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...will be taught by Gen Ed committee chair Jay M. Harris in Spring 2009. Another three Culture and Belief classes will also be new: philosophy professor Sean D. Kelly’s Culture and Belief 14: “Human Being and the Sacred in the History of the West??; Slavic literature professor Julie Buckler’s Culture and Belief 15: “The Presence of the Past”; and Lisa T. Brooks’ Folklore and Mythology 126: “Continuing Oral Tradition in Native American Literature.” Culture and Belief...
...driving Harvard students to travel to Latin America: the extensive resources and contacts provided by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS); a greater media focus on Latin America and a “new orientation of American history, focusing more on north-south rather than east-west?? that cause students to explore their own roots; and the rich cultural and intellectual resources of Latin America, including its indigenous societies, economic and social inequalities, literature, and architecture.DRCLAS coordinates Harvard study abroad programs in Chile, Argentina, and Cuba, and assists students in applying for other pre-approved...
According to the Office for the Arts (OFA), the visual work of Council Prize in Visual Arts winner Alexandra M. Hays ’09 “addresses the critique of social customs and expectations of the West??s myopic perspective on the East, especially China.” But Hays does not entirely agree with this interpretation. Yes, Hays admits, her background as an East Asian Studies concentrator has influenced her art more than a history of working from any particular medium. “But I’m not really an artist...
...Youth” proposes homage or parody. Gonzales clearly understands the nostalgia associated with such eagerly retrospective arrangements, but in trying to plug listeners into that same nostalgia, he also recalls the vapidity and gross superficiality that followed in its wake. As a portrait of the West??s last years in the Cold War, then, “Saturdays=Youth” succeeds splendidly, just barely hesitating to spoil moments of glowing artificial beauty with its gluttonous flare for the baroque.But make no mistake—it’s the beauty that stands out here...
...major label accepted the album—despite the band’s lack of performance experience or fan base—due to what Drummey calls the “genius of David Andrew.” Wallach discovered the e-mail address of Kanye West??s manager through an acquaintance who had designed Web sites for the artist in the past...