Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:45:08
The Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin’
The Emory Wheel has two great pieces on my least favorite author and “historian,” Michael Bellesiles. The first is a detailed story on the saga. I think I might have actually laughed out loud when I read this part:
“It seems to me that raising uncertainties that question the credibility of an entire book, without considering the book as a whole, is just plain unfair,” Bellesiles wrote. |
Hey Mikey? Your ethics called, and they said to tell you they’re doing well with other people, so stop worrying, they won’t be coming back.
Another thing that jumped out at me, and I went so far as to touch upon briefly in the past, is that Emory essentially called Bellesiles a liar. I’m not alone in this belief, apparently.
Jerome Sternstein, professor emeritus of history at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, said the committee essentially called Bellesiles a liar. Sternstein said he thought Bellesiles was pushed to resign from the University.
“Nobody resigns a tenured spot, in my 40 years of teaching, without having another appointment or another job available unless they’re filthy rich,” Sternstein said. “So he was forced out.”
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To quote the great Hank Hill..."Yep."
The second article is an opinion piece flagged as an editorial.
Good for them. The piece ends with a line that Bellisiles ought to have tatooed on his forehead backwards, so it greets him in the mirror each morning:
The investigation, and Bellesiles’ subsequent resignation, should be a reminder to the Emory community that academic research is, above all, about searching for the absolute truth. That’s what our professors teach students every day. We should expect the same from them. |
Right on, Emory. I dig your vibe, man. (Links via Instapundit)
Posted by JimK at 08:45 PM on October 29, 2002
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