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Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center website
I made the following compilation from the online program of the annual conference of the Association for Asian Studies. This year commemorates the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. At least two panels include the half-century mark in their titles, and several others reference it in their abstract. The annual meeting of the Vietnam Studies Group is scheduled for March 14 (Friday) at 7:00 PM.
A friend from grad school recently posted about his visit to the “Fashioned by Sargent” exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. It led me to look up a few volumes on my bookshelves. It’s been years since I read or reread these books, all bought before grad school. It was enough of a delight to reopen these books that I have thanked him for the post.
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At about 8:30 PM on October 17, a Tuesday, four undergraduates at my institution were killed in an auto accident four miles from campus.
Continue reading “Four Pepperdine students killed: my first 48 hours”
Vì văn chương có nhiều đọc giả hơn thần học hay triết học, tác phẩm tiểu thuyết của Fyodor Dostoevsky có nhiều người đọc hơn các tác phẩm của Kierkegaard hay Nietzsche. Nhất là tiểu thuyết Anh Em Nhà Karamazov: tác phẩm cuối cùng của nhà văn người Nga, được nhiều nhà phê bình văn học và văn chương coi là một trong những tuyệt tác văn chương thế giới.
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