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Waiting for the White Smoke: A Peek at Harvard's Tenure Searches

GERMAN

It's back to the drawing board after the turn-down this month from Cornell Scholar Sander Gilman.

GOVERNMENT

Four searches, Chairman Robert D. Putnam reported in September that searches are ongoing in American Politics, Japanese Politics, International Relations.

A search in Political Theory is not active, Putnam added.

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HISTORY

There are no active tenure search, said Chairman John Womack Jr. '59, but the department has a long-terlin interest in a Middle East and an Africa spot.

MATH

The German wunderkind who astounded the math world last year turned down Harvard's offer his fall but the slot may still be open.

MUSIC

No searches, according to Chairman Christoph Wolff

NEAR EASTERN

A search may be undertaken to fill the recently endowed Dorot Foundation Chair in the Archaeology of Israel, Chairman Wolfhart P. Heinrichs said last month.

PHILOSOPHY

A search for a History of Philosophy professor is just starting, Chairman Warren D. Goldfarb stated.

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