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On Academic Productivity
Over the next few months, anxious professors in the United States will compile tenure and promotion dossiers.
Jun 29
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David A. Bell
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Scribble, Scribble, Scribble...*
Here’s a roundup of a few new publications of mine.
Jun 14
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David A. Bell
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The End of the Affair
In Costa-Gavras’s classic 1969 film Z, a reporter shouts a question at a Greek police general being taken into custody for the murder of a left-wing…
Jun 4
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David A. Bell
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May 2025
Why This Assault on the Universities is More Serious than Earlier Ones
Although it has faded from the headlines in the last few weeks, amidst the endless tsunami of Trump news, the administration’s assault on elite…
May 17
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David A. Bell
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Why This Assault on the Universities is More Serious than Earlier Ones
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Public Knowledge
For anyone who might be interested, the four lectures I gave this spring at the Collège de France, related to my new book project on the Enlightenment…
May 4
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David A. Bell
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April 2025
The Humanities Will Survive Artificial Intelligence
My colleague Graham Burnett has a terrific, and terrifically provocative piece in The New Yorker this week, entitled “Will the Humanities Survive…
Apr 28
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David A. Bell
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Short Post: Are Universities Trying to "Have it Both Ways"?
One of the most misleading falsehoods currently being pedaled on the right about American private universities is that these institutions “cannot have…
Apr 13
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David A. Bell
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Short Post: Are Universities Trying to "Have it Both Ways"?
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My Evening with Dominique
I had an unusual opportunity for an American the other day, to pass an evening in the company of former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.
Apr 11
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David A. Bell
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The Ideological Offensive
History has many examples of ideological movements taking control of governments and trying to impose their personnel and agendas on bureaucracies, on…
Apr 6
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David A. Bell
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March 2025
Trump's War on Science, con't
It’s hard to keep track of the outrages coming out of the Trump administration, but for anyone who cares about learning and science, here are a couple…
Mar 23
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David A. Bell
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Trump is Trying to Destroy Higher Education. Why Aren't Students Doing More to Protest?
“Why aren’t the students out protesting what Trump is doing to the universities?” I’ve been getting this question again and again from friends in…
Mar 16
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David A. Bell
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Trump is Trying to Destroy Higher Education. Why Aren't Students Doing More to Protest?
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The McCarthyite Assault on Columbia University Ramps Up
And the University's leadership has made things worse
Mar 14
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David A. Bell
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The McCarthyite Assault on Columbia University Ramps Up
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