One can approach the notion of otherness or alterity in various ways: politically, aesthetically, ethically, culturally, religiously and sexually. Lilia Melani defines the other as an individual who ...

Social essentialism has always been with us, as The Unfit makes abundantly clear. Clusters of individuals sharing an attribute such as color, background or belief are lumped into the same mental ...

A composer and pianist reflects on her path from Armenia to Slovakia, where she has made her mark in theatre and world music.

The Warren Alpert Medical School offered a ceremonial welcome the 144 medical students who comprise the Class of 2028 at its ...

This book presents a critical history of criminological thought from the Enlightenment to the present day. Mehozay contends that Western criminological approaches are based upon 'otherness' which ...

Online conversations about children often suggest that adults shouldn’t have to endure them if they don’t want to. Scholars ...

Wicked,” which arrives to the big screen this fall, redeems the villain who is barely a character in L. Frank Baum’s classic ...

Identity is a double-sided sword; if considered in a wrong way, it can cause the highest level of violence, opposition and otherness, but if presented in the right manner, it can lead to closeness ...

A ceremony marking the completion of the first stage of restoration work and improvements to the chapel of the Toumliline ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Among this season's highlights are the Taiko drumming and song-driven storytelling of UNIT SOUZOU: CONSTANT STATE OF OTHERNESS (Nov. 8, 2024) and the discipline-spanning entertainment of COLLISION OF ...

The new hires round out RISD’s Architecture & Design, Experimental and Foundation Studies, Fine Arts and Liberal Arts ...