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Dedicated scholarship and, more recently, advances in information technology now permit compendiums of monumental scale. Equal parts reference librarians and Renaissance men and women, four information taxonomists discuss their current projects in this panel moderated by Lawrence Weschler.
Howard Gardner develops the theory of multiple intelligences that questioned previous, singular models of intellect. How can this theory be used to make humans more likely to act constructively?
In the late 1800's, localized definitions of clock time played havoc with the idea of accurate railroad scheduling.
An interdisciplinary panel will present surprising insights into the link between the treatment of bodies and books, from the premodern period to the digital age, and will reflect on disability, medieval culture, and the history of the book.
A former juror for the World Trade Center Site Memorial competition discusses the importance of memorials.
Historian David Hackett Fischer uses early American immigrants as a case study to discuss the utility of speech patterns in charting their migration patterns. He illuminates these issues with a special focus on colonial African-American immigrants, their regional origins, and their masters’ perceptions of them.