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...tangentially related departments and schools like the History of Art and Architecture department or the School of Design relate to VES? Is there a sense of competition, or some kind of dialogue...
...VES as a department is fairly atypical —the general flavor is unlike most other spots on campus. Is there any sense that a department within Harvard should conform to a kind of liberal arts mindset that VES may or may not precisely...
...curious about your story, becoming the head of VES. How were you selected, and how did you make the decision to accept? I think many people still perceive you as a scholar of English, and that kind of cross-over is certainly different...
...member of a VES search committee some years ago before joining the faculty here, and so I had some knowledge of the department and its members. I also have a longstanding interest both in contemporary art and in film, and I wrote some things on these topics. A lot of my work reaches across these categories—I’m extremely interested in visuality, and I can say that I have enormously enjoyed working with the department. It’s been a terrific place...
Marjorie Garber, Chair of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) and Kenan Professor of English and American Literature and Language, talked this week to The Crimson about the structure and direction of the department and her own roundabout journey to VES Chair.The following is a transcript of highlights of the conversation, with slight emendations for the sake of clarity.The Harvard Crimson: Have there been any serious initiatives in VES recently to make any kind of significant policy changes?Marjorie Garber: Well, I don’t know if “policy” is the right...