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Archival photograph on the back cover of “Pipeline Cinema: The Cultural Infrastructure of Oil Extraction in Iran and Iraq” (UC Press, 2025) by Mona Damluji

How oil companies shaped early cinema in Iran and Iraq

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Elaine Reichek, "Blue Men" (1986)

Hierarchies in the Arts

A Musical Sampler

The Play’s the Thing

Three Decades of Excellence

Movie Magic

Trace Elements

Hell, Revealed

A Beautiful Apocalypse

Shakespeare for the #MeToo Era

Getting Schooled in Museum Education

Blue Horizons

Body-Mind Connection
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