From radioactive felines to three-legged bunnies?

Or: What it takes to communicate 10,000 years into the future (Part 2)

Anna Volkmar • September 05, 2019

How to Publish your Dissertation: an interview with Art DiFuria

Some weeks ago, Art DiFuria gave a lecture upon the publication of his PhD research. I interviewed him afterwards, asking him the all important question: how dó you publish your dissertation?

Merel Oudshoorn and Art DiFuria • July 18, 2019

–So, what is your PhD project about? –It’s kinda about… erm, wanna have my Instagram instead?

Is there such a thing as a ‘parallel life’ to a strictly academic modus operandi? Is there a domain where a more artistic take on a PhD thesis can be expressed? Dimitris discusses how his Instagram project relates to his research.

Dimitris Kentrotis-Zinelis • July 11, 2019

On the Origins of America’s Great Seal and Its Attributes: Eagle, Arrows, Olive Branch

The Great Seal of the United States, designed in 1776 by Charles Thomson, is perhaps the world's best known coat of arms but its prehistory remains partly obscure. What were Thomson’s sources? How did he use them?

Paul J. Smith • July 04, 2019 • 1 comment

Milk Matters: Some Reflections on the Use of Human Milk in Hippocratic Recipes

In this blog, Glyn Muitjens examines the application of human milk in medical recipes of the Hippocratic Corpus, to demonstrate that its use can teach us something about Greek culture. In fact, human milk played a central role in policing female bodies.

Glyn Muitjens • June 27, 2019

The inhuman and the political in HBO’s Chernobyl

HBO’s new miniseries Chernobyl, a dramatization of the infamous accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, raises some interesting questions about the inhuman character of radioactivity, and the way in which this relates to the sphere of the political.

Tijs Brinkman • June 20, 2019

Why You Should Start a Research Vlog: LUCAS Explains

21 June 2019, Bessensap, NWO’s yearly conference on science communication will take place. Next to blogs, we increasingly see videos entering the science communications stage. But what is the added value of video for the public? And for the researcher?

Nynke Feenstra • June 13, 2019

All books are equal, but some books…

When I tell people that I work as a scholar in book and publishing studies, it’s often not immediately clear to people what aspects of the book I would then study. In this post, I try to explain some key concepts through George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Fleur Praal • June 06, 2019

Josephus and Aristotle

What can a fable by Flavius Josephus inspired by Aristotle teach us about the fluid boundaries of genres?

Gert-Jan van Dijk • May 23, 2019