July/August 2013
In This Issue July/August 2013
The Rise of the Machines
How to turn language, the core operating system of the humanities, into numbers . . .
By Meredith Hindley
Volume 34, Issue 4
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Features
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Departments
Statements
One-Off
The Comical and the Coffinly
Through humor, Winslow Homer learned to tap into the subtleties of the Gilded Age.
By Steve MoyerGo Figure
In talking about their national game, Chinese reveal world views, personal philosophies, and notions of other lands and peoples.
By Steve MoyerConversation
The Art of Martin Scorsese
Former chairman Jim Leach interviews the 2013 Jefferson Lecturer about growing up, making films, and capturing that special "something" on the big screen.
Impertinent Questions
Impertinent Questions with Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Europe's introduction to the Buddhist "way of life."
By Meredith HindleyExecutive Function
South Dakota’s Sherry DeBoer
Sherry DeBoer brings a love of literature to her native South Dakota.
By Lori WalshEdNote
