The transformation of the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City is the focus of a new exhibition in Vietnam by renowned artist Tiffany Chung that is based on research conducted in collaboration with Yale anthropologist Erik Harms.
Titled “an archaeology project for future remembrance,” the exhibition is on view at Galerie Quynh in Ho Chi Minh City. (more…)
“Death in Classic and Contemporary Film: Fade to Black” features essays edited by two members of the UA psychology department
Most of us can recall a death scene from a movie that struck a particular chord. Perhaps it was an emotional deathbed goodbye between two lovers or a bloody display on the battlefield. Or maybe it was a spine-chilling moment splattered across the screen of a horror movie. (more…)
Der Bestseller «Fifty Shades of Grey» verklärt Gewalt gegen Frauen. Zu diesem Schluss kommt eine Studie der Ohio State University.
Die Fachzeitschrift «Journal of Women’s Health» hat die Studie online veröffentlicht. «Fifty Shades of Grey» schildert die Beziehung zwischen der 22-jährigen Studentin Anastasia Steele und dem sechs Jahre älteren Unternehmer und Multimillionär Christian Grey. Die beiden leben eine von Gewalt geprägte sexuelle Beziehung nach vereinbarten Regeln, denen beide zugestimmt haben. Weltweit wurden mehr als 70 Millionen Exemplare der Trilogie verkauft. (more…)
UD professor spends semester as London artist-in-residence
It was poring through archives of the Zoological Society of London that gave Virginia Bradley the idea.
She asked officials of the society, dedicated to animal conservation and research, if she could be their artist-in-residence. They accepted, and this year the UD professor of art became their first. (more…)
Book focuses on race relations between Native Americans, African Americans
It’s a rosy picture, to think of Native Americans and African Americans embracing one another over the course of our country’s history.
But that rosy picture has a dark side, one tainted by tense race relations little discussed in the academic literature, pop culture and history textbooks, according to the University of Delaware’s Arica Coleman. (more…)
If you look at the lives of singles there are many who are seen busy planning for things like dating. With the advent of a number of online dating sites, the idea of dating has become simpler and accessible by all. Earlier people feared approaching a girl or a boy however, with anonymity over the web you do not hesitate in approaching women/men for dating. However, whether you happen to be an expert or a novice in online dating one thing is sure, you are bound to make mistakes. The experts might commit fewer mistakes while the newbie would do more. Before you consider yourself as an over confident fellow for being an online dating expert, make sure you check certain mistakes even the seasoned dating guys commit. The following are the big 5 mistakes which experts commit. Let’s check them out:
1). Posting old pictures and inaccurate details
When it comes to making a profile for online dating, many seasoned people are seen committing a mistake of putting inaccurate information on it along with posting older pictures or photos of their friends and other people. Make sure you list down the exact information as you never know you may lose a good person just for uttering a lie over your profile or for the picture you have posted. It is a big mistake, which even experts commit in online dating by starting a relationship with a lie. Never do this. (more…)
Study of nearly one million dating website users shows opportunities for white daters, hurdles for blacks
AMHERST, Mass. – New research from sociologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found specific racial patterns in the outreach and response habits of heterosexual men and women using online dating sites.
In a study published in the upcoming issue of the American Journal of Sociology, vol. 119, no. 1, UMass Amherst doctoral recipient Ken-Hou Lin and associate professor Jennifer Lundquist tracked the racial and educational characteristics of almost one million online daters searching for relationships from the 20 largest cities in the U.S. They then analyzed the inquiries sent and received by each dater, in order to gain an understanding of how members of each race interact with one another in an online dating setting. (more…)
A heroic World War One soldier’s previously unknown semi-autobiographical novel has come to light following the completion of a project to archive and make public the manuscripts, poems and correspondence of Frederick William Harvey.
F W Harvey’s papers are now available to the public thanks to a major collaborative project between the University of Exeter and the Gloucestershire Archives.
The Gloucestershire soldier became well known nationally for his poetry and his acts of courage. Despite having trained as a solicitor, he enlisted in the ranks and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal before being made an officer. Found among Harvey’s papers was an unpublished novel titled ‘Will Harvey – A Romance’, which is a fictional, but semi-autobiographical, novel which covers the early lives and school-days of two brothers. The story then follows them into the trenches of WWI, where Eric is killed (as was F W Harvey’s brother in real life) and Will is captured (again as in real life). There were several attempts to have it published however it seems that the post-WWI public was no longer interested in reading about the war. (more…)
