Humanities, March/April 1998: CONTENTS
THE 1998 JEFFERSON LECTURE
The Past Is Unpredictable
Historian Bernard Bailyn discusses the ways in which our past is closer than we think.
Encountering Bernard Bailyn
His unorthodox ways in
the classroom changed the course of history for
generations of Harvard students. (By Jack N. Rakove)
Excerpts: Bailyn in His Own Words
Passages from his books and lectures offer insights
into the historian's craft, the essence of loyalty,
and the nature of defiance.
The Rallying Cry
How the word "Liberty" moved from a
spiritual definition to a revolutionary one. (By Eric Foner)
Not the Man in the Gilbert Portrait
An exhibition
shows the lesser-known side of a young, ambitious
George Washington. (By Meredith Hindley)
MODERN STRUGGLES
>Dissident in Indonesia
Visiting the author of the
Buru Quartet under house arrest in Jakarta. (By David Paul Ragan)
"When Rain Blackens the Sky"
The poetry of Viet Nam
connects a land and its people. (By Fred Marchant)
Women in Combat
Soviet women who fought in World War
II tell their stories in an exhibition in Ohio. (By Erin Erickson)
Georgia Church Becomes Museum
A civil rights center
of the sixties finds a new purpose. (By Erin Erickson)
State by State
Exhibitions, lectures, films, and conferences throughout the country.
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