Barnard and Slavery

Amidst all the excellent discussion of Columbia University and slavery, it may be time to talk about Barnard College's connection to slavery.  This connection is more oblique -- because Barnard…

Freedom of Speech for Fordham Students?

Fordham University recently denied an application from Students for Justice in Palestine to form an official campus organization. As reported by Inside Higher Ed, the dean of students gave the…

Lincoln and Liberty/Rosin the Beau

This post from a few days ago included a video of Ronnie Gilbert singing Lincoln's campaign song, written by the Hutchinson Family Singers, which used the melody from the Irish…

State Nicknames

An article on Slate includes this "Odd and Obsolete 19th Century Nickname Map of the American States (click on map to enlarge it): The map was a promotion by H.W.…

Harvard Law School Post Doctoral Fellowships

The Project on the Foundations of Private Law, an interdisciplinary research program at Harvard Law School dedicated to scholarly  research in private law, is seeking applications for its post-doctoral fellowship in private law and intellectual property for 2017-19.…