Sentences with phrase «as classics scholar»

Computer science meets archaeology as classics scholar James Higginbotham and academic technology consultant Paul Benham discuss their project to «restore» the color to an ancient Assyrian stone relief.

Calvin's efforts to restore access to the sources of true and edifying knowledge, and to build up piety by means of those sources, were shared by other biblical humanists such as the classics scholar Guillaume Budé of France and the great Dutch humanist Erasmus.

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In Harper's, Kazin identifies «Arendt as a scholar who writes with deeply moving personal urgency about politics in its classic signification» when it meant no context for office or administration but the public realm in which alone, through action, man knew freedom.»

In an opening section of which a theological scholar would be proud, Gladwell turns the tables on the classic interpretation of the shepherd boy's battle with the Philistine giant, gradually proving his theory that David actually went into the fight as the favourite.

The work of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, a perennial Nobel Prize candidate for the past two decades, has been acclaimed by many scholars and critics as classic 20th - century world literature.

Peter Berger is perhaps the most influential living scholar of religion, the author of such classics (and bestsellers) as The Sacred Canopy and The Social Construction of Reality.

In recent years, many scholars have turned to a classic body of work on the cost of participating in and organizing collective action to explain phenomena such as the Dean and Obama campaigns.

Director Luca Guadagnino takes us into the lush world of northern Italy during the summer of 1983, when a graduate student (Armie Hammer) arrives as a research assistant for a classics scholar who owns a gorgeous villa.

In the Senior School, our Head of Classics was initially given the newly created post as Scholars» Officer and thereafter became an Assistant Head in charge of Teaching and Learning.

She studied philosophy and theology at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and has a doctorate in classics from Columbia... (more)

In the now - classic 2006 article «The Secret Source: Sexually Explicit Young Adult Literature as an Information Source» in the journal Young Adult Library Services (YALS), YA lit scholar Amy Pattee suggests that YA fiction can be a «secret source» of information about sex, including everything from the mechanics of sex acts to «a vocabulary of intimacy that [teens] can use to make sense of their own sexual and romantic feelings.»

- Ophilia and Cyrus have been announced as the last two playable characters - Cyrus is a scholar working at the royal university who is an incredibly curious and knowledgeable person - Cyrus» Path Action is «Explore» which lets him find out hidden details and information about other characters - during combat, Cyrus can reveal the weaknesses of enemies and exploit them using fire, ice and lightning magic - Ophilia is a priestess and her Path Action is Lead, which allows her to guide characters to certain places by having them follow - in combat, she's a classic white mage - type who can heal allies, buff their stats and use light magic to attack the enemy - Ophilia can also call upon the character she's guiding to aid her in battle - character's special abilities are called Talents - Olberic can take hits in place of other characters in battle - Primrose, like Ophilia, can call upon the character she has charmed and have them aid her in battle - Tressa can sometimes find money simply by walking around the overworld - Alfyn can mix items to damage enemies or heal allies - Therion can unlock treasure chests - H'aanit can capture beasts during combat - your active battle party can consist of four characters, but you can swap them out with the other four characters at any time - even after you've met up with the other playable characters, you can still pursue each character's individual story - you do this by making them the «main» character of your current party

Selections from Albers's own writings, including classic texts such as «On My Painting,» «Color» and «On My Homage to the Square,» mingle with essays by well - known Albers scholars Nicholas Fox Weber («Minimal Means, Maximum Effect») and Jeannette Redensek («On Josef Albers» Painting Materials and Techniques»); meditations by Norwegian artist Dag Erik Elgin («Preparing for Painting to Happen»), Eva Diaz («Jailbreaking Geometric Abstraction,») and Doug Ashford («Dear Josef»); and a collage sequence by Andrea Geyer that pays homage to Albers's prints.

It includes essays by the curator Jens Hoffmann, the scholar José Luis Barrios, and the film critic Ernesto Diezmartínez Guzmán as well as information on all the participating artists and their works, extended notes on the classic films selected by the artists, and a special insert featuring a newly commissioned photographic project by Fernando Ortega depicting abandoned or repurposed movie theaters in Mexico City.

Selections from Albers» own writings, including classic texts such as «On My Painting,» «Color» and «On My Homage to the Square,» mingle with essays by well - known Albers scholars Nicholas Fox Weber («Minimal Means, Maximum Effect») and Jeannette Redensek («On Josef Albers» Painting Materials and Techniques»); meditations by Norwegian artist Dag Erik Elgin («Preparing for Painting to Happen»), Eva Diaz («Jailbreaking Geometric Abstraction») and Doug Ashford («Dear Josef»); and a collage sequence by Andrea Geyer that pays homage to Albers» prints.

Published in 1917 by the mathematical biologist, zoologist and Classics scholar D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860 - 1948), it quickly became a reference for artists as well as scientists.

Classic scholar materials such as ink, stone, ceramics and bronze find contemporary interpretations in new combinations and dimensions.

On news sites and blogs around he world, Abraham was either praised as a long - needed voice of reason or vilified for attacking Monckton, a British journalist, classics scholar and politician also known as 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, who had testified before Congress.