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...this class. “Walter is a very talented and imaginative historian,” Kloppenberg said. “His new course reflects the expanding interests of historians into fields that earlier generations tended not to study.” The class will fulfill the history concentration??s reading seminar requirement, according to Caron P. Yee, the undergraduate coordinator for the Department of History. Johnson said that readings will be culled from history books covering the 17th to the 21st centuries, with a focus on the United States and African-Americans—his areas...
...have traveled abroad extensively, with excursions ranging from Belgium to Austria. Through these crucial research opportunities, students are able to interact with works of art that they may have previously encountered only in photographs. According to Thomas Batchelder, the undergraduate coordinator of the HAA department, the concentration??s annual budget includes provisions for these graduate excursions. “It really covers travel, hotels, local travel, and meals...The idea is that funding should not be an obstacle that would keep students from participating,” says Hugo van der Velden, a professor of HAA, who plans...
...step down after a decade of leading Harvard’s engineering programs. Venky said he was excited about the concentration in an interview yesterday, but cautioned that he and a faculty committee are “still in the early stages of planning.” The new concentration??likely to draw on the faculties of Harvard’s professional schools—will not be put through the approval process until the fall semester, he said. Venky said that the change would add a particularly relevant line of study to the engineering school...
...these seminars met once a week for two hours when he attended them, Thompson received no college credit for his participation. Despite this, Thompson maintains that he preferred the opportunities that Arthur offered him over classes in equivalent departments that could have given him elective—or even concentration??credit. Like many other student artists who turn to off-campus opportunities, Thompson has no regrets: “At the back of my mind, I thought this is probably closer to something I’d want to be doing after school than anything...
...still the creation of Asian American studies as an independent program for undergraduates. The AAA is working with the East Asian studies program to create an Asian American studies track within the department’s secondary field. East Asian studies is supporting this effort, according to Idema, the concentration??s director of studies. “What we can do is offer classes that deal with the Asian American experience from an East Asian perspective,” he said. While operating within East Asian studies is not ideal, Zen said, it’s a beginning...