Curtis in 2007. Courtesy | Lori Curtis In this Quick Hits, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Lori Curtis discusses the crowning of Charlemagne, Pacific Grove, and Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer tea with lemon. What is something you’ve recently learned that surprised you? How much it costs to have doctors do absolutely nothing when you fracture...
Goldsmith plays banjo at a festival in Cambridge with his old band. Courtesy | Edward Goldsmith In this week’s Quick Hits, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Edward Goldsmith talks Britain, banjo, and classroom behavior. Which is better — whiteboard or chalkboard? A chalkboard. My handwriting is terrible and I need some grip. And it just looks...
Aeschliman with her daughter, Antonia, hiking by the Potomac River this past summer. Courtesy | Patricia Craig Aeschliman In this Quick Hits, Assistant Professor of Classics Patricia Craig Aeschliman talks Renaissance polyphony, dictionaries, and her family’s new pet cat. What do you believe is underrated about your subject? Everything, to be honest. Classical Greek and...
Blum in elementary school. Courtesy | Peter Blum In this Quick Hits, Peter Blum, professor of philosophy and culture and director of sociology and social thought, talks about Stephen King, his stuffed sloth, and folklore. How do you describe what you teach? I tend to emphasize reading difficult texts published in the last two to three...
Korey Maas and his wife Kate in Hyde Park, London during graduate school. Courtesy | Korey Maas In this Quick Hits, Chairman and Associate Professor of History Korey Maas discusses Yabby You, Hello Kitty tattoos, and James Bond. If you were banished from the history department, what would your second career be? The correct answer,...