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Thirdly, Democrats can hone in on faith-based initiatives. If there’s one thing that 2004 taught us, it is that much of America is quite fond of Jesus. So are most black voters. If Democrats were to back faith-based initiatives that provide supplemental education to public schooling (e.g., the Martin Luther King Afterschool Initiative run in Dorchester by Harvard’s Department of African and African American Studies and Rev. Eugene Rivers) and outreach to poor communities, this would win back the Black vote and help fight the perception of Democrats as godless heathens...
Bloom, 74, was the Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard from 1987-88, during which time he lived in Adams house. He has otherwise taught at Yale for the past 51 years. “I long ago began referring to myself as Bloom Brontosaurus,” he joked, “but I intend to go on teaching as long as I feel I’m capable...
Anomalies in American Art. This exhibit curated by VES graduates explores the relationships between self-taught, marginal, and mainstream art practice, tackling questions of authenticity and legitimacy in the art world. The show is a rare chance to see masterworks by nine important artists, both mainstream and lesser known. Admission free. Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Sunday noon-11:30 p.m. Through Nov. 19. Carpenter Center...
Rapper Lil’ Kim made headlines last week during her visit to Syracuse University. She wasn’t there to perform a concert, but rather to give a guest lecture for an accredited course taught by English professor Thomas Gregg. The course, which is titled “The Life and Times of Lil’ Kim,” requires students to “read Kim’s song lyrics as literary texts and analyze her iconography in videos and performances.” For an entire semester, students critically examine the life and work...
Although the university has been central in the world of American art scholarship for centuries, its formal relationship to the field has been awkward at best. Some of the biggest names were trained in fair Cambridge and classes on the topic have been taught since the 1930s. Nevertheless, it is only in the past couple of decades that a formal push towards recognition and cultivation of American art history has really come to fruition...