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...remember, forget, or learn from. History is only as deep as the 19th century. Historical Study B-11, unfortunately, is the only course mentioned in the appropriate segment of the Report that deals with the pre-modern period. ANGELIKI E. LAIOU Cambridge, Mass. October 10, 2006 The writer is Dumbarton Oaks professor of Byzantine history...
...crowd-pleaser among the non-concentrators. “Staged beast hunts” in the course description? Straight money. Among other antiquarian choices, Professor Christopher P. Jones’ History B-09, “The Christian Revolution” is well regarded (but not taught this year). Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History Angeliki E. Laiou will lecture on the Crusades in B-11. Guessing the Greek-bred Laiou’s least-favorite Crusade should be easy (hint: it’s probably the Fourth!).Early modern history offers the Historical Studies-B student a renaissance...
...stop there. TIME has seen an internal Culture Ministry memo listing 10 more wanted works. They include a grave marker from 340 B.C., housed at Harvard's Sackler Museum; icons of St. Paul and St. Procopius allegedly stolen from a 14th century church in Greece and now at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library in Washington; and Byzantine frescoes of the prophet Elijah and St. Andrew, which, according to the memo, the Odigia Foundation Icon-Institute in the Hague says it bought from a London gallery...
...stop there. Time has seen an internal Culture Ministry memo listing 10 more wanted works. They include a grave marker from 340 B.C., housed at Harvard's Sackler Museum; icons of Sts. Paul and Procopius allegedly stolen from a 14th century church in Greece and now at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library in Washington; and Byzantine frescoes of the prophet Elijah and St. Andrew, which, according to the memo, the Odigia Foundation Icon-Institute in the Hague says it bought from a London gallery in 1996. The Greeks are certain that more relics will return. "This is just the beginning...
...happy to teach the course. Lack of professorial interest cannot be advanced as an argument for scrapping this course that provides undergraduates with both the chronological breadth and the continuity necessary if one is to understand historical development. ANGELIKI E. LAIOU Cambridge, Mass. March 10, 2006 The writer is Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History...