Word: bisson
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most vocal proponents of thecustomary Western curriculum is department ChairThomas N. Bisson, Lea Professor of MedievalHistory...
...students are missing out," Bisson says. Heattributes the low enrollments in Higonnet's classto "a collective misjudgment, a herd instinct...
...made 14 new senior appointments, including three promotions of associate professors. In that time, seven professors retired while 13 senior professors whose appointments antedate 1985 remain without dissension; we are teaching, writing, and (yes) searching. We're working out our problems amicably--including that of American history. Thomas N. Bisson Chair, Department of History
...members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences are: Lea Professor of Medieval History Thomas N. Bisson; Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs Ashton B. Carter; Professor of Economics Claudia D. Goldin; Professor of Mathematics Benedict H. Gross; Professor of Astronomy Robert P. Kirshner; Professor of Medical Anthropology Arthur M. Kleinman...
...Bisson adds that the History Department has only two to three additional faculty positions remaining for the next five years. "That means with so few [open positions] there's a certain reluctance" to promote scholars whose scholarship is limited to specific areas of history...