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  • The Academic Minute for 2019.12.02-12.06

    The Academic Minute for 2019.12.02-12.06

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    The Academic Minute from 12.02 – 12.06 Monday, December 2nd Andrea Lanoux – Connecticut College A New Vision of Russian Childhood Through Literature Andrea Lanoux teaches Russian language at all levels and courses on Russian literature and culture. She has team-taught courses on gender in communist and post-communist societies (with Amy Dooling), on European Modernism…

  • Derek Turner, Connecticut College – How Science Connects Us To Places

    Derek Turner, Connecticut College – How Science Connects Us To Places

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    On Connecticut College Week:  To find meaning, look into history. Derek Turner, professor of philosophy, discusses how learning history can change our feelings about a thing or place. Derek Turner regularly teaches Introduction to Philosophy, Logic, Bioethics, Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, The Science and Ethics of Extinction, and Darwin. He also…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.12.02)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.12.02)

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    Connecticut College Week on The Academic Minute 2019.12.02 Monday, December 2nd Andrea Lanoux delves into how Russian children’s literature changed after the fall of the Soviet Union. Tuesday, December 3rd  David Canton discusses Lawrence Reddick and the second generation of black historians. Wednesday, December 4th Michelle Dunlap examines the minority experience in consumer marketplaces. Thursday,…