PhD Student Elisabeth Yang recently published a chapter in ‘The Person at the Crossroads: A Philosophical Approach’

Elisabeth Yang, PhD student, recently published her chapter, “Horace Bushnell’s notion of the essentia organica in ‘Christian Nurture’ and his child-centered anthropology,” in James Beauregard, Giusy Gallo, Claudia Stancati, eds. The Person at the Crossroads: A Philosophical Approach (Vernon Press, 2020). The Person at the Crossroads: A Philosophical Approach brings together scholars from around the world… continue reading

Dr. Meredith Bak is the author of the recently published book Playful Visions: Optical Toys and the Emergence of Children’s Media Culture

Meredith A. Bak, Assistant Professor Playful Visions: Optical Toys and the Emergence of Children’s Media Culture (MIT Press, 2020) The kaleidoscope, the stereoscope, and other nineteenth-century optical toys analyzed as “new media” of their era, provoking anxieties similar to our own about children and screens. In the nineteenth century, the kaleidoscope, the thaumatrope, the zoetrope,… continue reading