Showing posts with label The Conversation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Conversation. Show all posts
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Guest post: Easter – a Christian festival that feels pagan

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Jane Stevenson , University of Oxford There’s a lot of confusion about Easter – not least because this most important of all Christian fe...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Guest Post: 2019 Oscars may be more remembered for the crises than the ceremony

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Julie Lobalzo Wright , University of Warwick Comedian Kevin Hart lasted just three days as the host of the 2019 Academy Awards . Almost i...

Guest Post: Oscars 2019: Roma, Yalitza Aparicio and the fascinating history of non-professional actors

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Catherine O'Rawe , University of Bristol The surprise nomination of non-professional indigenous woman Yalitza Aparicio for this year’s...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Guest Post: An archaeological dig in Israel suggests how feasting became an important ritual

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Natalie Munro , University of Connecticut This holiday season millions of families will come together to celebrate their respective festi...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Guest Post: How to survive annoying relatives this holiday season

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Jamie Gruman , University of Guelph Social allergies are a lot like seasonal allergies. They’re annoying, exhausting and hard to avoid. Th...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Guest Post: We found grizzly, black and polar bears together for the first time

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Douglas Clark , University of Saskatchewan North America’s three bear species — black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears — don’t typ...
Thursday, December 06, 2018

Guest Post: Why adult video stars rely on camming

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Sophie Pezzutto , Australian National University With pirated and amateur pornography widely available online, porn no longer provides a s...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Guest Post: How Hanukkah came to America

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Dianne Ashton , Rowan University Hanukkah may be the best known Jewish holiday in the United States. But despite its popularity in the U....