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Professor Mead argues that the Obama administration has not succeeded in changing the view of governments in Russia, Iran, and China that the American-backed world order is vulnerable.

Public Historian in Residence Cynthia M. Koch argues for a return to New Deal–era public works programs in support of young workers, especially young people of color.

Professor Encarnación examines why the U.S. fell behind other nations in legalizing same-sex unions and why the Supreme Court was more reluctant to act than other national high courts.

Mendelsohn finds traces of the modern fascination with robots in the works of Homer and Aristotle as he discusses the films Her and Ex Machina.

Julia Rosenbaum, associate professor of art history and faculty of the American Studies Program, has been named a senior fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., for the 2015-2016 academic year. The yearlong research fellowship will support Rosenbaum’s new project, “Curated Bodies: The Display of Science and Citizenry in Post-Civil War America,” which examines art, science, and representations of the body from the Civil War to World War II. Rosenbaum will be affiliated with the Smithsonian American Art Museum during her fellowship tenure.

Professor Luzzi recommends readers attempt Dante’s Divine Comedy this summer.

Professor Encarnación argues that the legalization of same-sex marriage in Ireland is bad for gay rights.

The FIFA indictments tell us something about the way in which the U.S. exerts its power on the global stage, and how that power is experienced by the rest of the world, writes Richard Aldous.

The Christian communities of Syria and Iraq have survived 2,000 years of conflict and are now on the brink of destruction, writes Professor Mead.

Ian Buruma won the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for "Theater of Cruelty: Art, Film, and the Shadows of War," about German and Japanese artistic responses to World War II.