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...Tuesday, the second day of the event, the pre-freshmen were welcomed by President Derek C. Bok, Director of Admissions Laura G. Fisher, and Angeliki Laiou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History. Afterwards they were invited to visit classes and lunch in the Union or the houses...
...high rate of turnover for history courses is a result of deliberate policy, however, according to Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History Angeliki Laiou, the Department's chair. Laiou says that the present policy leads to increased offerings which make them more interesting, broader in context, and more attractive to students...
...problem has been compounded in the past few years since at least three of the History Department's most popular professors--Laiou, John Womack, Jr., and Steven E. Ozment--have been saddled with time-consuming administrative posts. Although Harvard has fewer faculty members in administrative posts than other schools, such duties are inevitable. But a wider distribution of administrative responsibilities among the faculty would decrease the burden on individual faculty members to free them for teaching responsibilities and would also promote greater contact between faculty and students...
...Laiou notes that over the last five years, the department has consistently been accomodating more than 400 undergraduate concentrators, while the overall enrollment in history courses has been between 3,800 and 5,000 students. The department's policy has been to "offer as many specialized courses as possible on different topics, areas, and historical periods." There is obviously much to be said for this policy...
...Laiou added that the department has not yetlaunched a search for a scholar to replaceHerlihy. "Harvard has had a long, distinguishedtradition in medieval history," she said. "We'lltry to continue that tradition...