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...certain to remain so in any foreseeable new structure of general education. The change under discussion would remove the requirement that concentrators take this course, and require instead that all concentrators take at least one course in pre-modern history, one course in western history, and one course in non-western history. We will be discussing these changes with concentrators as our planning continues, and we welcome opinions on this proposal from all students, whether concentrators, prospective concentrators, or Crimson editors. ANDREW D. GORDON Cambridge, Mass. March 11, 2006 The writer is Folger Fund Professor of History and chair...
...hopes to offer Harvard students an interdisciplinary look at the “diverse and heterodox intellectual traditions of Western and non-Western Marxism,” Jeyifo wrote in an e-mail...
...crackle to the singer’s voice, but it is ultimately the beat of skin-against-wood that carries the song. Then there’s Sobanza Mimanisa, who root their song “Kiwembo” in a distorted, angular guitar riff; in a decidedly non-Western move, melody seems to support rhythm, rather than the other way around. Some of the tracks downplay the innovation of electric/acoustic fusion in favor of emphasizing the blended cultural milieu of the music and Kinshasa. Masanka Sankayi sing one of their songs in French. Bolia We Ndenge introduce an accordion...
...over 100 freshmen applied to Russell’s fall semester seminar bespeak an unrecognized demand to the contrary. Once an instructor at Columbia, whose equivalent of the Core still consists of a general education in “Great Books,” Russell specialized in teaching the non-Western components of the curriculum. He has imported this emphasis into his Harvard seminars; alongside Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, and the Bible are added the Bhagavad Gita, the Lotus Sutra, and a number of sources on Zoroastrianism.Sitting in on the course and talking with a number of enrollees, one quickly gets...
...Aside from their factual inaccuracy—Columbia requires a minimum of two non-Western culture courses, four terms of foreign language, and includes female and minority authors in its required Western Civilization classes—her statements foolishly give weight and power to dolts who still engage in prejudiced behavior...