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...Senior Jon Roberts gets hist by a pitch...
...tutorial leaders as their department adviser—resulting in approximately a 4:1 faculty to advisee ratio, according to McCarthy. Similarly, juniors have their junior tutorial leader as an adviser, and seniors have a guaranteed thesis adviser.“What’s interesting and rare about Hist and Lit is that the people who are advising you are the people who are teaching you,” McCarthy said. “Your adviser isn’t someone who is in a cubicle somewhere and signs your study card twice a year.”Kyle...
Jill Lepore may be known around Harvard as the head honcho of the Hist and Lit Department. But during her downtime she’s been cultivating another personality: a colorful, 18th-century Scottish painter named Stewart Jameson, protagonist in her debut novel, “Blindspot.” Lepore co-authored the book, which is a parody of, and homage to, 18th-century style, with Brandeis history professor Jane Kamensky. “Blindspot” tells the story of romance and intrigue in Revolutionary War-era Boston. FM sat down with the historian for a coffee chat...
...radical idea. Everyone I knew at Harvard had always dated the same kinds of people: Classics concentrators, Hist & Lit boys, the occasional social theorist. My female friends had converged on an ideal type. Emaciated and elusive: the Humanities Heartbreak. By senior year, everyone was getting tired of this—even our parents. “The next time you see a skinny, neurotic boy,” my friend’s mother advised, “don’t date him.” Could people like us find love outside the humanities? To freshmen, this question...
House: Currier Concentration: Hist and Lit/Sexual Gender Studies Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz. Ideal Date: 8/17/09 (my 21st birthday), but until then... dinner and a Coca-Cola Classic. What do you look for in a girl/guy: A tall, handsome, 47-year-old Leo with salt-n-pepper hair and an undying love for the Constitution. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Table dancing with my blackberry and bean boots at the Fly Club for ze sexiest gentlemen. Then, snuggling with my Cheetos, Smart Water, Oreos and Felipe’s. Your best pick up line: No strings attached. Best...