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Elkins’ inclusion of the term “gulag” in her work’s title as a description of colonial Kenya’s labor camps is similarly troubling. Professor of History Niall Ferguson has already labeled Elkins’ use of the term “wildly inappropriate,” and this criticism seems on-point. “Gulag” in Elkins’ mind appears to mean any camp system where detainees are thrust into a system of forced labor. This usage of “gulag” divorces...
...Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History...
...including an elimination of the Core and replacing it with a curriculum with greater emphasis on student-faculty contact and study abroad initiatives. He has played an important role in the hiring of some of Harvard’s newest and brightest faculty, including Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson, Professor of Systems Biology Eric Lander, Bass Professor of English Louis Menand, and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker. And for those who argue that the president has made himself unapproachable and inaccessible, one glance at his accomplishments shows that he has made himself and the University more accessible...
...Racing across scrub and farmland, this blaze was no ordinary grass fire. It was one of the fastest-moving ever seen, says South Australian Country Fire Service ceo Euan Ferguson: most of its destructive work was done in just six hours. At the township of North Shields, where teacher Helen Castle was killed, residents jumped into the sea to escape the flames. "We had very experienced fire fighters out there, and the rate of spread of this fire was beyond their comprehension." As it gathered speed, hundreds of fire-fighters and locals risked their lives trying to stop...
...Even before the fire was brought under control on Jan. 14, some locals were asking why more fire-fighting aircraft weren't sent to the unfolding disaster. Euan Ferguson says the deployment of fire bombers will be investigated, but he doubts more planes would have made much difference: "It would not have mattered if we'd had all the fire-fighting resources in the world...