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Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. The Venus of Willendorf is an 11.1-centimetre-tall (4.4 in) Venus figurine estimated to have been made around 29,500 years ago. [ 1][ 2] [ 3] It was recovered on 7 August 1908 from an archaeological dig conducted by Josef Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier, and Josef Bayer at a Paleolithic site near Willendorf ...
Hugh St Clair Cunningham (born 1942) is a historian and retired academic. A specialist in the history of childhood, nationalism, philanthropy and leisure, he is an emeritus professor of social history at the University of Kent .
New York City has been described as the cultural capital of the world. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The culture of New York is reflected in its size and ethnic diversity. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. [ 4] Many American cultural movements first emerged in the city.
Robert J. Graham, a Renaissance literary scholar, notes that "questions of whose language is privileged at any given historical moment are deeply implicated in matters of personal, social and cultural significance", [11] which he states is the primary reason for Castiglione's usage of the native vernacular. This also illustrates the Count's ...
1. William Daniel Cunningham (born December 11, 1947) is an American radio and television talk show host, conservative commentator, attorney, and entrepreneur. On the radio, he hosts The Big Show with Bill Cunningham, heard weekdays on AM 700 WLW in Cincinnati, and Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, a program syndicated nationally by Premiere ...
William Shakespeare's influence extends from theater and literatures to present-day movies, Western philosophy, and the English language itself. William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the history of the English language, [ 1] and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [ 2][ 3][ 4] He transformed European theatre by ...
"After a rapid acceleration in women's rights in the '70s and '80s, things have started to go backwards," Cunningham said in a keynote address at the 2011 Melbourne Writers' Festival. "Women continue to be marginalised in Australian culture and, the arts sector – which likes to pride itself on its liberal values – is, in fact, complacent.
Cunningham has held various leadership positions in his academic career, including current Chair of the Department of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis and former Chair of the Department of Sociology at Brandeis University. Since 2016, he has served on the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review and since 2018, he has ...