In this episode of High Theory, Brian Fairley tells us about Polyphony, a concept from music that describes multiple melodic lines sounding
Sillies: Horses
Warning: this episode of High Theory is very silly. In our new summer series of “Sillies,” Saronik and Kim ask each other
Bombay Talkies
In this episode of High Theory, Debashree Mukherjee talks about the pioneering film studio Bombay Talkies, founded in 1934 in the city
Shortage
In this episode of High Theory, Eram Alam talks with us about shortage. A political tool, rather than a natural lack, the
Queer Mysticism
We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied
The Environmental Unconscious
Steven Swarbrick talks about poetic engagement with nature in the work of early modern poets Edmund Spenser, Walter Ralegh, Andrew Marvell, and
Rhetoric of Decline
In this episode of High Theory, Jed Esty talks about the Rhetoric of Decline. Declinism names the contradictory political narrative that America
Sillies: Jeans
Warning: this episode of High Theory is very silly. In our new summer series of “Sillies,” Saronik and Kim ask each other
Party
Sheila Liming talks about the party, social gatherings that occasion joy and dread and various emotions in between. The party is both
Global Asia
Cheryl Narumi Naruse talks about the transformation of Singapore over the past decades into a site of postcolonial promise, with economic prosperity
Computer Graphics
In this episode of High Theory, Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan talks with us about computer graphics. Emerging from tools for sailing and warmaking,
Reading
Reading Swati Moitra explains how reading can be a subversive and even revolutionary act in certain socio-historical contexts. She draws especially from
Cooperative Extension System
In this episode of High Theory, Karl Dudman tells us about the Cooperative Extension System. Formed in 1914 as an extension of
ACLA 2023
How Will Critique Save the World? : Popular Theory and Public Humanities This episode of High Theory is based upon a conference
Choice Architecture
In this episode of High Theory, Eli Cook tells us about choice architecture. The term was invented by behavioral economists in 2008
Affective Masculinities
Amrita De talks about affective masculinities, aspirational linkages with dominant scripts of masculinities, socially organized. As she expands her work beyond her
