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Criticism of ‘Jane Austen, Game Theorist’

April 24, 2013 at 9:22 am

Relating to CC202’s study of Jane Austen’s work is an article from Slate, in which Adelle Waldman gives her amusing criticism of a recent book that discusses Austen’s insight into human behavior. Here is an extract: Austen, it seems, has something to tell us. And not only us English majors. Mathematicians. Game theorists. Serious thinkers. Even […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Community, Core Authors, Great Questions | Tagged book, critic, criticism, Emma, Enlightenment, insight, Jane Austen, message, movie, question, Theory | Comments (0)

CC106 Information

April 23, 2013 at 1:12 pm

Below is a list of important topics from lectures since CC106’s last exam (not including the April 16th lecture and those after). Important topics: Ecology Lectures I and II: Biomes and Physical Ecology: (Prof. Schnieder) Ecology as concept- Biotic vs. abiotic traits of environment- Biome vs. biogeographic region- Levels of biological organization- Physical geography vs. biogeography- […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Announcements, Core Lecturers, General Announcements | Tagged CC106, exam, guide, hint, information, lecture, preparation, study, test, topic, update | Comments (0)

Salvador Dali: Dante’s Purgatorio

April 17, 2013 at 3:27 pm

Relating to CC102’s study of Dante’s Divine Comedy are illustrations made by Salvador Dali for Purgatorio. Here is a sample: For the full set of images, visit bit.ly/16MKCYi. To view Dali’s illustrations for Inferno, visit bit.ly/10jHp1E, and for Paradiso, visit bit.ly/17vAa9P.

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Community, Core Authors, Great Ideas, Great Personalities, Great Questions | Tagged Art, CC102, Dali, dante, drawing, illustration, picture, Purgatorio, Purgatory, Salvador Dali | Comments (0)

Jane Austen: ‘Persuasion’ vs ‘Emma’

April 10, 2013 at 1:29 pm

In view of CC202’s intellectual dabbling in Jane Austen’s works, the Core presents an article that argues Emma is in certain ways better than Persuasion. Here is an extract: Published posthumously, it [Persuasion] has an almost skeletal feel, like an outline in which only the most salient points about each character are noted, as if […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Core Authors, Great Personalities, Great Questions | Tagged better, Emma, Jane Austen, novel, Persuasion, posthumous, skeleton, structure, style, text | Comments (0)

David Gilmour: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18

April 5, 2013 at 11:52 am

Core classes often explore Shakespeare’s work, and the video above illustrates the inspiration musicians can draw from it. For an article discussing Gilmour’s interpretation, visit bit.ly/XhVBrD

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Community, video | Tagged interpretation, music, Pink Floyd, shakespeare, sonnet, video | Comments (0)

The Cosmic Gallery

April 2, 2013 at 12:06 pm

Relating to CC105’s study of astronomy is an article from The Guardian titled ‘The Cosmic Gallery – In Pictures’. It gives beautiful depictions and descriptions of some of our galaxy’s landmarks. Here is a sample: For the full article, visit bit.ly/10vKZ62.

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Great Ideas, Great Photograph | Tagged astronomy, CC105, galaxy, gallery, image, nebula, picture, space, stars | Comments (0)

William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’

April 1, 2013 at 9:10 am

Relating to CC202’s study of Blake’s work, here is an image from ‘The Tyger’

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Core Authors, Great Personalities, Great Photograph | Tagged CC202, Enlightenment, Humanities, image, Modernism, photo, William Blake | Comments (0)

The Nietzsche Family Circus

March 27, 2013 at 2:57 pm

Relating to CC202’s upcoming study of Nietzsche at the end of this semester is this amusing but informative site: bit.ly/10QJV0h Enjoy!

By mdimov | Also posted in Activities, Announcements, Art, Core Authors, Great Ideas | Tagged animation, CC202, drawing, fun, Nietzsche, Quotes, site | Comments (0)

One Of Us: Discussing Descartes & Animal Consciousness

March 25, 2013 at 11:39 am

Relating to CC201’s study of The Renaissance is the essay ‘One Of Us’ by John Jeremiah Sullivan on animal consciousness, in which he discusses Descartes’ views on the topic. Here is an extract: Descartes’ term for them [animals] was automata—windup toys, like the Renaissance protorobots he’d seen as a boy in the gardens at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, “hydraulic statues” that […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Great Personalities, Great Questions | Tagged animal, CC201, chemistry, consciousness, Descartes, emotion, Mind, question | Comments (0)

Gender Inequality: CC204 & The Claims of Esquire’s Editor

March 23, 2013 at 4:12 pm

Relating to last week’s lecture by Professor Mears on gender inequality and Hochschild’s readings, are two articles discussing the claim made by the Esquire’s editor, that “women are there to be beautiful objects”. Some extracts: “The women we feature in the magazine are ornamental,” he said, speaking at the Advertising Week Europe conference in London on Tuesday. […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Announcements, Community, Great Questions, In the News | Tagged CC204, family, female, gender, Inequality, object, problem, Professor Mears, sexism, sexist, society, sociology, woman | Comments (1)

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