What is a reasonable person? According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a reasonable person is “a fictional person with an ordinary degree of reason, prudence, care, foresight, or intelligence whose ...

Maïka Sondarjee receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. University of Ottawa provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. University of Ottawa ...

Students who study Africana studies at Zohran Mamdani’s alma mater, Bowdoin College, as he did, will spend this semester participating in courses like “Affirmative Action and United States History,” ...

I studied for a doctorate in English literature in the early 1990s–when literary “theory” had taken root in academia–and found myself marinated in critical feminist theory. The recipe was simple: ...

Carolyn Heilbrun published several books of feminist and literary criticism. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs ...

Witchcraft has been feared, mocked and romanticized — but rarely has it been fully understood as a story of feminist resistance and enduring cultural power. Feminist studies scholar Jane Ward has set ...