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Goelet Professor of French History Patrice L. Higonnet '58 raised eyebrows last week in the first lecture of History 10b--the second half of a full-year European history survey course--by discussing issues of gender and sexuality and showing explicit slides of genitalia...
...commend Higonnet for the creativity and innovation he demonstrates in teaching History 10b. We also praise him for recognizing that all aspects of cultural history--including those often neglected in the past--are just as important to understanding history as dates and places...
...also favor a balanced approach; innovation and new ways of thinking about history are essential to a vibrant intellectual community. Yet I do not believe the "postmodernist" approach is appropriate for an introductory course like History 10b...
...History 10b' Survey Changes Focus...
Students who shopped "History 10b: Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures: From 1650 to the Present" may have expected something like what the course book promised...