Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
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posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 4:14 AM
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I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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I'm still trying, 20 years on. I now open it at random, usually the right way up. I even finished Quijote and Finnegan. How depressing.
This isn't quite reading, but it is affecting a great many Western universities which I think you will find disturbing: Interview with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | Free Speech & Social Justice. I don't know how bad it is in/on South Korean campuses, but today's Western campuses are becoming truly horrifying due to PC-ism run amuck, and anyone just wanting an honest discourse is labeled a racist, a sexist, or worse. However, judging by the recently-graduated Millennial interviewer, there is still a glimmer of hope for the Western world. I will definitely be watching more of her interviews as to not be labeled "sexist."
Oh, yeah, Dr. Peterson recommends his own, highly-recommended reading list during the less than an hour long interview.
Well, SOG, it ain't for everyone, so don't despair!
You can always read my book instead . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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Thanks, JFD!
Jeffery Hodges
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I don't know who will be the next president, but I will continue to do as I have done for more than 50 years...vote for my choice, then pray for the new president, congress, governor and all that are in authority over us, and obey all laws that do not conflict with the precepts found in God's word...and pray that God will protect and bless America.
Cran
I hope you have 50 more years, Uncle Cran.
Jeffery Hodges
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I've read it three times1
You have my respect.
Jeffery Hodges
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