Then and Now
Congress is, or at least should be, busy. Over the next few months it is supposed to tackle reforms to our health care system and tax code and produce a new budget. Even if not enacted in their present forms (or outlines) - as I hope not - they are … [Continue reading] about The New Switzerland?
I will be conducting a workshop at the University of Zurich for advanced graduate students on turning their dissertations into books publishable by (mainly anglophone) university presses. It will take place over two full days and is focused … [Continue reading] about How to Turn Your Dissertation into a Book
The other day Nicholas Kristoff published a satirical take-down of Paul Ryan and his budget priorities in the New York Times. He imagines a conversation between Ryan and Jesus, in which Ryan pushes back on Jesus' call to have mercy on those who are … [Continue reading] about And Moses Said Unto the GOP…
This essay is cross-posted at thetalmud.com where it kicks off a series on digital humanities. The other week I attended a workshop called Classical Philology Goes Digital Workshop in Potsdam, Germany. The major goal of the workshop, which was … [Continue reading] about Tagging the Talmud
It must be a daunting task to memorialize the Holocaust. The fact is, there is no real way to do this right. No matter how good your representation, in whatever medium, you know that you will face harsh, withering criticism. There is simply no way … [Continue reading] about Telling the Story of the Holocaust in Germany. Or Not.