Society News from the Chronicles
The department of English and the Franklin College welcome professor and dean of humanities at Duke University Srinivas Aravamudan to campus on Sept. 13:
[Dr. Aravamudan] will give the first lecture of the 2013-14 Georgia Colloquium in 18th and 19th Century British Literature at the University…
In 1996, a hoax perpetrated by NYU physics professor Alan Sokal exposed some of the ideological and professional blinders of academic publishing, particularly in the humanities. This and other examples build an interesting criticism of academic life as construed in the work of writer Stanley Fish…
Well, in a way, I live a double life. In the spring semesters, I teach Organic Chemistry II. This is one of the more challenging courses for pre-professional students in their curriculum, and the class size averages approximately 350 students. This class is high intensity, and I really enjoy…
We point out this terrific award for an alum's book for obvious reasons, I think.
Franklin Alum honored with Benjamin Franklin book award
Book tells real history through fictional characters
By JESSICA LUTON
jluton@uga.edu
For author and Franklin alumnus Jonathan Grant, Benjamin…