How China’s borderlands transformed politically and culturally throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

How female directors, producers, and writers navigate the challenges and barriers facing female-driven projects at each stage of filmmaking in contemporary Hollywood.

How the notion of unique eras influenced the Roman view of time and the narration of history from various perspectives.

An examination of the art in superhero comics and how style influences comic narratives.

How science fiction films in the 1950s were marketed and helped create the broader genre itself.

An in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball fandom.

An exploration of the understudied sculpture of the Maya frontier.

How work and capitalism inspire horror in modern film.

How Mexican artists and intellectuals created a new identity for modern Mexico City through its ties to Aztec Tenochtitlan.