Dissertation Silliness of the Day

I seriously am not creative enough to come up with these wacky dissertation titles.

The School of Religion

Defense of Doctoral Dissertation

Early Modern English Musical Treatments of David's Lament

over Jonathan and the Historicity of Gay Theology

By Dirk von der Horst

Date: Monday, August 30, 2010

Time: 8:30am – 10:30am

Place: McManus Conference Room (McM140, immediately east of Hagelbarger’s Café)

Chair: Dr. Ellen Marshall

Committee members: Dr. Lori Anne Ferrell, Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether Dr. Tammi Schneider and Dr. Nancy van Deusen

Faculty, students and the general public are invited

Gopnik Does Churchill Better than Lincoln

Last year I wrote a critical review of Adam Gopnik's book on Lincoln and Darwin for The Claremont Independent. Gopnik came to the Athenaeum to lecture the freshmen class about how those two thinkers have so much in common. (They don't.) In turn, President Gann and Dean Huang purchased Gopnik's book for the freshmen class.

I would be remiss, however, if I didn't point out how well he writes on Churchill. Have a look here.

CMCer Joins The New York Times's The Caucus

Michael Shear CMC '90, formerly of The Washington Post, now of The New York Times blog. As much as I loathe The New York Times, good on him.