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Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Friday June 28, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Historian Releases New Book Analysing Why Humans are Inevitably Drawn to War
EXETER, England, June 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: The question of why warfare has been an inescapable part of human history - and most likely its future - is the subject of a landmark new book from one of the country's leading authorities on the Second World War. Why War?, written by historian Professor Richard Overy, draws upon different disciplines and perspectives in an attempt to explain how humanity is almost inevitably pulled back into violent confl  more

Joan Kee Named Director of NYU's Institute of Fine Arts
NEW YORK, June 28 -- New York University issued the following news release: * * * A scholar of modern and contemporary Asian art, Kee applies a cross-disciplinary approach to research that includes the intersection of art, law, and digital information * * * NYU President Linda G. Mills and Provost Georgina Dopico have announced the appointment of Joan Kee as the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts (IFA), effective August 19, 2024. A respec  more

With 'Interim' Label Removed, New MC Honors College Director Brings 'Fresh Vision' To Role
CLINTON, Mississippi, June 28 -- Mississippi College issued the following news: A robust conversation between a pair of students in the Honors College at MC sparked by an elective class epitomizes what Christopher Weeks, associate professor of biology at Mississippi College, values most about the program. The roommates - one pursuing a biology degree, the other, mathematics - were embroiled in a deep, epistemological discussion about a question that has plagued man throughout the ages: "How ca  more