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...time favorite remains Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd’s e-mail to the Harvard Salient in February 2006. After the Salient published the infamous Danish cartoons, Kidd warned the Salient’s editor-in-chief that “some segments of the campus…may become dangerous” in response...
...Those who fear a missile strike on the American mainland from North Korea or Iran - not that either is anywhere close to achieving such capability - the investment in a missile shield, even one whose efficacy is far from clearly established, may seem worthwhile. To those who believe the more salient and insidious threats are those of the type we experienced on 9/11, this shield against a handful of rogue missiles represents an unfortunate diversion of funds that could be used far more effectively to defend...
...according to their own era's religious and philosophical concerns. During the second half of the 16th century, a time marked by the disintegration of Christianity and the beginning of religious wars, they used the tower to reflect a sense that their own world was descending into chaos, a salient theme of Cornelis Anthonisz's Destruction of the Tower of Babel (1547), in which the heavens breathe fire onto the collapsing structure. Peter Bruegel the Elder's The Little Tower of Babel (1563), portrays the myth more metaphysically. The tower dominates his painting and is obscured from nature; its striking...
...whole. The French government’s demons are far too numerous to be exorcised with education about the Holocaust alone. The French government has committed atrocities equal in scope and destruction in its bloody history of slavery and colonialism. The implications of those actions are as salient today as those of the Holocaust, for contemporary genocides like Darfur echo the cruelty of both colonialism and the Holocaust. Considering French history and global current events, the best curriculum for French students would be one that emphasizes all of France’s past mistakes and encourages children to prevent them...
...political message. Blier cites the environment—in particular the destruction of places like the Delta area of Nigeria—as an example of such an issue. “Artists are not just concerned with the creation of visually profound works of art, but with addressing salient issues that are important for them and for their communities,” she says. Blier emphasizes a desire in the artists to explore and think through the major changes facing the new generation in this era of post-independence and globalization.Although the conference’s focus is contemporary...