Word: symposia
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Much of the flood of anti-war poetry has been in direct response to the Laura Bushism, “There is nothing political about American literature.” With anti-Americanism spreading and war stewing, the librarian-turned-First Lady has turned to poetry readings and literature symposia to revive “the crux of what America is.” Understood in these terms, poetry can feed the American soul, so long as it does not question...
...intellectual founders of Dumbarton Oaks,” Talbot said. “He wasn’t the first director, but he was there during a reasonably formative period and played a key role in developing its library, nurturing the fellowship program, organizing symposia and in supervising publications...
...first of two symposia designed to foster discussion on the first widescale review of Harvard’s curriculum since the 1974, Dean of Undergraduate Benedict H. Gross ’71 will preside over a panel addressing the traditional arguments for and against the Core...
Today, Dean of Undergraduate Education Benedict H. Gross ’71 will be hosting the first of two Curricular Review Symposia. This marks the beginning of the first full-fledged self-examination of Harvard’s curriculum in 30 years—a monumental opportunity for members of the Unversity’s faculty, administration and students to change the face of the undergraduate educational experience for years to come...
Gross told the Faculty there will be a series of symposia in November during which professors from Harvard and its peer institutions will discuss the history and theories behind the Core curriculum and explore the different types of curricula that exist at other schools...