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Howard University, Dept. of Classics
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Howard University, Dept. of Classics
@HU_Classics
Howard University, Department of Classics
Washington, DC เข้าร่วม Nisan 2021
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Great article in today’s @WSJ about chess champions and their chairs.
TIL that Bobby Fischer had a chair specially flown to Reykjavik for his match against Spassky in 1972, because of course he did.
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@orpheus22 That is astute. But it is not only a matter content - I teach diverse content — but also the habits of mind, the attention to detail, a philological (rather than a ‘critical’ or theoretical) conception of meaning - born from decades of parsing...
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Too often, and not only at HU, the essential contributions of Classics faculty to General Education are taken for granted, as if any “content” could fit in its place.
Howard University, Dept. of Classics@HU_Classics
What many are missing is that HU Classics is very popular with students — hence, the tremendous support from students and alums. It has nothing to do with anything ideological. Our minors are currently thriving, and our GenEd contributions leave us with one of the highest...
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@JeremyTate41 Yes, our situation does scramble all the clichés and political stereotypes — it’s precisely why so many are trying, and unsuccessfully, to fit us into some neat disjunction: is it A or is it B?
When both are missing the point of what we do entirely... The truth is much simpler
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The first time someone got in my face for “pushing the Classics” was at a NACAC conference in 2016. If that angry lady could only listen to the students at Howard.
Howard University, Dept. of Classics@HU_Classics
What many are missing is that HU Classics is very popular with students — hence, the tremendous support from students and alums. It has nothing to do with anything ideological. Our minors are currently thriving, and our GenEd contributions leave us with one of the highest...
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This is a very persuasive rebuttal on the issue of Howard’s classics department. Seems to me that many of the people complaining about its loss are wealthy and connected enough to raise some cash to save it if they were so inclined. nytimes.com/2021/05/02/opi…
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@AsheeshKSi Believe me, my friend, we don’t cost anywhere near a “couple of million”...!
Do you know anyone in Congress who’s studied Greek or Latin? They might ‘get it’.
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That a staff writer @TheAtlantic—formerly a prominent outlet in which to debate the study of Greco-Roman antiquity—does not know what a classics department is speaks volumes about our culture’s educational illiteracy.
Adam Serwer 🍝@AdamSerwer
This is a very persuasive rebuttal on the issue of Howard’s classics department. Seems to me that many of the people complaining about its loss are wealthy and connected enough to raise some cash to save it if they were so inclined. nytimes.com/2021/05/02/opi…
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@ProfEricAdler @ProfSimonton @TheAtlantic Please see my TL @ProfSimonton — it should answer some of your questions
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@ProfSimonton @TheAtlantic The original piece suggests that little is lost, because one can still read Parmenides in translation in the philosophy department. This author appears to find that argument persuasive. That doesn’t suggest great knowledge of what classics departments do.
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student/faculty ratios in the College — and strong course evaluations. This is the product of intellectually challenging and dedicated teaching.
And many of our students go on to high-powered careers, which they often ascribe to their years in Locke Hall.
Just listen to them.
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What many are missing is that HU Classics is very popular with students — hence, the tremendous support from students and alums. It has nothing to do with anything ideological.
Our minors are currently thriving, and our GenEd contributions leave us with one of the highest...
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.@HUPrez17 @Morning_Joe
That is when an earlier prioritization took away our majors, leaving only the minors.
In 2017, we had only one declared minor.
But a revitalization push followed. We currently have approx. 20 declared minors (35 current or recently graduated).
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Howard University, Dept. of Classics รีทวีตแล้ว
.@HUPrez17 @HowardU @Morning_Joe
The question about demand for Classics is more nuanced than the media has captured.
After years of acting solely as a GenEd ‘service department’, the Classics then graduated approx. 57 majors between 2000-2009, including a Rhodes Scholar.
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This tweet is closing in on 48,000 views (impressions) since just mid-afternoon. That really astonishes...
We are very touched and grateful for everyone’s interest and support.
Howard University, Dept. of Classics@HU_Classics
With all due respect, we believe that the money that will be saved by this move is marginal, since the principle salaries apparently will be retained. Nor does this piece address 90% of what we actually teach in Classics: the ancient world, Latin, and Greek (and their receptions)
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@ShanaHartmann @AfricanaCarr Actually, what is generally lost primarily is the study of Greek and Latin, and the ability to critically read these texts in the original.
Plus the profound analytical foundations that students gain by studying these highly inflected and highly articulated grammars.
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@ShanaHartmann @AfricanaCarr You could, yes — but that’s where University politics gets even more complicated, sadly. At any rate, we have a thriving department, with even more latent potential. It’s a long story, of course...
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With all due respect, we believe that the money that will be saved by this move is marginal, since the principle salaries apparently will be retained. Nor does this piece address 90% of what we actually teach in Classics: the ancient world, Latin, and Greek (and their receptions)
New York Times Opinion@nytopinion
“In an ideal world, Howard would have a large, thriving classics department. But departments aren’t free,” write Brandon Hogan and Jacoby Adeshi Carter, who are both professors in Howard University’s philosophy department. nyti.ms/3h0pHQ7
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*principal* — pardon my careless twitter typos 🙏🏼
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