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...after the opening party, artists often stay on to give workshops and talks, and regional themes predominate at many showings. Locally sponsored events like to take advantage of everyday venues. At Singapore's inaugural biennial, launched earlier this month, some of the paintings and installations are displayed in an Armenian church and a Hindu temple. About one-third of the world's major biennials take place in the Asia-Pacific area. While Singapore's biennial closes on Nov. 12, the region has plenty more in store for the fall and winter. Here's our pick of three must-see shows...
Last fall, The Crimson published a column by Travis R. Kavulla ’06-’07 entitled “A Small Niche for Great Books: An Armenian Studies Professor’s Lonely Accomplishment in General Education.” What troubled me most about his title was the word “lonely.” Could it be possible, I wondered, that, at a time of deep commitment to reforming general education and reinvigorating the undergraduate curriculum, there was only one faculty member in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) offering what Kavulla...
James R. Russell is Mashtots professor of Armenian studies...
...academia, where specialization is a virtue that earns tenure, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies James Russell is a curious person to lead the charge for general education.Nonetheless, in a two-semester survey of “Literature Humanities,” Russell has carved out a place in the battery of freshmen seminars (usually a portal to Harvard at its most myopic) to provide a semblance of well-rounded, broad education to eager newcomers.It has long been supposed that no one—neither professors nor students—wants to be troubled by the dead white men who comprise...
...SENTENCED. VLADIMIR ARUTYUNIAN, 27, to life in prison for the attempted assassination of U.S. President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili; in Tbilisi, Georgia. Arutyunian, a Georgian citizen of Armenian descent, hurled a live hand grenade at the two leaders during a rally last May, but it fell short and failed to detonate. Arutyunian later killed a policeman in a shootout during his arrest. He was shown on television admitting that he threw the grenade, but his lawyer said he will appeal the sentence...