Archive for May, 2010

Student elections in Aix-en-Provence

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Last week I went to visit Aix, which might become one of my major fieldsites next year. The university building itself was falling apart; as it turns out, it was the one featured in last year’s complaint about the physical decrepitude of French universities. In spite of the physical decay, it was all lush with [...]

But you ARE the professor…

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Here is a handy anecdote that reminds us of the pedagogical contradictions of radical pedagogy (which I’ve covered before): But my favorite story about him [one Andrew Levine] concerns the first class he ever taught. It was during the exciting days of anti-Viet Nam War protests and Columbia building seizures, and Andrew was totally engaged. [...]