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Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

My Plans for Indy: The Humorous, The Banal, and The Necessary

To catalyze excitement for the conference, below is my tentative itinerary for next week. Thursday: Opening Night! – Arrive early via Megabus. I plan to meet with some colleagues and friends before registration (@ 4pm) – The BIG DRAW on opening night is the Plenary. I can’t miss Hartman, Sehat, Shannon, Kramer, and Curtis reflecting on each other’s ideological problems. I’m hoping for some fun mudslinging. – Afterwards I hope to carry on the conversation at a local watering hole. I won a bet with Ben Alpers (stakes: single beer) on the Royals-Oakland game, and I want him to pay Read more

Gratitude

From Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn Last spring I received one of the loveliest invitations I had ever received in my professional life when I was asked by those at USIH if I Read more

Intellectual Flourishing

By Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn A few weeks ago I had the enormous pleasure of visiting the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. I offer Read more

From Rome with Love: Summing Up

By Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn It is exciting for us that the Italy-U.S. Fulbright Commission requested permission to post links to the pieces, thus featuring the USIH blog internationally. Here are all Read more

From Rome with Love IV

by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn My experience in Rome this semester has taught me or made me realize anew just how narrow are the contours of the academic specializations and institutional arrangements Read more