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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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violence

A Bridge for Islam

March 31, 2026
Tags: indonesia, islam, extremism, violence
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Palmyra's Hybrid Identity

February 25, 2018
Tags: identity, syria, hybridity, Roman, violence, sculpture, museum
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Profaning the Theater

February 24, 2018
Tags: theater, human rights, United Nations, sacred space, violence, UNESCO, monunent, secularism, syria, Roman
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Of Making Modernity the Greatest

February 24, 2018
Tags: terrorists, violence, syria, modernity
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The Black Flag of Destruction

February 22, 2018
Tags: flag, terrorists, symbols, money, violence