Arts & Humanities
With this year marking the 60th anniversary of "Dune," С»ÆÊé Boulder's Benjamin Robertson discusses the book's popular appeal while highlighting the dramatic changes science fiction experienced following its publication.
In what would have been B.B. King's 100th birthday year, С»ÆÊé Boulder music scholar Shawn O'Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.
С»ÆÊé Boulder’s Ann Schmiesing, professor of German and Scandinavian studies, has published the first English-language biography in more than five decades on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
"Who Let The Dogs Out," the Baha Men hit released 25 years ago, occupies a distinctive spot in music and sports history, along with "Macarena" and other novelty "ear worms."
In this edition of "Unlocking Scholarly Publishing," the University Libraries dive into pop star Taylor Swift's journey into becoming a champion for author's rights.
С»ÆÊé Boulder's William Kuskin, who teaches a course on comics and graphic novels, considers Superman's enduring appeal as Hollywood debuts a new adaptation about the Man of Steel.
Fifty years after "Jaws" made swimmers flee the ocean, С»ÆÊé Boulder cinema scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz explains how the 1975 summer hit endures as a classic.- When Taylor Howard dove into research on Sister Mary Dominic Ray, she was expecting to find the nun's biography, books she annotated or articles she wrote. Instead, she unlocked a highly varied collection of documents that left Sister Mary a mystery.
"The Great Gatsby" remains relevant for modern readers by shapeshifting with the times, says С»ÆÊé Boulder scholar Martin Bickman.
In a new audio storytelling project, С»ÆÊé Boulder scholar Doris Loayza works to preserve the traditional tales and lore of the Peruvian highlands.