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Does the title of Government 1060, “The History of Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy” refer to the course's placement in the FAS catalogue (just before Government 1061, “The History of Modern Political Philosophy”) or to instructor Harvey C-Minus Mansfield's birth-year...
Picking concentrations is often most successful through the process of elimination. Hist 10a is as ancient as the gray-haired profs who run the department. You’re afraid of heights, so William James Hall and anthropology are out (wimp). “Complex Fourier Analysis?” Nice try, Linguistics. Decision-making causes migraines and impairs all sense of judgment, so you head to the Kong, have a scorpion bowl, and surmise Seoul might be a good place to live (those OCS emails about teaching SAT’s in South Korea will finally have some purpose...
...intellectual historian James Hankins, “Renaissance in Florence” is big enough and draws enough sweatshirt-wearing, non-concentrator athletes to be an attractive out for students trying to slip through the cracks of the Core. And beware the notoriously irrelevant lecturing of McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History Steven Ozment, who leads B-18, “The Protestant Reformation.”If major historical events interest you less than the everyday lives of dull, dead people, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s B-40, “Pursuits of Happiness: Ordinary Lives...
...concentration requirement, the course is separated into two semesters, and various professors in the department present on their area of expertise. Because the class covers such a broad range of material, it will help you decide which area you want to focus on, whether it’s ancient African or modern American art. You’ll also become familiar with the likes of Benjamin Buchloh, a modern art professor who came to Harvard last year and is a world-renowned art historian. His fame comes from incredible intelligence as well as uncanny incoherence and a remarkable ability...
...Come Only a Little Way, Baby Bans on foreign, Kurdish and even some ancient Persian names for newborns have been around since the Islamic revolution but are now letting up slightly