Click here to find out more about subscribing to The Chronicle , which provides free access to their entire web site and daily electronic-mail updates. A profile on William Dunstan, an unsung member of the academe, who labored quietly for the last decade to write engaging textbooks for ancient history. Read it here . 10.01.01 A profile on the remarkable and prolific philosopher, Martha Nussbaum. Friday Forum 9.24.01 Robert Belknap's dissertation about the literary significance of lists is highly praised by his mentors for being both accessible and insightful.
Scholars rediscover a largely forgotten Soviet dissident writer.
8.6.01 Anthropologist, Beth Conklin, studies 'compassionate cannibalism' in an Amazonian tribe. 7.30.01 An essay by Michael Nelson about how Henry Kissinger and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, two controversial, influential Nixon advisers, will be remembered. 7.23.01 An essay by UNC professor of history Jacquelyn Dowell Hall on the narratives of the civil rights movement. 7.16.01 An article about Kathryn Ann Lindskoog and her new book about the controversy over C. S. Lewis' literary estate and the body of work he left behind. 7.09.01 Elaine Showalter comments on the cultural studies concerning Monica Lewinsky's relationship to President Clinton.