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  • New Books in Gender

    Glenn Peers, "Strange and Familiar History of Byzantine Art: Interpretation, Risk, and Empathy" (ARC Humanities Press, 2026)

    Strange and Familiar History of Byzantine Ar: Interpretation, Risk, and Empathy (ARC Humanities Press, 2026) represents a risky experiment in art-history writing. It takes objects of Byzantine art—manuscript illustration, frescos, mosaic, sculpture—and reads them through the lenses of disability studies, media studies, and gender studies in order to reveal something about their significance not only in that historical culture, but also in our own. Moreover, it uses lenses of personal history and

    Today · 1 hr 38 min
  • New Books in Education

    Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino, "Library Technical Services: Future Forward" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

    Library Technical Services: Future Forward (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino looks at the future of technical services post-pandemic and at the brink of technological disruptions through a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility lens. Libraries have undergone a tremendous transformation that has been driven by multiple factors that include technological developments, and societal impacts such as declining college enrollment and the aftermath of the COVID-19

    Today · 47 min
  • New Books in Economics

    Joshua Specht, "Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner" (Princeton UP, 2026)

    As affordability crises once limited to coastal cities have spread across the broader United States, the history of home and land ownership has never been more relevant. In Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner (Princeton University Press, September 2026), Dr. Joshua Specht traces how ownership has challenged the nation’s politics and promise from the founding to the present day.

    Today · 1 hr 1 min
  • Hjernestarter

    Sexsalg i Danmark: Vold, usikkerhed og juridiske gråzoner

    I 1999 blev sexsalg afkriminaliseret i Danmark. Siden har det ikke været strafbart for voksne at sælge sex og købe sex. VIVEs kortlægning af sexsalg i Danmark fra 2020 viser, at 4.500 personer har solgt sex mindst én gang i løbet af året. Gruppen af sexsælgere er mangfoldig, men trods forskellige sociale baggrunde og motiver har de det til fælles, at dilemmaer og usikre situationer er en del af deres arbejde. For selvom det ikke er strafbart at sælge sex, så anerkendes sexsalg ikke som et lovlig

    Today · 22 min

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