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...President Bok, and Dean Spence say that the University will make appointments in American history soon. However, History Department Chairman Angeliki Laiou cautions that this does not mean "the whole of these appointments will be made in the next two months...
Some historians have faulted chairman Laiou, who is a professor of Byzantine history, for not providing the department with strong enough leadership, and allowing the internal divisions to cripple the American wing. But Laiou calls such statements fiction: "This is a department where there are honest disagreements about any number of things, but that does not make for a crisis. As far as I'm concerned there is no crisis. My God, Robinson Hall is standing up beautifully. We've got all the measurable signs which are positive...
...criticism that Harvard's American wing has received from other members of the historical profession is the result of a general fondness for Harvard bashing, she says. "It's not difficult to find people around the country who find it easy to criticize a highly visible place," Laiou says...
...Fernand Braudel, to speak only of the dead) created novel and lasting interpretations by combining profound knowledge of particular topics with a wide factual basis and broad conceptualization. This view of history is, I submit, well worth espousing; and is not an ignoble aspiration for a History Department. Angeliki Laiou Chairman, History Department
...center has proved itself very useful to both young and old scholars in providing a setting for their work, but more importantly, it has provided a community of peers for discussion and progress," says Angeliki E. Laiou, the Dumbarton Oaks professor of Byzantine History. "Most of the best Byzantianists in America have spent some time at Dumbarton Oaks...