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...more control over what shows his company would put on stage. The combination of these factors inspired and challenged Shakespeare, and spurred his writing to be better than it had ever been. Shapiro’s opus comes at a high-water mark for the continuous tide of Shakespeare scholarship. Last year, Stephen J. Greenblatt, who holds the Cogan university chair in the humanities at Harvard, penned “Will in the World,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist. While Greenblatt offers a sweeping portrait of the Bard’s life, Shapiro focuses on Shakespeare...
...serious concerns about the responsible wielding of American power. These familiar complaints take on new weight in the context of Walt’s larger theoretical framework. The methodical structure of “Taming American Power” makes it easy to read. Walt’s conscientious scholarship may not be as much fun as the snide commentary of Michael Moore or Ann Coulter, but it will leave the reader with a broad understanding of how international power politics works and concrete examples of which American choices have been effective or ineffective. If you want...
...batch that included southern belles and farm girls, prom queens, and sorority sisters—to a New York City apartment. There, they shared living space while competing for a “Seventeen” cover shoot, an internship, and—oh yeah—a college scholarship...
...fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Cogan University Professor Steven J. Greenblatt, who chairs the Harvard SAR program, said SAR is particularly relevant to Harvard because it is a human rights program that is also based on scholarship. “What’s special about this program—compared to other human rights programs—is that it’s about being scholars,” said Greenblatt, a professor of English literature. “It’s really the same as what...
...many other minority faculty feel, in that they must be mentors and serve on committees.”Evans impressed several of his Mower proctees, including Martha Newton ’79 and Raymond J. McGuire ’79, so much that in October 2003, they created a scholarship in his name—the David L. Evans Scholarship Fund.The fund, which started out with the goal of reaching $250,000, has now raised over $660,000 from over 425 donors—and has set a new goal of $1 million.“The lesson, I guess...