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...Serbia’s trade agreement with Iran—which he explained by saying that nation “pays everything promptly”—and tension surrounding Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia last year and is recognized as independent by major nations including Great Britain, France, and the United States, though not Serbia, Dinkic’s upbeat message pleased the lecture’s organizers. “We were happy to be able to sponsor someone with a message of proactive measures for the future,” said Ilyana M. Sawka, program...
...Complaints about the Core and the nascent General Education—its lack of common requirements or a coherent, unifying philosophy—are rehearsed often. And the demise of a potential Great Books track within Gen Ed called further attention to this problem. The prevalence of grade inflation and the existence of trendy but “soft” disciplines in the humanities and social sciences continue to portend trouble to those concerned with Harvard’s intellectual rigor...
...really great communicator,” says Adam Ewing, the head teaching fellow of History 1452. “He is able to explain very complicated political or intellectual ideas in very clear and digestible ways...
...notions of honor and character to most Harvard students sound old-fashioned, if not completely absurd. Yet, at one point, such concerns formed the center of a truly moral education. Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics listed “greatness of soul,” or “magnanimity,” among the principal moral virtues—as the “crown” of the virtues, in fact, without which the other moral virtues cannot properly exist. For one who exemplifies all the moral virtues—an ideal toward which men of a previous...
...also very approachable,” Ewing adds. “It encourages student participation and allows students to come up to him and seek his guidance. He’s been a great mentor...