Word: preservationism
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"On an oriental trip an old soothsayer told me my fortune,” wrote Sibyl Moholy-Nagy in 1943. “Toward the end he bowed in a stagey manner and said in French: ‘Madame, you are one of the few chosen women.?...
Mid-way through her restaurant stint, McCulla picked up two other night jobs: working for a pastry chef and doing culinary research for the food writer Joan Nathan. For one, she scaled batter and dough, working the 35-pound mixer and experimenting with decorating. For the other, she dove into...
Last Saturday, the Turkish Parliament voted to overturn a long-standing ban on Islamic headscarves in universities—a ban that has long protected the secularism of the classroom from the growing influence of religious conservatives. Tens of thousands protested the repeal, arguing that a repeal on the ban...
Critics of Seoul's lackadaisical approach to conservation point out that Japan, another country with many historical wooden structures, has numerous measures in place to protect its national treasures, including sophisticated sprinkler systems. But money is an issue: Korea's preservation efforts are underfunded and "not enough attended to," says...
Since the formal founding of the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department in 1972, Harvard has offered a plethora of courses and workshops on various East Asian societies and their respective histories . From the basic survey courses on China, Japan, and Korea that dot the Core Curriculum to advanced seminars...