Perspectives

Martin Jacobs, PhD, has published a new book, “Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World,” which studies Jewish travel writing from that era.

R. Marie Griffith, PhD, director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, offers a historic perspective on debates about birth control to launch a Religion and Politics series for Arts & Sciences’ “Hold That Thought.”

Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, professor of medicine, writes about America’s system of residency training in this blog about his new book, “Let Me Heal.”

Amber Jamilla Musser, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, recently published a book, “Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism,” examing power, race and gender.

Psychiatrist Eric Lenze, MD, writes in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that stress and cognitive issues are common problems among older patients, and he offers strategies to help.

Gerald Early, PhD, reflects on the history, and the future, of black studies programs on the Center for the Humanities’ new website.

Neil Richards, JD, writes in Time about promises and privacy issues with big data.

Matt Erlin, PhD, chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences, recently published a book, “Necessary Luxuries: Books, Literature, and the Culture of Consumption in Germany, 1770-1815.”

Architects John Hoal, PhD, and Derek Hoeferlin discuss how lessons learned from their work after Hurricane Katrina can help better manage this area’s rivers.

Poet Carl Phillips, of Arts & Sciences, reads from his work at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.