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Academic Papers

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The Bubonic Plague In Fourteenth Century East Asia
The Bubonic Plague In Fourteenth Century East Asia
When Physical Distance Gives Us Moral Distance
When Physical Distance Gives Us Moral Distance
Drawing The Divine Closer: Shinto & Animism
Drawing The Divine Closer: Shinto & Animism
The Elemental Aspects Of Fandom & Religion
The Elemental Aspects Of Fandom & Religion
Buddhism’s Durable Refuge
Buddhism’s Durable Refuge
The Unifying Vedic Seeds of Suffering
The Unifying Vedic Seeds of Suffering
The Bridging Paths of Faith
The Bridging Paths of Faith
Oral Histories & Oracle Bones
Oral Histories & Oracle Bones
Harmony & Discord In East Asian Histories
Harmony & Discord In East Asian Histories
Daoism & The Gendered Priesthood
Daoism & The Gendered Priesthood
Zheng He’s Giraffe
Zheng He’s Giraffe
Liminal, Loathing & Leveling-Up: The Biological Inevitability of Monstrosity
Liminal, Loathing & Leveling-Up: The Biological Inevitability of Monstrosity
When The Gods Speak With Their Mouths Full
When The Gods Speak With Their Mouths Full
The Restless Heart: Quantifying Paranormal Pursuit in American Society
The Restless Heart: Quantifying Paranormal Pursuit in American Society
It’s Not You, It’s Me: The Encyclopedic Unknowable of Yōkai
It’s Not You, It’s Me: The Encyclopedic Unknowable of Yōkai
The Fires Within, Without, and Between: The Limbic Spaces of Vedic Ritual
The Fires Within, Without, and Between: The Limbic Spaces of Vedic Ritual
Hinduism’s Mahabharata
Hinduism’s Mahabharata
Explorations on Jainism
Explorations on Jainism
Zoroastrianism’s Towers of Silence
Zoroastrianism’s Towers of Silence
Sikhism’s Struggle to Reconcile an Unstable World
Sikhism’s Struggle to Reconcile an Unstable World
The Limits of Legitimate Regulation: Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ
The Limits of Legitimate Regulation: Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ
Increasing Empathic Approach Motivation in Ukrainian Charitable Giving
Increasing Empathic Approach Motivation in Ukrainian Charitable Giving
Politics, Parents & Perspective: A Brexit Field Guide
Politics, Parents & Perspective: A Brexit Field Guide
Causes, Conflict and Community: Motivating Positive Self-Transcendence
Causes, Conflict and Community: Motivating Positive Self-Transcendence
The Example & The Exemplified
The Example & The Exemplified
The Unrestricted Potentiality of Death in Ivan Ilyich
The Unrestricted Potentiality of Death in Ivan Ilyich
When Sanctions Aren’t Enough: Our Moral Obligation to Alleviate Individual Suffering Sooner
When Sanctions Aren’t Enough: Our Moral Obligation to Alleviate Individual Suffering Sooner
Masks, Morality & Mandates: The Rules, Rights & Protections of Pandemic Vaccination
Masks, Morality & Mandates: The Rules, Rights & Protections of Pandemic Vaccination
The Gates of Horn & Ivory
The Gates of Horn & Ivory
Oh Beautiful Son, What Have You Done?
Oh Beautiful Son, What Have You Done?

Positive Systemic Data Day Obsession

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The Role of Religion in Greek and Roman cities
The Role of Religion in Greek and Roman cities
The Integration of Economic Activities in the City of Delos
The Integration of Economic Activities in the City of Delos
Singular or Plural: The Greekness Forged in Faith
Singular or Plural: The Greekness Forged in Faith
The Price of Immortality: Rhetoric and Reality in Pericles’ Funeral Oration
The Price of Immortality: Rhetoric and Reality in Pericles’ Funeral Oration
The Violence of Hope
The Violence of Hope
Positive Obsession
Positive Obsession
An Open Letter To Grieftech Investors
An Open Letter To Grieftech Investors
Auspicious Advertising: The Russian Thirst For Reincarnation
Auspicious Advertising: The Russian Thirst For Reincarnation
What Is Culture?
What Is Culture?
Embracing The Soil Which Grows The Best Version of Me
Embracing The Soil Which Grows The Best Version of Me
Hubris & Parable At Isandlwana
Hubris & Parable At Isandlwana
Enough with the Remakes & Reboots
Enough with the Remakes & Reboots
Serendipitous Discovery
Serendipitous Discovery
Participatory Futures
Participatory Futures
Positive Systemic Data Day Obsession
Positive Systemic Data Day Obsession
The Violent Efficacy Of The Whip
The Violent Efficacy Of The Whip
Servile Labor & Institutions Of Debt
Servile Labor & Institutions Of Debt
Undoing Global Convergence: Brexit & The Weaponized Past
Undoing Global Convergence: Brexit & The Weaponized Past
What Will Brexiteers Yearn For Now They Have Won?
What Will Brexiteers Yearn For Now They Have Won?
How Misinformation Still Spreads Through Non-Engagement
How Misinformation Still Spreads Through Non-Engagement
When The Losers Fight Back: Inequality In Todd Phillips’ Joker
When The Losers Fight Back: Inequality In Todd Phillips’ Joker
Restoration, Rehabilitation & Remembrance In Russia’s Ongoing Patriotic War
Restoration, Rehabilitation & Remembrance In Russia’s Ongoing Patriotic War
Transcending Citizenship
Transcending Citizenship
The Extraction of Essence
The Extraction of Essence
Soviet Heteronormative Masculine Transition In Sergei Bodrov’s Prisoner of the Mountains
Soviet Heteronormative Masculine Transition In Sergei Bodrov’s Prisoner of the Mountains
Our Obligation To Listen When A Voice Is Used
Our Obligation To Listen When A Voice Is Used
Unintended Consequence
Unintended Consequence

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How To Be A Great Product Manager
How To Be A Great Product Manager
The Role of Religion in Greek and Roman cities
The Role of Religion in Greek and Roman cities
The Integration of Economic Activities in the City of Delos
The Integration of Economic Activities in the City of Delos
Singular or Plural: The Greekness Forged in Faith
Singular or Plural: The Greekness Forged in Faith
The Price of Immortality: Rhetoric and Reality in Pericles’ Funeral Oration
The Price of Immortality: Rhetoric and Reality in Pericles’ Funeral Oration
The Violence of Hope
The Violence of Hope
A Life In Art
A Life In Art
What Have I Done
What Have I Done
The Boy With The Dip
The Boy With The Dip
I Remember
I Remember
Those In Coach Were The First To Go
Those In Coach Were The First To Go
Plan 75’s Choices: Where Life Happens For You, Not To You
Plan 75’s Choices: Where Life Happens For You, Not To You
Grasp The Nettle! The Wondrous Balderdash of Baron Munchausen
Grasp The Nettle! The Wondrous Balderdash of Baron Munchausen
We Argue About It Still: The Virgin Suicides’ Still Point Of The Turning World
We Argue About It Still: The Virgin Suicides’ Still Point Of The Turning World
I Want 'Em Conscious And Talkative: The Long Good Friday
I Want 'Em Conscious And Talkative: The Long Good Friday
The Rain’s Misery & Majesty: The Fallen Priest of Godland
The Rain’s Misery & Majesty: The Fallen Priest of Godland
A Strangled Truth: Fear & Desire in Hitchcock’s Rope
A Strangled Truth: Fear & Desire in Hitchcock’s Rope
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: It Is The Cause, Not The Death, That Makes The Martyr
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: It Is The Cause, Not The Death, That Makes The Martyr
A Journey From There To Here
A Journey From There To Here
When You Fell Asleep Forever
When You Fell Asleep Forever

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