Word: greenblatt
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...F.A.W.C., a government advisory body, wants to close. Muslim and Jewish leaders say the proposal smacks of cultural bias, and the shared threat has forged an unlikely alliance between them. At London's Central Mosque last week, some sat down together to plan their response. The Reverend Alan Greenblatt, representing Britain's Chief Rabbi, spoke for everyone when he said, "To use an appropriate metaphor, I'm stunned to find myself up here at all today." Most Jews and Muslims are confident that the government will reject the proposal in deference to cultural sensitivities, as it has done...
...four of the professors going on leave are senior faculty, including such academic heavyweights as Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Elaine Scarry, DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., and Cogan University Professor Stephen Greenblatt...
...humanities position at a top university, many departments expect that a candidate have two books published and favorably reviewed. “University presses play a crucial role in the whole process by which people get tenure,” says Cogan University Professor and MLA President Stephen J. Greenblatt...
...vast majority of top universities require young scholars in the humanities to have published before they are granted tenure-track jobs. “That means, almost always, getting a book published by a university press,” Greenblatt says. “So obviously university presses are to a considerable degree participating in the tenure process whether they fully acknowledge they are doing that or not.” And many of the manuscripts HUP reviews have tenure application written all over them. “A lot of books that we publish, the author is either...
...turn, these high prices dissuade potential buyers from actually purchasing the books. “I’m reluctant to assign my classes scholarly books to buy, because they are very expensive,” says Greenblatt...