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"The Odyssey" Is Having a Moment. Again.

Classicist and Harvard Griffin GSAS alumnus Greg Nagy discusses the story’s epic appeal, his favorite translation, and the "journey of the soul" that awaits new readers

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Ancient Image of Odysseus Blinding the Kyklopes Polyphemus
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How to Read Like a Translator

Damion Searls, the writer and translator of Nobel Prize-winning literature, discussed how to convey the reading experience across language barriers in a special workshop for Harvard Griffin GSAS students.

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Writer and translator Damion Searls
Beowulf Sheehan FOR EXTERNAL LINK
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A New Standard of Care

Through her critical study of the foster care system, PhD student Emma Ebowe addresses larger questions about the role of the state in intimate family life, how to best support those in need, and how social service institutions could better work toward social justice.  

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Complex Recipe

The history of the Caribbean over the last 500 years is often portrayed as one of colonization versus liberation. In her new book, Culinary Colonialism, Caribbean Cookbooks, and Recipes of National Independence, Keja Valens, PhD ’04, looks at the region and its people through a more complex lens.

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Keja Valens
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