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May 13, 2006
Juan Cole Update
Michael Rubin said on Wednesday that Juan Cole will indeed be extended an offer from Yale. Here's the latest:
The history department’s vote was . . . . to offer him honorary affiliation with the department when YCIAS formalizes his nomination. The money will come from YCIAS, which has made clear that Cole is their man. Sociology will likewise schedule a vote on honorary affiliation. The next step is for the senior appointments committee to formalize the offer. This is usually a rubber stamp process. Whether it is in this case is up to Yale’s alumni . . . .The Yale alumni who paid to have their names put on an international studies center may be wanting their money back:
Whitney MacMillan, who flew in for the ceremony with his wife from his Minneapolis home, said his interest in international affairs began in a European history class in the seventh grade and has continued to this day. Cargill became a global institution in the 45 years he worked there, and a third of its investments were made in third-world countries that have mostly evolved from dictatorships into democracies.Will Cole's addition to the faculty increase its understanding of democracy?"I'm a great advocate of democracies," MacMillan said. "It is the best system. It's not a perfect system, but at least you know what the future may hold."
RELATED: Bloggingheads.tv chews on the Cole-Hitchens dustup for a few minutes. (Wright really needs to read this and this.) (But he's a great straight man.)
Judith | 05/13/06 at 08:02 PM | Categories: - Wackademia
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