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
Telling the Story of the Holocaust in Germany. Or Not.
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.
Evaluating University Teaching
At most colleges and universities, the granting of tenure and promotion is based on achievement in three key areas: scholarship, teaching, and service. Measuring scholarship and service is not exactly straight-forward, but is still a relatively … [Continue reading] about Evaluating University Teaching
Paying for College in 1803
When I pay our son's college tuition I am given a variety of options, from full payment up-front to installment plans, but no matter how I pay I must use U.S. currency. Which raises the question, before there was a standard U.S. currency, how did … [Continue reading] about Paying for College in 1803
America First
America leads through its values. A hackneyed phrase if there ever was one and one that I never took seriously until this week. The true meaning of this phrase – and particularly of the key ambiguous words “leads” and “values” – began finally to … [Continue reading] about America First