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Akçam’s evening lecture—which was co-sponsored by the Harvard Armenian Society, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, and other groups—drew an audience of over three hundred to the Center for Government and International Studies last night...
...called "The Last Marathon" - a 26.2-mile race across ice, rock, snow, and mud on Antarctica's King George Island. Runners huddle by the start line, shielded from the wind in the lee of a Russian research base, before bursting out along the rugged, hilly course. Up and down three quarters of a mile of glacier - twice - and looping through a further three Antarctic research stations, the 145 finishers race in hats, gloves, fleece and windbreakers. In fact, on race day in late February, it's warm enough to be snowing - this is, after all, the end of the Antarctic...
...Ashoke Ganguli, whose train journey through the Indian countryside begins the film “The Namesake,” Russian writer Nikolai Gogol’s short story “The Overcoat” radically changes his life. Because of Gogol, Ganguli moves to the United States and embarks on a journey he could not otherwise have imagined. He even nicknames his Indian-American son after the author, giving the movie he theme behind its title.Actor Kal Penn, who plays Gogol, also credits a certain work of art with inspiring a radical career change. The work...
Such rebuffs did not cool the Americans' ardor for Cézanne's work, and by 1913 they had between them amassed the largest collection of Cézannes outside Russia (several of Vollard's best clients were Russian industrialists). Neither man's collection would remain intact. Fabbri plowed much of his fortune into building a Romanesque church in an earthquake-ravaged town. By 1928, he had to sell 13 Cézannes to finance a property deal. In the same year, Loeser died, leaving eight paintings to the White House...
...word extracurricular that I have a problem with,” says Rowan W. Dorin ’07, a history concentrator. “I only disagree with activity-based learning if it integrates existing Harvard activities. If you want to teach a class on Russian drama and have everyone perform a play by Chekov, that’s great...