But conservatism as a scholarly topic?
We taught this class three semesters in a row, and it was consistently the most popular and highly peer-recommended class within its particular program, which shows that even 10 years after the event, 9/11 continues to be a relevant and important scholarly topic.
Atwood believed the roles of Penelope and her maids during Odysseus' absence had been a largely neglected scholarly topic and that she could help address it with this project.
They often touched on scholarly topics — Etruscan archaeology, 19th-century Italian unification — and featured plucky heroines.
The mester de clerecía is characterized by its metrical regularity, diverse scholarly topics, narrative style, and didactic intent.
Scholarly topics are not entirely avoided; when Anne wants to comment on a play, she attributes her opinions to her daughter Susanna.
At the same time, however, "Higher Gossip" offers the reader plenty of palpable pleasures, reminding us of the author's sorcererlike ability to evoke the worlds other artists created with a simple wave of his wand, and his talent for making scholarly topics feel utterly immediate and real.
As usual, the meeting's 300-plus sessions touched on contemporary issues like climate change, the 2012 presidential election, and the Arab Spring, along with more purely scholarly topics big ("Horstory: Equines and Humans in Africa, Asia and North America") and small ("Trash and Treasure: The Significance of Used Goods in America, 1880-1950″).
Bard already has strong connections to music in the person of its president, Leon Botstein, who is music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra; in its Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry; and in its annual music festival, with a series of weekends devoted to scholarly topics.
To that end, he said, he spent his days held captive in a date palm grove, with his hands tied behind his back and his eyes often blindfolded, discussing Hegel and other scholarly topics with his fellow captive, Amir Doushi, an Iraqi English teacher working as his interpreter.
In addition to scholarly topics in class, student curiosity can flourish through personal endeavors.
