Frances An analyzes two takes on the same song, “Qua Cơn Mê” (“After the Nighmare”), about the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
Nostalgia and Delirium in “Qua Cơn Mê”
Essays
Privacy is Doomed. What’s new?
Firmin DeBrabander writes about the construction of privacy in modern times and the failures of community it has wrought.
The Enduring Relevance of Liberal Arts in India: Henry Derozio and the Bengal Renaissance
Liesl Schwabe dives into the history of the Bengal Renaissance and one its start figures, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.
Fake Books and Fake News
Jessica Pressman tells a history of fake books in the era of vanity and disinformation.
Reading Havel in Hong Kong — and Arendt in Bangkok
Jeffrey Wasserstrom shares the Thai preface to his recent book "Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink."
Gilberto Perez and “The Imprint of Life” on the Cinema Screen
Eric Gudas thinks back on the impacts of his film mentor, Gilberto Perez.
Pearl Harbor in Film and Myth: 79 Years Later
Spencer Cohen inspects the construction of the Pearl Harbor mythos in the American cultural imagination.
