Pockets: A Review
Pockets have been on the mind of Hannah Carlson ’90 for some time. She even wrote her PhD dissertation on them. “From a material culture standpoint, clothing is one of the most intimate artifacts tha…
Short Features
Recommended Reading: Books by Isler ’01, Kapur ’84, Ko ’98, and Others
Emily Barth Isler ’01
The Color of Sound
In this middle-grade novel, 12-year-old Rosie is a musical prodigy whose synesthesia allows her to see music in colors. Her mom has always pushed her to become a concer…
In Defense of Democracy: Ian Bassin ’98
When he answered an out-of-the-blue phone call in autumn 2023 and learned he’d been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship—more…
Professor Andrew Szegedy-Maszak: A Classic, 50 Years in the Making
“Classics keep changing and that’s what makes it exciting,” says Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Jane A. Seney Professor of Gree…
Alison Criscitiello ’03 in Her Own Words: Canada’s Müller Ice Cap
I heard the Arctic wolves call as we skied down to the sea ice edge in Expedition Fiord. I’m so used to working on th…
Beyond Capitalism: “Degrowth Communism” for a Sustainable Future
Capital in the Anthropocene by Marxist philosopher Kohei Saito ’09 was an unexpected blockbuster in his home country of…
Spring Training
Baseball players warm up on Dresser Diamond at Andrus Field, the oldest continuously used baseball field in existence t…
What Is a Student? From Confucius to Affirmative Action
When Michael S. Roth ’78 began writing his latest book, The Student: A Short History (Yale Press, 2023), he could not h…
Making the Grade: Wesleyan Exams through the Ages
Every year, between 80 to 100 classes visit Special Collections & Archives for sessions ranging from learning about…
Environmental Advocacy in the City
In east Portland, Oregon, the site of a former Kmart is the subject of an on-going legal battle between an out-of-state…