Paulino Lim, English, was visiting professor at De La
Salle University, Manila, this past summer. Also, he gave a lecture on
"How to Improve Your English" at Aquinas University on Sept.
9 and on "Academic Writing" at Bicol University, both
in the province of Albay, Philippines.
Frederick Wegener, English, presented a paper titled
"'Favoring Seasons' and the Drama of Vocation in Sarah Orne Jewett's
A Country Doctor" at the American Literature Association Conference
held in May in San Francisco. Also, he delivered a paper titled "'The
Need of a Woman by Women': Representations of Medical Women's Rural Practice
in Late-Nineteenth-Century New England" at the Women, Health and
Representation Conference at the University of New England in June. He
reviewed A Historical Guide to Edith Wharton (Oxford Univ. Press,
2003) in the spring 2004 issue of Legacy: A Journal of American Women
Writers.
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Maat: The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt, A Study
in Classical African Ethics
Maulana Karenga, professor of Black Studies.
The New York and London-based Routledge Press published Professor
Karenga's newest book in 2004. The 458-page treatise on Egyptian ethical
thought known as Maat deals with the usefulness of Maat
as a resource for modern moral discourse and philosophical reflection
on critical moral issues. Maatian includes chapters on the Maat
ideal as it develops through the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms and Late
Period of ancient Egyptian history. Moreover, it offers a critical discussion
of Maatian theology, ontology, anthropology and ecological thought as
well as an extended treatment of the Maatian concept of worthiness before
the Divine, nature and other humans. Maat opens with a preface
by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists, Professor Jan
Assmann of Heidelberg University and has won the prestigious annual
Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference Ankh Award for Best Book in
Afrocentric Theory. Karenga is the founder of the pan-African holiday
Kwanzaa, which has become an international holiday celebrated by more
than 26 million people throughout the world. He is also author of the
authoritative text on Kwanzaa titled: Kwanzaa: A Celebration of
Family, Community and Culture. Among his other publications are
Odu Ifa: the Ethical Teachings; Selections From the Husia: Sacred
Wisdom of Ancient Egypt; and Introduction to Black Studies,
the most widely used introductory text in the discipline.
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