January 17, 2019

Event: A Hole in the Renaissance

National Association of Scholars

Join us February 12th at the office of First Things for a lecture by Dr. Eleanor Schneider.

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January 17, 2019

Episode #11: The Case for Freethinkers with Bruce Gilley

National Association of Scholars

Peter interviews Bruce Gilley about "The Case for Colonialism," the troubles of Professor Boghossian, and the Academy's intolerance. 

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January 16, 2019

Heather Mac Donald Receives the Peter Shaw Award

National Association of Scholars

Peter Wood bestows the Peter Shaw Award for Writing about Higher Education at NAS's regional conference. 

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January 14, 2019

Disgrace: Shame, Punishment, and Redemption in American Higher Education

National Association of Scholars

A summary of NAS's conference held at Chapman University on January 11th and 12th.

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January 12, 2019

Episode #10: Jay Nordlinger and the Politics of Shame

National Association of Scholars

Listen in as Peter and Jay discuss how America has become a shame culture, shame in our personal lives, and public outrage. 

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January 7, 2019

Teaching History

Procopius Occidens

What bias do history books want us to teach?

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January 3, 2019

Don't Ignore Government's Contribution to the Reproduction Crisis

David Randall

Science continues to evade its complicity in the irreproducibility crisis. 

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January 3, 2019

Curriculum Vitae, Episode #9: Renaissance Men with William Meyers

National Association of Scholars

Listen in as Peter and William Meyers discuss photography, studying subjects outside your own, and the small business experience.

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December 27, 2018

Episode #8: The Cultural Heartbeat with Nahma Sandrow

National Association of Scholars

In this week's edition of Curriculum Vitae, Peter Wood sits down to discuss her career in Yiddish theatre. 

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