth century, couples engaging in troubled courtships drew extensively … Continue reading
The emotions of catastrophe
This is a guest post by Michael Facius, M.A, a Research Fellow at the Institute of East Asian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. He is currently finishing his PhD thesis on “Chinese knowledge and globalization in 19th century Japan”. His new … Continue reading
How to bridge the Two Cultures?
Lisa Jardine, centenary professor of renaissance studies at Queen Mary, University of London, put forward an interesting essay on Radio 4 on Sunday, looking at CP Snow’s ‘Two Cultures’, and the rise of technocratic government (you can read her essay … Continue reading
Uncontrollable dancing
I’m fascinated by the idea of uncontrollable dancing. It seems a world away now, but it was once a familiar cultural phenomenon. In ancient Greek culture, for example, we read of the wild followers of Dionysus, also known as ho … Continue reading