My guest for this discussion is Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy. And he is also currently chair of the Department of African and African-American Studies. We are focused on Professor Shelby’s newest book, The Idea of Prison Abolition….Continue Reading Podcast Episode 6: Tommie Shelby
Claudine Gay, a widely admired higher education leader and distinguished scholar of democracy and political participation, will become the 30th president of Harvard University on July 1….Continue Reading Harvard names Claudine Gay 30th president
It is my pleasure to be talking with William C Kirby today. He is the TM Chang Professor of China Studies as well as the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration. We’ll be talking about his new book, Empires of Ideas….Continue Reading Podcast Episode 5: William C. Kirby
My guest today is Caroline Elkins, and we will be talking about her major new book, Legacy of Violence, A History of the British Empire, published this year by Knopf. Professor Elkins, welcome. You are, of course, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Imperial Reckoning, The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya….Continue Reading Podcast Episode 4: Caroline Elkins
Thank you all for making the time to join us for this year’s Inequality in America symposium. I’m Claudine Gay, the Edgerley Family Dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences. And I’m thrilled to be the official host. But the real attraction will be the scholars who are going to be joining us and sharing their work….Continue Reading 3rd Dean’s Symposium: Inequality in America
My guest today is Claudia Goldin. She is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics in the Economics Department and is the author of a major new book from Princeton University Press entitled Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey Toward Equity….Continue Reading Podcast Episode 3: Claudia Goldin
