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...Radcliffe fellows—about 50 scholars each year who come to Radcliffe from a variety of academic fields??currently meet at the Cronkite Center on Ash St. and have offices at 38 Concord...
...have world class experts here in certain fields??why should they teach something else,” he says...
Furthermore, some fields??mainly those in the social sciences that deal with socially-pressing issues such as race, poverty and inequality—produce a large number of public intellectuals. “I think there is a high correlation between being a public intellectual and working on issues that are high on the public agenda,” says Wilson, a sociologist. “One of the reasons black scholars are disproportionately represented among public intellectuals is because they address issues such as race...
Over the course of this half-hour conversation with Gould, he divulges many details that range from his dislike of being photographed to tidbits about his latest contribution to the scientific and literary fields??The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. At 1,433 pages, it is a majestic tome that marks 20 years of devoted work. It’s clear that Gould is satisfied with the book; he jokes that “I haven’t even found a typo.” I ask him for a 100-page abridged version. He suggests the first...
Advocates of ethnic studies say they want to see offerings in several specific fields??Asian American, Afro-American, U.S. Latino and Native American studies. Of these groups, only Afro-American studies is currently a department at Harvard...