Shifting the guilt
Even though Israeli novelist Agur Schiff’s latest book is meant to be a satirical reflection on the legacy of slavery and stereotypes about Africa, it ends up reinforcing them.
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Even though Israeli novelist Agur Schiff’s latest book is meant to be a satirical reflection on the legacy of slavery and stereotypes about Africa, it ends up reinforcing them.
In “Professor Schiff’s Guilt,” an Israeli novelist becomes embroiled in a case involving his slave-trading ancestor.
From the blog of Ellis Shuman at The Times of Israel
Syracuse University has named a new executive director to lead the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems. Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang, a longtime professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), begins in that role...
PUBLIC DOMAIN On April 10, the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery held an environmentally themed presentation with guest artist Annemarie Waugh, whose work is currently on display at the Zuccaire Gallery in Four: MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021. It was followed by a presentation from Evan Joo, the Alumni Representative and Social Media Manager of Friends of Ashley Schiff Preserve. Hidden in plain sight, the Ashley Schiff Preserve is the 26-acre nature preserve on Stony Brook University campus, named after a beloved political science Professor Ashley Schiff. Schiff joined the faculty in 1965 as an early ...