By Léo Charbonneau. History of civilian detention in Canada particularly relevant in light of current events, says organizer.
Organizers of an upcoming workshop on civilian internment want to raise awareness of its history and consequences in Canada. More...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Millénaire de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg, colloque international. Suite de la chronique : La Cathédrale, l’empereur Otton III, l’évêque Werner.By Kevin Schürer. As Richard III is finally laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral, his discovery acts as a shining example of research collaboration in our universities, says Prof Kevin Schürer. Read more...
By Paul Clifton (NTEU National Office). Such is the case with Through a glass darkly: The Social Sciences Look at the Neoliberal University, a collection of essays put together by Margaret Thornton after an Australian Academy of Social Science workshop on the ‘marketisation of the university’ held in 2012 (you can download a free copy here). More...
By Scott McLemee. "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world," Walt Whitman declares in Leaves of Grass. How he ended the line without an exclamation point always puzzled me, but maybe it was implicit. The poet sang "the body electric," and every line was meant to zap the reader into a higher state of awareness. Read more...
By Rosemarie Emanuele. When I teach the idea of the “intermediate value theorem” in Calculus, I often begin by helping my students visualize the concept. I tell them that if we (just East of Cleveland) wanted to visit Cedar Point Amusement Part (far West of Cleveland), we would need to cross the Cuyahoga River, which cuts Cleveland in half. Fortunately, there are many, (often architecturally interesting) bridges to help get us from one side to the other. Read more...
By Colleen Flaherty. American history is constantly debated not only by historians but by politicians. So it was largely unsurprising when some Republicans started to criticize the new Advanced Placement U.S. history framework last year for allegedly downplaying positive elements of America’s past. Many historians were caught off guard last week, however, when the criticism grew legs, at least in Oklahoma: a legislative committee there easily passed a bill declaring the new AP curriculum an “emergency” threatening the “public peace, health and safety,” to be defunded in the coming school year. Read more...
Blog Educpros de Claude Lelièvre. Des moments abracadantesques en plein milieu parlementaire ont eu lieu aussi (et déjà) dans le passé ! Et le feu vert donné par une large majorité de députés libéraux à la création d’un corps d’inspecteurs primaires d’Etat il y a tout juste 180 ans (les 26 et 27 février 1835) n’est certainement pas le moindre. Article entier...
By Nicholas Strohl. Although it may sound similar, this statement was not uttered by President Obama. It was, in fact, a declaration made by the United States’ first national commission on higher education, the Truman Commission, in 1947. Read more...
By Rebecca Ratcliffe. The world’s oldest scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions, has entered its 350th year. To mark the occasion, the Royal Society has opened its archives to showcase some of its most ground-breaking papers. The exhibition gives an insider’s glimpse at the editorial procedures involved in science publishing over the years – from the extra scrutiny female scientists received to reviewers’ horror at Darwin’s excessive wordiness. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
