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...month—is approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the fall, the department will draw from other departments like anthropology, history, religion, folklore and mythology, music, and archeology to expand its current faculty from eight to 15 professors, according to Sanskrit Professor Michael E. J. Witzel...
Given current financial constraints—FAS has yet to close at least a $35 million budget deficit—Witzel said that the department would likely wait to bring new hires from outside Harvard...
...These days, you cannot really ask for new positions,” Witzel said...
Harvard’s only tenured Sanskrit professor, Michael E. J. Witzel, received e-mails labelling him a “bastard” and calling for his death after he entered a debate over the portrayal of Hinduism in California textbooks earlier this year.In November, Witzel, the Wales professor of Sanskrit, was notified about edits submitted by the Vedic Foundation (VF) and the Hindu Education Foundation (HEF) for the California State Board of Education’s review of sixth grade social studies textbooks. The organizations said that the books should be revised to ensure that their depictions...
...Ausubel, Rudenstine Professor of Latin American Studies David L. Carrasco, Harvard Law School Professor Louis Kaplow, Professor of Economics Michael R. Kremer, Baird Professor of Science Andrew P. McMahon, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, Robinson Professor of Math Wilfried Schmid and Wales Professor of Sanskrit Michael E.J. Witzel...