Arts & Humanities
- At what would have been Al Capone’s 125th birthday, Boulder cinema researcher Tiel Lundy explains the enduring popularity of gangsters in film and the American imagination.
- In this month’s campus update, David Humphrey, assistant vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, discusses why it’s important to keep history relevant and alive.
- Boulder Associate Professor Kelly Sears is premiering her short animated feature “The Lost Season” at the Sundance Film Festival.
- As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Professor Ashleigh Lawrence Sanders shares insight on King’s fuller legacy, his trajectory as an activist and why people tend to boil him down to a few simplistic words and phrases.
- Award-winning author and Boulder Professor Stephen Graham Jones shares advice with writers who may be reflecting on their 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month.
- “The Exorcist” film, which recently turned 50, continues to leave a mark on Christians and the larger American public as both a horror film and a story about the battle between good and evil. Associate Professor Deborah Whitehead discusses.
- Boulder Victorian literature scholars discuss why Charles Dickens’ classic is still retold and probably will be retold in Christmases yet to come.
- Boulder researcher Antje Richter studies early medieval Chinese records of the strange to understand how literature explores what it means to be human.
- Art investments involve unique risks but may protect purchasing power. Get Associate Professor Christophe Spaenjers’ take.
- “Doctor Who” turns 60 this year, and Boulder scientist, alumna and “Whovian” super fan attributes the BBC show’s success and staying power to its relatable protagonist and strong plotlines.