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Last week, Ellen Greenblatt’s Innocence and Evil class put character Doc Hata of Chang-Rae Lee’s novel, A Gesture Life, on trial. In the story, Doc Hata is an aging physician haunted by – if not fully aware of – his role in the Japanese Army’s enslavement and rape of “comfort women” during World War II. …
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Lori Cohen – teacher of humanities, literature, writing, religion and philosophy – discusses how professional development has informed and continues to enhance her classes past, present and future. In particular, she speaks to her recent, NEH grant-funded course and the role it has played in shaping her upcoming new class at The Bay School. This …
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