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These surveys are cast as history courses because that is one straightforward way of imparting the progress and relationships that developed in each field. They would also provide a basic framework that would allow students some context for choosing more specialized courses...
...play, a meditation on artistic ownership, takes place in 1927 in a blues recording studio during the course of one day.BAF will also take an analytical approach to black art and how it integrates itself into political culture by exploring the versatility of artistic expression in a political context. In the words of Adrienne M. White ’08, BAF’s Jazz Brunch coordinator, “This is a chance to learn more about black communities’ own culture, their past, and their potential for creativity.” On Friday, there will...
Foster has brought these and many other insights to bear on her work in the classroom and within the larger context of the University. The themes of movement and storytelling find themselves everywhere in her work. She closely relates teaching and art, saying “What makes these disciplines so challenging is that you can’t stay inside. You have to invite someone in, and they have to participate...
...other side, there stand profs who fear a collapse toward the bottom of the barrel.THE GREAT EQUALIZERSMenand, Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language, says that he put the George Lucas movie on his syllabus not because of its intrinsic artistic value, but because of its social context. “ ‘Star Wars’ is an important movie in the history of movie making,” he says. “In terms of cultural history, it’s an important moment.” John L. Loeb Associate Professor...
Shutting out students and faculty from official positions on the presidential search committee would be an ugly anachronism in the context of the practices of competing institutions. In 2000, Princeton University’s 18-person presidential search committee included three students and five faculty members, while Stanford University’s 14-person committee included two students and six faculty members. The most recent presidential searches at Columbia University and Duke University also included both students and faculty on the formal recommending body. Harvard stood as a lone holdout in its own 2000 presidential search. It?...