Edward Said - Revision history

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‎Death and legacy

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‎Career at Columbia

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‎Career at Columbia

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 ===Rock-throwing incident===
-In [[2000]], Said was photographed throwing a rock over the border between the Palestinian territories and Israel. This caused a flurry of condemnation on campus and in the press, but Provost [[Alan Brinkley]] said the university would take no action agaist Said, and defended his action on grounds of freedom of expression.
+In [[2000]], Said was photographed throwing a rock over the border between the Palestinian territories and [[Israel]]. This caused a flurry of condemnation on campus and in the press, but Provost [[Alan Brinkley]] said the university would take no action agaist Said, and defended his action on grounds of freedom of expression.
 ==Death and legacy==

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	He was the first professor to win the [[Lionel Trilling Book Award]] twice, a feat shared only with [[Andrew Delbanco]]. The [[Edward Said Memorial Lecture]] was established in his honour by the [[Heyman Center]] in [[2005]]. A professorship endowed in his name is held by Middle East historian [[Rashid Khalidi]].		He was the first professor to win the [[Lionel Trilling Book Award]] twice, a feat shared only with [[Andrew Delbanco]]. The [[Edward Said Memorial Lecture]] was established in his honour by the [[Heyman Center]] in [[2005]]. A professorship endowed in his name is held by Middle East historian [[Rashid Khalidi]].
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		+	Said's former office in [[Philosophy Hall]] has been reassigned, so tourists, please stop asking the English Department if you can sightsee in it.

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 ==Career at Columbia==
-Said began teaching at Columbia in [[1963]], and in [[1977]] became the Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Subsequently, he was named the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities. In [[1992]], he attained the rank of [[University Professor]], Columbia's most prestigious academic position. Although he was a famed theoretical literary critic, he actively discouraged literary theory in his classes - though apparently not enough for [[Barack Obama]], who disliked the amount of theory in a Said class he took and described the professor as "a flake".
+Said began teaching at Columbia in [[1963]], and in [[1977]] became the Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Subsequently, he was named the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities. In [[1992]], he attained the rank of [[University Professor]], Columbia's most prestigious academic position. Although he was a famed theoretical literary critic, he actively discouraged literary theory in his classes - though apparently not enough for [[Barack Obama]], who disliked the amount of theory in a Said class he took and described the professor as "a flake".<ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/06/a-new-look-at-obamas-columbia-years</ref>
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 ==Career at Columbia==
-Said began teaching at Columbia in [[1963]], and in [[1977]] became the Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Subsequently, he was named the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities. In [[1992]], he attained the rank of [[University Professor]], Columbia's most prestigious academic position. Although he was a famed theoretical literary critic, he actively discouraged literary theory in his classes.
+Said began teaching at Columbia in [[1963]], and in [[1977]] became the Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Subsequently, he was named the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities. In [[1992]], he attained the rank of [[University Professor]], Columbia's most prestigious academic position. Although he was a famed theoretical literary critic, he actively discouraged literary theory in his classes - though apparently not enough for [[Barack Obama]], who disliked the amount of theory in a Said class he took and described the professor as "a flake".
 ===Rock-throwing incident===

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 ==Career at Columbia==
-Said began teaching at Columbia in [[1963]], and in [[1977]] became the Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Subsequently, he was named the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities. In [[1992]], he attained the rank of [[University Professor]], Columbia's most prestigious academic position.
+Said began teaching at Columbia in [[1963]], and in [[1977]] became the Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Subsequently, he was named the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities. In [[1992]], he attained the rank of [[University Professor]], Columbia's most prestigious academic position. Although he was a famed theoretical literary critic, he actively discouraged literary theory in his classes.
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-'''Edward Said''' was a longtime professor of [[English and Comparative Literature]] and [[University Professor]]. Said is notable for espousing the theory of [[Orientalism]], which, in turn, helped to originate [[Postcolonialism]]. Chances are that you will have read an article of his in [[University Writing]], or bumped into his work in a [[Major Cultures]] class. Either way, you will not escape Columbia without having read or pretended to read at least something by him.
+'''Edward Said''' was a longtime professor of [[English and Comparative Literature]] and [[University Professor]]. Said is notable for espousing the theory of [[Orientalism]], which, in turn, helped to originate [[Postcolonialism]]. Chances are that you will have read an article of his in [[University Writing]], or bumped into his work in a [[Major Cultures]] class. Either way, you will not escape Columbia without having read or pretended to read at least something by him. His nickname is "Ed Said" (with "Said" mispronounced so as to rhyme with "Ed").
 ==Career at Columbia==

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 Said died in New York on [[September 25]], [[2003]] at age 67 after an 11 year long battle with leukemia.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2003/09/26/News/Famed.Professor.Said.Dies.At.67-2036059.shtml "Famed Professor Said Dies at 67"], ''Columbia Spectator'', 9/26/03</ref>
-He is the only professor to have won the [[Lionel Trilling Book Award]] twice. The [[Edward Said Memorial Lecture]] was established in his honour by the [[Heyman Center]] in [[2005]]. A professorship endowed in his name is held by Middle East historian [[Rashid Khalidi]].
+He was the first professor to win the [[Lionel Trilling Book Award]] twice, a feat shared only with [[Andrew Delbanco]]. The [[Edward Said Memorial Lecture]] was established in his honour by the [[Heyman Center]] in [[2005]]. A professorship endowed in his name is held by Middle East historian [[Rashid Khalidi]].
 == References ==