Professor Jill Lepore’s forthcoming book Blindspot: A Novel co-authored with Jane Kamensky, is featured in the November-December edition of Harvard Magazine.
Professor Charles Maier is featured in the October 30-November 5, 2008 edition of the Harvard University Gazette, in the article entitled “‘Gen Ed’ connects students to outside world.”
Professor Emma Dench received the Marquand Award for Exceptional Advising and Counseling, presented by the Dean of Harvard College & the Advising Programs Office on October 30, 2008.
The Harvard University History Department invites applications for two tenured professorial appointments in the field of Latin American history, broadly defined. The appointments are expected to begin in the fall 2009, and the successful candidates will be affiliated with Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Applicants are expected to have a distinguished scholarly and teaching record and to be prepared to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, including a brief statement of current and future research and teaching interests, and a curriculum vitae with a complete bibliography, to Latin American Search Committee, c/o Ms. Kristina Nies, Department of History, Harvard University, 201 Robinson Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2008, and continue until the two positions are filled. Harvard is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Applications from women and members of minority groups are strongly encouraged.
The Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard University present a multidisciplinary symposium entitled: Science of the Human Past.
December 5, 2008
9am-5:30pm
This event is open to the public.
For more information including how to register, please visit: The Broad Institute of MIT
Benjamin Trombly (PhD ‘07) received the Robert C. Trucker/Stephen F. Cohen Dissertation prize for outstanding doctoral dissertation in historical political science and political history of the Soviet Union from the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, sponsored by the JKW Foundation. His dissertation is titled “Re-Imagining the Soviet Intelligentsia: Student Politics and University Life, 1948-1964.”
Carlo Ginzburg, the Lauro de Bosis Visiting Lecturer will be speaking on “Debating About Agency.” The talk will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 4:15p.m. in the Lower Library in Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA.
Professor Jill Lepore’s article “Bound for Glory: Writing Campaign Lives” appeared in the October 20, 2008 edition of the New Yorker.
Professor Jill Lepore’s article “Rock, Paper, Scissors: How we used to vote.” appeared in the October 13, 2008 edition of the New Yorker.
Professor Jill Lepore’s article “Westward Ho! ” appeared in the October 9, 2008 New Yorker.
