Word: scholarly
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...someone of whom a colleague once said, “She’s a very divisive person. Wherever she has been there’s always been conflict.”That paradox—one where Skocpol has both stood inside and outside University circles and scholarly communities—began 25 years ago. Denied tenure from the Sociology Department in 1980, the Harvard-trained sociologist and political scientist filed a grievance against the University for sexual discrimination. But five years later, Skocpol agreed to return as a tenured professor to the same department that she had accused...
...Congregation for the Causes of Saints, believes this pope wants to let the normal process run its course. Asked when, Gumpel said he is not a fortune teller, but that it is probably "a question of years, not weeks or months." Gumpel said his his fellow German "is a scholar, so he wants to do things in a precise...
...scholar with an eclectic interest in international affairs will take the helm of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Beth A. Simmons, professor of government, will be the Center’s first female director starting July 1. Simmons, currently a faculty associate and member of the executive committee at the Center, was named to the position after incumbent director Jorge I. Domínguez was appointed the University’s first vice provost for international affairs last week. Describing his successor as someone who is open to different modes of research in social science, Domínguez said...
...dean of FAS.“They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, you can’t sell the same piece of real estate twice, and that there are no second acts,” said Peter J. Gomes, minister of the Memorial Church and a scholar of the Harvard presidency. “I think all of those are untrue now.”Bok was the 25th president of Harvard, though several professors have compared him to the 16th president of the United States because he enjoys such wide respect (though he lacks...
...ridiculous to think that those protesting the reservation system are elitists intent on maintaining their superiority and that those who support them are representing the people," says Andre Beteille, a Delhi University professor and scholar of social inequity in India. "This situation is not about caste, it's about politics." Cynics echo that view, pointing out that the lower castes who would benefit from the reforms are one of the most active voting blocs in state elections...