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...equally important that the next dean of the Faculty be a humanist. The strong social science backgrounds of Summers and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 and Provost Steven E. Hyman’s expertise in the hard sciences leave the humanities unrepresented at the highest levels of the University...
Many professors and administrators have speculated that the next dean will be a humanist, to ensure academic balance in an administration led by Summers, an economist, and Provost Steven E. Hyman, a neuroscientist. But committee members said the search is wide-open, looking for well-roundedness and leadership qualities across disciplines...
Unfortunately, there’s no magic pill for romantic recovery, though some of my colleagues speak well of Valium. The humanist tradition sanctions only the passage of time, the discipline of meditation and perhaps the vigorous consumption of chocolate...
More recently, a portrait of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the first person to receive a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard and a dedicated humanist, was unveiled...
Garber is a Shakespearean; all the better to carry on Harvard’s humanist tradition. She is a fixer; she was brought over from the English department to lift up the Visual and Environmental Sciences Department after the disastrous administration of its previous chair. Her work in film, queer studies, as well as her directorship of Harvard’s Humanities Center, have placed her at the center of numerous academic debates and faculty discussions. Finally, after the lukewarm reception of her last book Sex and Real Estate: Why We Love Houses, Garber may want a decade-long break...