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Radcliffe on the Road
This spring, the Radcliffe Institute showcased the array of work being done by present and past fellows in science and the arts, hosting four major events for alumnae/i and supporters in California and New York City.
race, and slavery. In January, she began the first of four research semesters provided by her appoint-
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On February 28, three Institute fellows gathered to present their work to a group of Radcliffe alumnae/i
3 Jiyoung G. Kim ’92, Jill J. Prosky, and James R. Posner ’65.
at the Harvard Club of New York City. A historian, a journalist, and a fiction writer each represented a different approach to the written word in an event titled “Radcliffe Writes.” ANNETTE GORDON-REED RI ’12, a professor of law at Harvard Law School and a professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, spoke about her longtime research interest in Thomas Jefferson, Monticello,
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ment as the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute. She currently spends each Monday morning in her Byerly Hall office, Skyping with Peter S. Onuf of the University of Virginia, with whom she is collaborating on a new book about Thomas Jefferson’s intellectual development. DIANE MCWHORTER RI ’12, the Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow and a writer of narrative
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nonfiction, delivered what she called “the speeddating version” of her fellow’s presentation. She’s working on a book about a surprising connection between the Third Reich and the segregated American South: Tranquility Base, Apollo 11’s landing site on the moon. (See our Winter 2012 issue.) TAYARI JONES RI ’12—a novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose work explores the African American experience in Atlanta—gave a heartfelt and poetic testimonial to what the Radcliffe Institute has meant for her career. An associate professor of English at Rutgers University, Jones says she was able to take a break from her “unsustainable professional life” to focus solely on starting a new novel. (See page 23.)
3 Tayari Jones, center, with Karole Dill Barkley ’82, MPA ’95 and friend Natalie Sullivan 9 Diane McWhorter, left, and Annette Gordon-Reed 7 Catherine A. (Kate) Gellert ’93, Claire F. Ullman ’84, and Susan S. Wallach ’68, JD ’71 PHOTOGRAPHS BY JM HOULE
New York City Learns How “Radcliffe Writes”
5 Priscilla Fierman Kauff ’62 and Ellen Gordon Reeves ’83, EdM ’86