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...long symposium was moderated by FAS Divisional Dean of Social Science Stephen M. Kosslyn and included presentations by Peter S. Bearman, Nicholas A. Christakis, Ann Swidler ’66, Nassim N. Taleb, Nick Bostrom, Gary King, Emily Oster ’02, Claudia Goldin, James Fowler, Susan E. Carey ’64, Roland G. Fryer, and Richard J. Zeckhauser...
...playing exciting chess and playing cavalierly," said a disappointed Paschall. On the twenty-seventh move, Kramnik reached out as if he was going to move a piece but suddenly withdrew his hand. He cradled his head and started talking to himself. "He must be very tired, playing this Thing," Swidler commented...
...Swidler credits Bellah with developing ideas "which have become part of the woodwork" of academia, such as the concept of civil religion, a term he coined in an influential 1966 paper, "Civil Religion in America...
...hard for current undergraduates to appreciate that in the post-war era, the link between freedom and democracy and learning was more appreciated. It's hard to recapture that in the more professionalized academic climate today," Swidler says...
...Although Swidler says Bellah "had opportunities to go back even when they wanted him," Sagan suggests that Bellah's decision was based mostly on the desirability of the Berkeley post...