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MARINA RUSTOW, historian of the medieval Middle East, wins MacArthur Fellowship

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Marina Rustow, the Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East and professor of Near Eastern studies and history, has been awarded a 2015 MacArthur Fellowship. Rustow is among 24 scientists, artists, Continue Reading →

Manuscripts spark dialogue on authorship

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Hundreds of early Chinese bamboo, silk and wood manuscripts excavated in the last 40 years are challenging the idea of the author as the sole creator of literary work. Not one of the manuscripts, which Continue Reading →