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There's an English writer named Alan Bennett who makes me laugh. That show Extras with Ricky Gervais makes me laugh. I like that kind of uncomfortable laughter. But when it comes to reading, I'd normally rather read something that was tragic than funny...
...However, on no other issue at Harvard have I ever heard of the disinvitation of even one invited speaker, much less three. In 2002, Harvard’s Department of English invited Tom Paulin—Oxford professor and one of the finest living British poets—to speak, but promptly disinvited him after then-University President Lawrence H. Summers expressed disapproval of Paulin’s criticisms of Israel. Though the Department later voted to reverse the disinvitation, Paulin has never come to campus. In 2005, DePaul historian Norman G. Finkelstein, who has both sharply criticized Israeli military...
...exquisite ear and a gift for matching the complications of life with the complications of art,” said English professor Helen Vendler who recommended Phillips to give the reading at yesterday’s event...
...literature professor Doris Sommer’s Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 13: “Cultural Agents”—formerly Spanish 280— was also approved. It will include a “Social Agents Fair” where students meet local change artists. English Department Chair James T. Engell ’73 will teach Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 15: “Elements of Rhetoric”—formerly English 34. It will explore “contemporary applications” of “classical rhetorical theory.” Next...
...Consequently, most departmental classes–especially those that don’t count for Cores–never see students from far distant concentrations. When I whimsically decided to take two English classes, I suspected I would be one of the only non-humanities students in my section. I was right. Both times...