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...Smith said in an e-mailed statement.Levitsky, who currently holds a prestigious John L. Loeb associate professorship in the social sciences, is being tenured in the government department. He also has an appointment on the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies.Levitsky becomes part of only a handful professors who teach in the social studies program to have been tenured in the program’s nearly 50-year history, according to Dean for the Social Sciences David M. Cutler.Levitsky’s tenure announcement spread across House open lists Monday and inspired the creation of a group on Facebook.com...
...boundaries of a field. When the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) was created in 1872, University President Charles W. Eliot argued to skeptics worried that graduate studies would dilute undergraduate education that the GSAS would actually strengthen the College. Only “if [professors] have to teach graduate students as well as undergraduates,” he argued, would they “regard their subjects as infinite, and keep up that constant investigation which is necessary for first-class teaching...
...turning for Asian American studies at Harvard. The history department came close to hiring a permanent Asian American studies expert last year for a joint full professorship in history and ethnic studies, according to history professor Walter Johnson. “We all agreed that finding someone who could teach in the area of Asian American studies should be a priority,” Johnson said. But the prospective candidate, Mae M. Ngai, accepted a position at Columbia University instead, he said. Ngai did not respond to requests for comment. “Ethnic studies has a bigger presence...
...between the choreography and the title of the piece culminated towards the end. One of the male dancers evocatively lifted one of the female dancers, who seemed to transcend the boundary between life and death, perhaps returning to Earth after a period in Elysium. Jodi Leigh Allen, who will teach jazz classes next semester at the Harvard Dance Center, choreographed and costumed “B-Side,” another standout premiere. Dancers clad in black moved against a fiery red background to the artificial sounds of a synthesizer to produce a striking effect. The rigid movements...
...thing. National Treasure: Book Of Secrets TRAILER TRASH Even though “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” sounds like the latest piece of flag-waving propaganda for the “Proud to be an American” crowd, the film actually has a lot to teach us about other cultures—if the trailer is any indication. It begins in Britain, where, it seems, everything is different. For example, eye contact has different connotations. Here, it’s something to strive for in interviews and avoid on the subway; there, it means you?...