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Eastbridge Hospital: A Canterbury Tale

by Nigel Fletcher-Jones, PhD

Canterbury, in the eastern corner of England, was a city of saints. Eighteen archbishops were canonised before the Reformation and the remains of many other holy men and women were collected from elsewhere and deposited in its monasteries and churches.

Yet of its most famous saint, Thomas Becket (archbishop 1162-1170), no trace remains—unless one believes the claims of the nearby parish church at Chilham to secretly contain his relics....

Howardena Pindell: A Renewed Language

From OTH's Clare Doyle, reflections from the Irish Museum of Modern Art's exhibit on American artist Howardena Pindell.

Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing what it means for music to be heard (via The Conversation)

Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing what it means for music to be heard. Katelyn Best dives into how " In the spirit of hip-hop, dip hop rebels both musically and socially against cultural norms, breaking the mold and expanding possibilities for musical artistry."

Story originally published by The Conversation.

OTH BOOKSHELF - Art and Art History

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ART AND ART HISTORY BOOKSHELF

“Art hurts. Art urges voyages—and it is easier to stay at home, the nice beer ready.”

– Gwendolyn Brooks, ‘Chicago’s Picasso,’ 1967

This issue of OTH Bookshelf comprises some 200 academic open access titles in the areas of art and art history, focusing on books that would be of most interest and value to HSS scholars and students.

This edition of OTH Bookshelf: Art and Art History comprises titles from nearly 60 publishers, museums and cultural bodies: if our readers are aware of any title or publishers that are not included, please feel free to submit them for consideration. To be included in OTH Bookshelf, a book must be available to read online and/or download for free and must have been assigned an ISBN.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Elizabeth Alexander, poet and president of the Mellon Foundation, discusses creativity as an agent for change, artistic collaboration, and holding more than one story at a time.
South African puppeteer Adrian Kohler has adapted the novel The Life and Times of Michael K by Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee into a puppet play.
Three tips to improve your museum’s YouTube channel.
The Big Ten Open Books project, a collaboration between the university presses and libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, has launched.
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