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Some historians have accused Schama of losing his objectivity by getting to close to his work. But Schama says the opponents of his style do not include his colleagues at Harvard...
...precisely Schama's habit of flaunting standard historical practices of study that has often embroiled him in debates over the quality and accuracy of his scholarship...
...never been my take that we [History Department professors] take strict methodological differences," Schama says. "I've noticed tremendous generosity in the occasionally wacky experiments I've done...
Regardless of the recruitment strategies and backroom politics involved in the move, Harvard will feel Schama's loss deeply...
While professors and administrators have said that Harvard is becoming less complacent about losing in tenure bids, it may take the sting of Schama's departure to finally galvanize the faculty into action...