Humanities

The changing brain, architectural "winners and losers" and the rise of Irish literature are among the topics offered this fall at Vanderbilt University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Read More

Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, Shalimar the Clown and winner of numerous literary prizes, will speak at Vanderbilt University to open the Chancellor's Lecture Series for the fall 2007 semester. Read More

The fourth Bluebird on the Mountain concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, and promises to be on of the highlights of this year's series. Singer-songwriters Don Schlitz, Thom Schuyler and Fred Knobloch, whose work dominated the country charts in the 1980s and '90s, will perform at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory. Harmonica player Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson will also perform at the concert. Read More

The United States premiere of Australia's BalletLab and a performance by the Kronos Quartet highlight the 33rd season of Great Performances at Vanderbilt, Nashville's longest running and only international performing series. The season will also bring a residency at Vanderbilt by the JosÈ LimÛn Dance Company. Read More

Anthropologists working on the slopes of the Andes in northern Peru have discovered the earliest-known evidence of peanut, cotton and squash farming dating back 5,000 to 9,000 years. Their findings provide long-sought-after evidence that some of the early development of agriculture in the New World took place at farming settlements in the Andes. Read More

Memos in 2002 and 2003 written by White House lawyers to President Bush effectively promoting the use of torture are shocking, but not because of faulty legal arguments, says a Vanderbilt University professor. Read More

The Colombian government enjoys high levels of citizen support and Colombians trust the democratic system, according to a new survey. Read More

Award-winning singer-songwriters Mike Reid and Michael Johnson will headline the second Bluebird on the Mountain show of the 2007 season at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory. Read More

A comparative study shows that Guatemalan women tend not to vote. This is especially true of those who lack education and live in rural areas. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University will begin this week contacting Davidson County residents regarding their attitudes about their individual engagement in the community — from the arts and the economy to politics, religion and schools. Read More

Melanie Lowe, assistant professor of Musicology, lectured on the role of classical music in in our culture today. Lowe also teaches courses in American popular music, gender and sexuality in music, and music and American politics. Read More

Melanie Lowe, assistant professor of Musicology, lectured on the role of classical music in in our culture today. Lowe also teaches courses in American popular music, gender and sexuality in music, and music and American politics. Read More

Improving Salvadorians' attitudes toward civic participation, their fellow citizens and their democratic institutions is crucial to developing democratic stability in El Salvador, a country in which crime and a sense of insecurity prevail. Read More

Vanderbilt anthropologist Tom D. Dillehay has been named to a distinguished class of scientists, politicians, authors, artists and others, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) announced April 30. Read More

Curbing corruption and violence and opening up government meetings and financial information to public scrutiny are keys to promoting democracy in Honduras, where support for a democratic government has increased. Read More

Art lovers and fans of the legendary jazz artist John Coltrane will have their last chance to see "God Breathes," a series of paintings depicting the works and life of Coltrane, this week before the exhibit leaves Vanderbilt University and Nashville on Friday, May 11. Read More

Watch streaming video of performance of "Mu Lan & Poetry" from Ingram Hall on the Vanderbilt Campus May 5. Read More

The last of a series of Vanderbilt University lectures dealing with the nature of consciousness and how it affects our views of religion, science, and philosophy has been moved to accommodate the overflow crowds that attended the first two. Read More

The popular Bluebird on the Mountain concert series begins its third season at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory with a show featuring Kim Carnes, Dana Cooper, and Greg Barnhill. The 2007 series — which includes six concerts — runs from May 12 to Oct. 13 and will showcase nearly two dozen of Nashville's premier singer-songwriters. Read More

Democracy has solid majority support in Peru yet still lags behind most other Latin American countries, according to a survey by the Latin American Public Opinion Project released in Lima, Peru. Read More