In this article, I discuss how network-analytic exploitations of the duality of agents and social object enable the study of fields from two analytical vantage points. Such an approach entails: (1) ...

In the summer of 1983, the Jamaican scholar Stuart Hall, who lived and taught in England, travelled to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to deliver a series of lectures on something ...

It’s widely accepted conventional wisdom that when it comes to creative works—TV shows, films, music, books—consumers crave an optimal balance between novelty and familiarity. What we choose to ...

Examine diverse cultures and become a gifted navigator of complex social relationships in an increasingly connected world. Explore our global cultural studies degree. Whether you explore a major or ...

This course provides a broad introduction to the comparative study of peoples, cultures, and languages from major regions of the world. Topical themes may include health, the environment, language, ...

The music major offers world-class training in music theory and performance within Boston College's distinctive liberal arts framework. Students encounter historical, theoretical, cultural, ...

Faculty and students in Critical & Visual Studies explore diverse forms of life and psychological experiences, analyze the effects of capitalism and the marketplace, and trace the life-cycles of ...

Janna Thompson has done voluntary work for the Green Party. In 2017, when a biology professor in a state college in Washington protested against a proposed day-long ban on the presence of white ...