Recent Scholar Publications
Richard John Andrews
United Kingdom , Steinhardt-Teaching and Learning
The Sage Handbook of E-learning Research, Sage, 2007
This handbook provides an in-depth account of research in the rapidly expanding field of e-learning. The first of its kind, the book reviews over 20 areas in e-learning research, including theory, methodology, design issues, communities and contexts, language development, and study.
Avrid Båve
Sweden , FAS-Philosophy
Deflationism: A Use-Theoretic Analysis of the Truth-Predicate, Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2006
In Deflationism , Arvid Båve details and defends a specific version of the deflationary theory of truth, as well as a nominalistic theory of propositions.
Luiz Cavalieri Bazilio & Sonia Kramer
Brazil , Steinhardt-Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
Infancia, Educacao e Direitos Humanos (Childhood, Education and Human Rights), Editora Cortez, 2006
This book analyzes issues affecting youth in Brazil , like the social rights of children, contemporary youth culture, education, and solidarity in times of violence.
Sladana Blazan
Croatia , FAS-German
Ghosts, Gender, History: Ghost Stories and Alternative Histories, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007
This collection combines academic reflections on typical Anglo-American ghost stories from the seventeenth century to present day. By using stories such as Zhang Yimou's adaptation of “The Red Lantern,” Daniel Defoe's “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal” (1705), and Toni Morrison's “Beloved” (1987), this book demonstrates that spectral vocabulary is finally finding its place in cultural theory and literary studies.
Breyten Breytenbach
South Africa , FAS-Creative Writing
Windcatcher: New & Selected Poems 1964-2006, Harcourt, 2007
Windcatcher is a collection of Breytenbach's best poetry from 1964 to 2006, and includes many poems never before published. This collection consists of poems composed in Paris in the sixties; poems written while Breytenbach was imprisoned in South Africa for seven years for his activities against the apartheid regime; poems of exile from New York in the nineties; poems from Vancouver, from Amsterdam, and from Dar es Salaam.
Paul Cartledge
United Kingdom , FAS-Classics
Thermopylae . The Battle That Changed the World, Overlook Press, 2006
Also the subject of the movie, “300,” this book re-examines one of the most decisive battles in the history of the Western world, Thermopylae . The book describes how a small Greek force led by King Leonidas and his specially picked 300 warriors heroically resist a massive invasion of Greece by the mighty Persian empire at the pass of Thermopylae. Their defeat is inevitable but their spirit of freedom inspires ultimate victory and leaves behind a glorious reputation that has lasted to this day.
Saviana Condeescu
Romania , Tisch-Drama
Global Foreigners: An Anthology of Plays, Seagull Books London Ltd, 2006
This is an anthology of plays arranged by Carol Martin and Saviana Condeescu that portrays dislocation of women from multiple nationalities. Some plays included in the anthology are, “Waxing West” by Saviana Condeescu, “Eyes of the Heart” by Catherine Filloux, “My Political Israeli Play” by Zohar Tzur, “America Dreaming” by Chiori Miyagawa, and “The Black Eyed” by Betty Shamieh.
Sonia Kramer
Brazil , Steinhardt-Teaching and Learning
Profissionais de Educação Infantil: gestão e formação, Editora Atica, 2005
This book identifies and analyzes early education policies in 91 cities of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The book also examines issues such as educational quality in Brazil , educational public policy, the federal role in education, and the quality of teacher workforce and training.
Hiroshi Sunairi
Japan , Steindardt-Art and Art Professions
Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York , Yale University Press, 2007
This work is a catalogue for an art exhibition celebrating the strong, historic cultural links between Japan and New York City . Visitors to this art exhibition will go on a conceptual journey through multifaceted “homes,” illuminating the ways in which Japanese artists have made their homes and careers in NYC since the 1950s.
Robert James Young
United Kingdom , FAS-English
The Idea of English Ethnicity, Blackwell Publishing, 2007
This book examines the history of England 's identity and the idea of “Englishness.” While many cultural commentators have recently explained English identity under the context of devolution and the end of the English Empire, Robert Young presents a unique approach on the study of Englishness.
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