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...over the past few millennia. “The research projects went in a lot of different directions,” says Renzo Ampuero, one of the student actors. “Some people looked at American behavior abroad through history, some looked at myths of war through history??not just from the Greeks. We explored brotherhood and post-traumatic stress disorder. Throughout the process, we interviewed a lot of veterans and people in service.” Heidi Nelson, one of the dramaturges, says that when they began working on the project two summers ago, the group...
...This terrorism of Africa by European slavers was definite. But also striking is how deeply the institution of slavery and involuntary labor was woven into West Africa’s own historical fabric. Despite the historical importance of involuntary labor and enslavement in the nation’s history??or maybe because of it—slavery is a taboo topic in Ghana today...
...Class of 2012, which will enter next fall, is the most economically diverse in Harvard’s history??one of the admissions office’s stated goals. As of early May, 55 percent of the incoming freshman class are expected to be on financial aid, an increase from from 49 percent the previous year...
...which European “expansion” impacted the economics and politics of the modern world), require no readings from non-Western authors. Therefore, while students are free to study the works of colonized writers in departmental or upper-level history courses, their introduction to “history?? must be on the terms of the imperialists. It is a shame that in the age of the free flow of information, history at Harvard is still a tale told by the victors...
...From the beginning of her Harvard career, Spencer took on responsibility for the biggest organizational change in Harvard’s recent history??helping shepherd Radcliffe through the transition from independent college to institute for advanced study...