Nearly 100 years ago, Cambridge Classicist F. M. Cornford wrote a delicious little satirical tract on academic politics called "Microcosmographia Academica." The latest issue Inside Higher Ed revives it and argues for its relevance today (Plus ça change...).
http://insidehighered.com/views/2005/07/14/mclemee

If your interest is piqued, you can find the original (only 15 pp.) at:
www.libresociety.org/downloads/MICROCOSMOGRAPHIA_ACADEMICA.pdf

You'll never look at departmental meetings the same way. :-)

-chris
-- 
Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada

416-736-5115 ex. 66164
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.yorku.ca/christo
---
You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]
To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to