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Next fall Fonseca will teach the seminar Indian Studies 115: “Voices of Indian Women in Literature and Film.” When she last offered a similar course, she says students frequently referred to Nair’s films in discussion. The class watched clips from Mississippi Masala and Monsoon Wedding, examining issues of race, gender and culture...
Last month, representatives from two conservative advocacy groups threatened to file a complaint against Harvard Business School (HBS) if it does not rectify what they called racial discrimination in an affiliated program. The Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP), which the groups targeted, is a one-week seminar for 60-80 college juniors, and only admits students from racial or ethnic minorities. In recent months, both MIT and Princeton have bowed to pressure aimed at similar programs. But HBS must not allow itself to be bullied by the prospect of a lawsuit into changing a program as vital...
...know Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Eileen C. Chow ‘90-’91 during her sophomore year, when she took Chow’s popular lecture course on Chinese film. A year later, Ramer enrolled in Chow’s much smaller seminar on Chinese diaspora and transnationalism. Through the seminar, Ramer and Chow developed a friendly mentorship as Ramer was attempting to settle on a final project...
Over the summer, Marcel A. Q. LaFlamme ’04 read Public Vows, a book written by Trumbull Professor of American History Nancy Cott. LaFlamme was excited to take her fall-term limited enrollment History seminar on Men, Manhood, and Masculinity, although initially he did not get into the class. He e-mailed Cott to express his continuing interest, and eventually...
...Some are first songs, first lyrics, others are fiftieth, all are impressive,” Garring, a professional musical theater writer based in New York City, told the audience. One student, Michael C. Mitnick ’06, had already written four full-length musicals when he started the seminar. Other participants in the workshop, sponsored by the Office for the Arts Learning from Performers program, were relative novices...