Rylin Green
                                    Humanities Communications Writer
                                
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                        
                      More from this author
                    
                    
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    Freedom Behind Convent Walls
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    April 16, 2024 03:00 PM
        According to Associate Professor Anna-Lisa Halling, playwriting gave nuns unprecedented freedom—which may explain why it became so popular.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            2 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=
                            
                                
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    Plato’s Defense of Socrates
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    April 15, 2024 12:00 PM
        Sophists attacked Socrates after his execution. To Plato, this meant war.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            2 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=
                            
                                
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    Translating Humor and Insults
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    April 15, 2024 09:00 AM
        How do you know when a novel is well translated? The key lies in keeping the author’s voice.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            2 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=
                            
                                
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    Do Good. Better.
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    April 04, 2024 03:00 PM
        Eva Witesman of the Ballard Center urges those involved with the humanities to use their specially trained skills to improve the world.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            2 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=
                            
                                
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    A Matter of Taste: Graphic Design in 19th-Century England
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    April 01, 2024 03:00 PM
        Who decides what makes “good” design? According to Associate Professor Jamie Horrocks, Victorian design reformers thought they did.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            2 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=
                            
                                
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    Organizational Life and Cinematic Communities: Insights from Kore-eda Hirokazu
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    March 27, 2024 12:30 PM
        Memory, film, and community—Professor Marc Yamada demonstrates how Kore-eda Hirokazu uses film techniques to create worlds that encourage community in the 2024 P. A. Christensen Lecture.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            5 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=
                            
                                
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    Even Faculty Need Training in How to Teach
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    March 21, 2024 03:00 PM
        Faculty from Comparative Arts & Letters share findings from a two-year project to elevate teaching in their department.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            3 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=
                            
                                
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    Grad Student Game-Changer
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    March 18, 2024 03:00 PM
        Struggling to write your thesis? The Research & Writing Center can help you—here's how.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            2 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=
                            
                                
        data-content-type="article"
    
    
        
            
        
    
    Navigating Our Interior Castles
        By
        Rylin Green
    
            
            
    March 12, 2024 03:00 PM
        St. Teresa of Ávila died 500 years ago, but she still helps authors overcome writer's block today.
            
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
         
            2 Min Read
        
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    overrideBackgroundColorOrImage=
    overrideTextColor=
    promoTextAlignment=
    overrideCardHideSection=
    overrideCardHideByline=
    overrideCardHideDescription=
    overridebuttonBgColor=
    overrideButtonText=
    promoTextAlignment=