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Wissenschaftskolleg: It’s not just time to write, it is connections with fabulous novelists, thoughtful former politicians, historians, and scientists
Ever since I got to the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, I have been trying to understand what I can offer it and what it can offer me. This is the script: I come here for 10 months, take no more than … Continue reading
Posted in Managing an academic career, New ideas, Sabbatical, Social interactions
Tagged culture, discovery, paradox, Wiko, Wissenschaftskolleg
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Are women allowed to joke?
Is it true that a good measure of how well you know a foreign language is that you get the humor? If so, I failed German a decade or so ago when the Lufthansa agent in Frankfort very dryly told … Continue reading
Posted in Life in a biology department, Managing an academic career, Politics, Social interactions
Tagged culture, feminism, humor, jokes, ostracism, scarcasm
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