Feelings of justification, belonging, integrity, and undying devotion could all be felt by members of a fraternity, church congregation, and a family. These feelings, too, could be felt (and arguably, to a much stronger degree) by members of militant New Religious Movement. A number of theories have been explored regarding why people join larger groups […]

Hi everyone, you should now be able to post your annotated bibliographies in the category so designated.

The Anti-Heroine in Zhang Ailing’s “A Love that Topples a City” & Wang Anyi’s The Song of Everlasting Sorrow Spanning nearly half a century in their respective emergence onto the literary scene of China, prominent Chinese women writers Zhang Ailing and Wang Anyi directly pushed the boundaries of literature, engaging in a discourse on gender, […]

Hi Jesse, I am not sure how interested you would be in this or how relevant it is to your topic (it seems as though it might help you with your research) but there is an event called The City’s End at the Graduate Center on November 24 at 6:30 pm. It addresses “fantasies, fears, […]

In a refreshing and passionate manner, Naomi Klein, Hernando de Soto and Joseph Stiglitz engaged in an enthusiastic conversation regarding the current global economic crisis. The event was focused on capitalism, the market system and mostly on the recent bail out of the banks by the government. Both Klein and Stiglitz criticized the American bail […]

Since India’s economic liberalization, media attention has been focused on its development. While its growth has been phenomenal economically, India continues to lag behind in other critical areas such as women’s rights, rural development, and child labor. Despite rapid modernization, India fails to meet some of the millennium goals proposed by the United Nations. In spite […]

Hi everyone, Jonathan Schoenwald, director of the Honors program at Hunter, introduced me to Zotero, an online citation tool that supposedly does wonders. I’m not exactly sure of all the details, but thought that maybe we could all try it out together. It can be installed at Zotero.org – Chris

For the upcoming Great Issues Forum on Economic Power, I’d like for each of you post a question here by Thursday at the latest.  The questions do not need to be elaborate.  In fact, short and  direct inquiries will be more likely to be used by the moderator.  Here is the website for the event–again, a […]

Sorry to post my response to the “Great Issues Forum: Political Power” so late. I found the event extremely insightful and educational touching on numerous topics ranging from the war in Iraq, to the Israeli- Palestinian issues, genocides around the world, climate change, the upcoming elections in the United States and the changing role of […]

Hi all, I finished watching the movie, “Obsession”. I have to admit I did not watch the last ten minutes. The people in this film did not even have an accurate definition of the word jihad (which means struggle, not holy war). There were a number of sensationalist claims and the overall message was that […]