Open Book
Open Book— Spring 2009
When you ask someone from Arts and Science if they’ve read any good books lately, be prepared to be amazed, entertained and informed.
Richard McGregor (pictured), assistant professor of religious studies, is reading Production of Presence: What Meaning Cannot Convey by Hans Gumbrecht.
Picture Theory by W.J.T. Mitchell (explores the conundrum that we fill our world with images, [...]
Fall 2008— Open Book
Junior Vivien G. Haupt (pictured), psychology, is reading Brain Sex by Anne Moir and David Jessel for her neuroscience class.
Other recent reads:
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer (as part of a reading group with her mom)
The State Of The Earth by Paul Conkin, professor of history, emeritus (makes me want to meet the author)
Papers on [...]
Open Book— Spring 2008
Apple’s Steve Jobs recently uttered the bromide that people don’t read anymore. Don’t tell that to people connected to the College of Arts and Science. Here’s a selected bibliography of what we are reading now.
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