Word: peretz
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...Some people didn't want a Holocaust chair inthe first place," said Martin H. Peretz, alecturer in social studies...
...There were others on the committee who knewthere was no one more qualified for a Holocauststudies chair than Goldhagen but for whateverreason didn't want to appoint him," Peretz said...
...Peretz said Knowles' decision to disband thesearch committee was not surprising because thecommittee's attempts to form a consensus byappointing a guest professor were not in keepingwith its mission...
...disbanding of the committee is actuallylong overdue because the committee seemed to beembarked on trying to fill one or another otherpositions but not a position in Holocauststudies," said Peretz...
Still, some said the failure to fill the chairis a missed opportunity to solidify Harvard'sposition at the forefront of Holocaustscholarship. Peretz predicted that Harvard willeventually establish a Holocaust chair...