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Another Group of 88'er Promoted

By K.C. Johnson

Srinivas Aravamudan has become the third member of the Group of 88 to be promoted to a deanship since signing the Group's statement. Aravadudan joins Lee Baker and Sally Deutsch as the Group's representatives among the ranks of Duke deans. And, of course, 88'er Paula McClain currently serves as chair of the Duke Academic Council, the highest-elected faculty position on campus.Aravamudan's research interests--postcolonial literature and theory--place him squarely in the Group's intellectual mainstream. In explaining the appointment, Dean of Trinity College Dean George McLendon cited Aravamudan's work at the Franklin Humanities Institute, where he ran a seminar entitled--naturally--?Race, Justice, and the Politics of Memory.?According to his official statement, Aravamudan describes his role as building ?on the existing strengths and accomplishments of the humanities faculty [which is dominated by the Group of 88]...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).