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Gordon added that the department’s last two external hires, Daniel L. Smail from Fordham University and Henrietta Harrison from Leeds University, also reflect the recent trend of appointing younger faculty—a practice encouraged by both former University President Lawrence H. Summers and former Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby...
While broadening the focus of history, Smail said he is also trying to foster ties across departments during his time at Harvard...
...Fordham,] it’s not easy to develop ties with people in other departments,” said Smail, who explained that he’s interested in fields like physiology and evolutionary biology. “Ties between faculty in different departments develop a lot more easily [at Harvard], and that’s just one of the many things I’m particularly looking forward...
...Smail] is at a relatively early stage in his career, but he’s already written two excellent books,” Gordon said. “He is very focused at a micro level on particular places and times, but he also asks large questions with big implications about culture and society generally and about the medieval world in general...
...Smail, coming to Harvard will also be a little like coming home...