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Politics, Inclusion, And Social Practice, Ronjaunee Chatterjee, Amy Wong Aug 2019

Politics, Inclusion, And Social Practice, Ronjaunee Chatterjee, Amy Wong

Amy Wong

"In the wake of the American election, Elaine Hadley’s 'Closing Remarks' from v21’s b2o issue—that we are writing, living, and teaching in a 'critical moment, some might even say a survivalist moment' in which 'the power of positive psychology does not seem adequate to the times'—appear chilling in their urgency. Hadley cautions against a pleasure and optimism largely disengaged from feminist and class critiques, as well as from what she calls 'Politics with a big P.'"

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Understanding The Research Practices Of Humanities Doctoral Students At Yale University, Jana Krentz, Denise Hersey, Gwyneth Crowley, Melissa Grafe, Sarah Calhoun Mar 2015

Understanding The Research Practices Of Humanities Doctoral Students At Yale University, Jana Krentz, Denise Hersey, Gwyneth Crowley, Melissa Grafe, Sarah Calhoun

Jana Krentz

A team of Yale Universitylibrarians developed a research project to understand how humanities doctoral students were identifying, accessing, using, and organizing research materials, and what habits and research methodologies they had developed. In addition the project team attempted to identifychallenges, including workspace needs. Based on the findings, the team prepared recommendations on how the Yale University Library system can better support humanitiesdoctoral students and to help improve their academic success. Although these recommendationsare unique to Yale, other similar libraries may find them to be of use.


Understanding The Research Practices Of Humanities Doctoral Students At Yale University, Denise Hersey, Sarah Calhoun, Gwyneth Crowley, Jana Krentz, Melissa Grafe Mar 2015

Understanding The Research Practices Of Humanities Doctoral Students At Yale University, Denise Hersey, Sarah Calhoun, Gwyneth Crowley, Jana Krentz, Melissa Grafe

Denise Hersey

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Rare Books And Social Science, Donald J. Polzella Feb 2015

Rare Books And Social Science, Donald J. Polzella

Donald J. Polzella

An essay on the impact of the works in the Imprints and Impressions: Milestones in Human Progress, an exhibition of rare books from the collection of Stuart Rose. Exhibition was held Sept. 29-Nov. 9, 2014, at the University of Dayton.


Books And Our Human Stories, Paul Benson Feb 2015

Books And Our Human Stories, Paul Benson

Paul H. Benson

An essay on the impact of the works in the Imprints and Impressions: Milestones in Human Progress, an exhibition of rare books from the collection of Stuart Rose. Exhibition was held Sept. 29-Nov. 9, 2014, at the University of Dayton.


How Service-Learning In Spanish Speaks To The Crisis In The Humanities, Terri Carney Sep 2014

How Service-Learning In Spanish Speaks To The Crisis In The Humanities, Terri Carney

Terri M. Carney

Service-learning is a transformational pedagogy with timely application to the teaching and learning of foreign languages. In our current climate of assessment outcomes, language study and the humanities more generally tend to be devalued and rendered invisible by utilitarian models of evaluation. Incorporating service-learning courses and experiences into the foreign language classroom provides real- world immersion for students in their local linguistic and cultural communities, satisfies teachers’ desires to connect teaching and research to local community issues, and allows departments to meet institutional and educational goals. Indeed, service-learning points us to new definitions of old concepts—such as the role of …


Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek Mar 2014

Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven & Totosy de Zepetnek, Steven

Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven. Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1998. ISBN 90-420-0534-3 299 pages, bibliography, index. Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek presents a framework of comparative literature based on a contextual (systemic and empirical) approach for the study of culture and literature and applies the framework in audience studies, film and literature, women's literature, translation studies, new media and scholarship in the humanities and in the analyses of English, French, German, Austrian, Hungarian, Romanian, and English-Canadian modern, contemporary, and ethnic minority texts. Copyright release to the author in 2006.