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My Work And Foucault's Genius: Foucault, Barthes, Said, Paul J. Rich
My Work And Foucault's Genius: Foucault, Barthes, Said, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
Recent comparison of some of my work to that of Foucault is really a huge exaggeration of its importance but does point to a point that Foucault made, which is that research into small or obscure topics can have a high yield in terms of insight. Critics for example are interested in the role I have explored of Freemasonry in education.
Photo Essay On Veracruz Masonic Temple, Paul J. Rich
Photo Essay On Veracruz Masonic Temple, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
My teaching assistant of some years past, Carlos Cruz, took a great set of pictures in the summer of 2009 of the Masonic temple in Veracruz in Mexico. The grand lodge there at one time extended itself to states other than Veracruz. The building is right by the historic old lighthouse.
Bibliography Of Fraternalism: Film Clip, Paul J. Rich
Bibliography Of Fraternalism: Film Clip, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
Not all materials are going to end up on the Web. Some will always be only on paper. In Washington we have a wonderful library at the House of the Temple, a Scottish Rite Masonic institution. I am always glad to introduce visitors to its treasures.
Robert Burns, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, And The Mystery Of The Master’S Apron, Paul J. Rich
Robert Burns, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, And The Mystery Of The Master’S Apron, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
No abstract provided.
Rivals At War Over Burns's Apron, Paul J. Rich
Hay's Two Years In Kurdistan, Paul J. Rich
Hay's Two Years In Kurdistan, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
The British invasion during World War I of what is now Iraq has been a focus of a number of my books and a number of books that I have edited. My argument has been a simple one, that had American policy makers bothered to familiarize themselves with the abortive British incursion and the disasters that ensued, the American invasion of Iraq might have been tempered. Look before you leap.
Lydia Phillips And Mathew Carey, Paul J. Rich
Lydia Phillips And Mathew Carey, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
Mathew Carey was an important Philadelphia publisher in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Original work by myself and students produced some interesting evidence of his efforts to smuggle books into Mexico. This has been extended by investigations at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts.
The Merits Of Secrecy, Paul J. Rich
The Merits Of Secrecy, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
This is one of the talks which I give on occasion to a lodge, and often it is delivered after an initiation. It addresses the problem of secrecy, which in a free society is both a right and a difficulty. Undoubtedly one of the public relations hurtles for Freemasonry is its perception as a covert group.
Masonic Vocabulary, Paul J. Rich
Masonic Vocabulary, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
This is another of my talks that I frequently give to a lodge. Since the aim is participation, I generally start with a short little potted history of Masonic dictionaries and vocabulary, and then invite the audience to put forward words from the ritual for discussion -- "cowan" is one that always can launch things.
Creating The Arabian Gulf - Jacket, Paul J. Rich
Creating The Arabian Gulf - Jacket, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
The design of the cover for the newest edition of Creating the Arabian Gulf really surprised me, as the publisher found an illustration of Arab youths with oranges -- in the book I mention an incident during British days where a Qatari lad was beaten for stealing an orange, an illustration of the rags to riches life of the Gulf Arabs. That there would be such an apt picture still amazes me.
Eugenia Perez, Paul J. Rich
Eugenia Perez, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
Eugenia Perez is a supremely gifted Mexican artist. I have had the privilege of providing the introductions to some works about her. She has had several marked periods, including a remarkable one where her work to me suggested that of the very distinctive early Peruvian Viceregal school and a later phase when her experiments with color have been startling.
Do I Think Policy Research Helps The World?, Paul J. Rich
Do I Think Policy Research Helps The World?, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
Does the work done by policy scholars have any real effect on the world? Are academics relevant? Do I think all this work is useful?
More About The Apron That Wasn't, Paul J. Rich
More About The Apron That Wasn't, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
The Times, both in Scotland and London, had a real field day with the story of how I along with others felt the Masonic apron of Robert Burns wasn't the Bard's. It isn't often that an academic paper gets on the front page of the Times, so I certainly relished the whole incident.
The Lost Secret, Paul J. Rich
The Lost Secret, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
This is taken from my study of Freemasonry viz Dan Brown's The Lost Secret
The Mexican Viceroy's French Cooks: Masonic Mysteries In The Palace Kitchens, Paul J. Rich
The Mexican Viceroy's French Cooks: Masonic Mysteries In The Palace Kitchens, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
The hitherto obscure eighteenth-century history of Freemasonry in Mexico is illuminated by the records of the Roman Catholic Inquisition, whose courts were active in torturing, trying, and punishing anyone suspected of Masonic activity. The Viceroy himself was not exempt from inquiry, and on a couple of occasions his French employees in his palace in Mexico City fell prey to the tribunal.
Robert Burns's Apron (Power Point Presentation), Paul J. Rich
Robert Burns's Apron (Power Point Presentation), Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
No abstract provided.
Bibliotecas, Paul J. Rich
Bibliotecas, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
Over the years I have donated items to Dartmouth, the Essex institute, Eton College, Harvard, Tonbridge School, the Grand Lodge of Denmark, the Grand Lodge of California, and elsewhere.
American Grand Lodge Proceedings, Paul J. Rich
American Grand Lodge Proceedings, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
This presentation at the international conference on Freemasonry hosted by the Grand Lodge of Scotland in Edinburgh was later reproduced by the Library of the United Grand Lodge of England. It calls attention to the most dull looking but actually valuable resources for secret society scholarship.
The Lost Symbol And Dan Brown: Masonic Secrets Of Washington, Paul J. Rich
The Lost Symbol And Dan Brown: Masonic Secrets Of Washington, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
This was originally a talk given in British Columbia in 2007, then in Geneva, and a revised portion of it appears in the Scottish Rite publication Plumbline, also found on this site. The Inquisition records are a great source for Masonic activities...a sort of early Roman Catholic rebuttal to Dan Brown's DaVinci Code and The Lost Symbol, if a rebuttal can precede an accusation. The article is a suggestion -- by presenting research based on actual Masonic activity I thought I might show that despite the enjoyment we get out of Brown's books, there is a more scholarly side to …
Iraq And Hubris, Paul J. Rich
Iraq And Hubris, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
This review is perhaps too glib, but it reflects my concern about the need for more information about the Middle East and the way policy makers in Washington sometimes show an extraordinary lack of information about the region. Otherwise informed individuals look blankly at me when I mention the part played by Lord Curzon or Gertrude Bell. Part of the problem is that a good many books about the Middle East don't get reviewed at all, which means they fall (along with their insights) like a stone. My support over the years of the Digest of Middle East Studies is …
Residential Colleges, Paul J. Rich
Residential Colleges, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
Starting as an undergraduate in one of Harvard's residential colleges, Dunster House, and reinforced by being a life governor of an Oxford college (Harris Manchester) as well as a sometime resident in Mitchell Hall of Makerere University in Uganda and St. George's College in the University of Western Australia, I have long been an advocate of the residential college as an important part of tertiary education. While this is a somewhat pidgin translation, it commemorates an association with one such college in Mexico.
Walter Beach, Paul J. Rich
Walter Beach, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
A variation of these remarks was part of the memorial service I led for Walter at the Southern Political Science and American Political Science Associations after his death, and was published in the Policy Studies Journal and Review of Policy Research. He was my predecessor as President of the Policy Studies Organization and he also was a friend and mentor. We miss him dearly but fortunately he lived long enough to see the PSO move to Washington, only a couple blocks from his office.
Bowling Alone Revisited, Paul J. Rich
Bowling Alone Revisited, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
The controversy over American social capital that was fueled by Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" work seems unlikely to abate any time soon. Whether civility and trust are as frayed and diminished as contended is surely an open question. But whatever one's position, the discussion has been good for political science and good for policy studies.
Publishing On Demand: Who Will Be The Gatekeepers?, Paul J. Rich
Publishing On Demand: Who Will Be The Gatekeepers?, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
No abstract provided.
Masonry And Orangeism: More Fraternal And Less Vitrolic In A Changing Scene, Paul J. Rich
Masonry And Orangeism: More Fraternal And Less Vitrolic In A Changing Scene, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
The Orange Order has figured in Irish history and in the problems of Northern Ireland for two centuries. Although it has many Masonic affinities, it is an international movement (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, parts of Africa) with it sown distinct culture, and its rituals at times have supported a virulent Protestantism.
Initiations, Paul J. Rich
Initiations, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
These are photographs of the presentation in Houston of Phi Beta Delta medallions to the Consuls General of Mexico and Indonesia, and the Chancellor of the University of Houston. I have always felt that we don't say thank you as much as we should, so honoring individuals is not a small thing. Too often the bulk of the honors go for athletic accomplishment. Students should see that civic and scholastic accomplishment also gets their kudos, which is why I have given time to the honor society movement.
Is There A North American History And Culture?, Paul J. Rich
Is There A North American History And Culture?, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
No abstract provided.
52 Weekly Thoughts About Phi Beta Delta, Paul J. Rich
52 Weekly Thoughts About Phi Beta Delta, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
The little book of weekly thoughts which I wrote for Phi Beta Delta fulfills a need for readings at chapter meetings and initiations. in the nineteenth century, a great deal was produced for fraternal use -- notably by the great ritualist Albert Pike. Certainly there were others, but since one aspect of rituals was a supposed antiquity, anonymity was often the way to give legitimacy. Authoring pieces for ritual is definitely a backwater of literature!
Brotherly Love In Philadelphia: Reports Of Its Demise Are Exaggerated, Paul J. Rich
Brotherly Love In Philadelphia: Reports Of Its Demise Are Exaggerated, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
While concentrating on Philadelphia, the paper by inference supports the idea that the study of associationalism, social capital and fraternalism can profitably be done on a city by city basis, and that the view that society affiliations have succumbed to television-induced aloneness may be overstated.
Latin American Education's Computing Crisis, Paul J. Rich
Latin American Education's Computing Crisis, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
For a number of years I went around the world beating the drum for the role of computing in education. That has become a too familiar tune and now the focus is on aspects of computing in schools and universities rather than the general need to introduce the topic. However, we are just at the start of a revolution...