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...only in more recent years that those divisions have come under fire and begun to blur. In France, for example, the former Musée d’Éthnographie du Trocadéro founded in 1878 underwent various iterations before giving way in 2006 to the Musée du Quai Branly, whose controversial name alone indicates a refusal to identify itself as an anthropology or ethnography museum. The collections of the Quai Branly museum are beautifully displayed and treated as aesthetic objects rather than as historic artifacts that serve as lenses into the culture. Like a Greek...
...one’s own, even if that candidate stands little chance of winning the election. The concept of principled voting is a lost one in American politics; drones of citizens vote for the most charismatic candidate, often without carefully considering the policy implications of their decisions. A recent study by Boaz Shamir indicates that voting preferences are closely correlated with a candidate’s perceived charisma, while Daniel Benjamin performed a behavioral analysis suggesting that “undecided voters choose based on [the charisma that the candidates exude...
...Recent Harvard PhD graduates are being tapped to relieve teaching responsibilities formerly covered by visiting faculty across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as departments cut back on the high costs of employing professors from outside the University...
According to Cohen, the College Fellows program—which was created last year to offer research positions to graduate students struggling to find jobs—benefits undergraduate education as well, because recent graduates are familiar with Harvard’s procedures and standards...
...College Fellows program will expand this year, despite limitations that prevent the recent graduates from acting as the head professor for a class...