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Open Thread #8: Superfuturism & Seoul

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Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:58
The Grand Narrative >> ( “Fade to Red” by StudioQube. Source: deviantART) Thought for the weekend, from boingboing: Marilyn from National Geographic sez, “I think you’ll love these...(Read whole news on source site)

Open Thread #8: Superfuturism & Anitiquity

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Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:58
The Grand Narrative >> ( “Fade to Red” by StudioQube. Source: deviantART) Thought for the weekend, from boingboing: Marilyn from National Geographic sez, “I think you’ll love these...(Read whole news on source site)

Kenneth W. Starr and Baylor 2012

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Friday, 12 March 2010 21:09

Gypsy Scholar >>

Kenneth W. Starr

(Image from Pepperdine University)

This is month-old news, but Christianity Today recently reported on Kenneth Starr as the new president of my undergrad

alma mater, Baylor University, quoting him on the prospects for the academic goals mapped out by Baylor 2012 in "Q & A: Kenneth Starr, Baylor's Next President" (March 11, 2010), an interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey:

Question: Baylor 2012 announced the institution's intent to become a tier one institution. Do...(Read whole news on source site)

Interview with Choe Yun

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Friday, 12 March 2010 00:16

Gusts Of Popular Feeling >>

Korean Modern Literature in Translation links to an essay by Mark Morris at Japan Focus titled "The New Korean Cinema, Kwangju and the Art of

Political Violence," which looks at recent films about the Kwangju Uprising, a similar topic I looked at here. More importantly, there is an interview with Choe Yun, who wrote the novella "There a Petal Silently Falls" (translated into English here: Part 1 ; Part 2), on which the Jang Sun-woo...(Read whole news on source site)

Saudi Irony of the Day?

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Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:01
Gypsy Scholar >> Maureen Dowd Fred R. Conrad, Photographer (Image from New York Times) Ms. Maureen Dowd recently traveled to Saudi Arabia to get a clearer picture of Islam and discovered something unexpected in our globalized world: It was nearly impossible for me...(Read whole news on source site)