Comments on: The Department http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:29:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Länkar at Det perfekta tomrummet http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/comment-page-1/#comment-222835 Länkar at Det perfekta tomrummet Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:10:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/#comment-222835 [...] Hur många gånger har man inte lite skämtsamt pratat om såpoperan “Institutionen”, alternativt “Fakulteten” eller “Universitetet”? Det är man tydligen inte ensam om - några statsvetardoktorander på Harvard har inte bara skämtat om det utan har även så gott om tid (på min tid hade vi doktorander minsann inte tid med sånt här trams! att de gått från ord till handling och spelat in ett pilotavsnitt på elva minuter [via Crooked timber.] [...] [...] Hur många gånger har man inte lite skämtsamt pratat om såpoperan “Institutionen”, alternativt “Fakulteten” eller “Universitetet”? Det är man tydligen inte ensam om – några statsvetardoktorander på Harvard har inte bara skämtat om det utan har även så gott om tid (på min tid hade vi doktorander minsann inte tid med sånt här trams! att de gått från ord till handling och spelat in ett pilotavsnitt på elva minuter [via Crooked timber.] [...]

]]> By: The Chutry Experiment » The Department http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/comment-page-1/#comment-222710 The Chutry Experiment » The Department Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:23:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/#comment-222710 [...] of Harvard poli-sci grad students who’ve made their own version of The Office.  As Henry at Crooked Timber points out, the video works well, although in my case, I appreciated the way in which the [...] [...] of Harvard poli-sci grad students who’ve made their own version of The Office.  As Henry at Crooked Timber points out, the video works well, although in my case, I appreciated the way in which the [...]

]]> By: aaron_m http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/comment-page-1/#comment-222680 aaron_m Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:12:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/#comment-222680 "Why is it always the theorists who get it in the end?" I do believe the question answers itself. “Why is it always the theorists who get it in the end?”

I do believe the question answers itself.

]]> By: polthry grad student http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/comment-page-1/#comment-222655 polthry grad student Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:13:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/#comment-222655 Why is it always the theorists who get it in the end? Why is it always the theorists who get it in the end?

]]> By: Signifying Nothing http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/comment-page-1/#comment-222650 Signifying Nothing Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:12:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/#comment-222650 <strong>Office politics, Harvard style...</strong> Via Henry Farrell and Dan Drezner, I present The Department for your viewing pleasure: My only observation: it needed more Sunshine Hillygus.... Office politics, Harvard style…

Via Henry Farrell and Dan Drezner, I present The Department for your viewing pleasure: My only observation: it needed more Sunshine Hillygus….

]]> By: amelia http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/comment-page-1/#comment-222613 amelia Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:23:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/#comment-222613 you know, a couple of years ago, in a political science department that shall remain nameless, a similar episode of "hijacking the zeitgeist" led to the second-years' performance of a skit about team teaching -- called, IIRC, "brokeback seminar." you know, a couple of years ago, in a political science department that shall remain nameless, a similar episode of “hijacking the zeitgeist” led to the second-years’ performance of a skit about team teaching—called, IIRC, “brokeback seminar.”

]]> By: Jabuka http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/comment-page-1/#comment-222611 Jabuka Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:57:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/#comment-222611 The Bill Kristol fan was kind of...disturbing. The Bill Kristol fan was kind of…disturbing.

]]> By: Timothy Burke http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/comment-page-1/#comment-222608 Timothy Burke Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:29:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/21/the-department/#comment-222608 The interesting game to play while watching is to try and guess <em>if there are people who aren't in on the joke</em>. I couldn't help but think that there were a couple of people who might not have fully grasped it. The interesting game to play while watching is to try and guess if there are people who aren’t in on the joke. I couldn’t help but think that there were a couple of people who might not have fully grasped it.

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