Jacques Barzun - Revision history

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‎Academic career

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‎Academic career

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‎Academic career

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‎Academic career

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‎Personal life

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‎Barzun as an undergrad

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 Barzun also served in a number of administrative posts, including Dean of Graduate Faculties and, from [[1958]] to [[1967]], [[Provost]].
-Columbia's graduation robes were changed from the traditional black to slate blue at Barzun's prompting, the newer color being more comfortable in warm weather, as is typical during [[Commencement]]. Barzun called this his "most revolutionary deed".
+Columbia's [[Academic regalia|graduation robes]] were changed from the traditional black to slate blue at Barzun's prompting, the newer color being more comfortable in warm weather, as is typical during [[Commencement]]. Barzun called this his "most revolutionary deed".
 ==1968 protests==

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 The ''Times'' summarized his academic theories thusly:
-<blockquote>''He traced periods of rise and fall in the Western saga, and contended that another fall was near — one that could cause “the liquidation of 500 years of civilization.” This time the decline would be caused not by scientism and absolutism, he maintained, but by an internal crisis in the civilization itself, which he believed had come to celebrate nihilism and rebellion.''
+<blockquote>''He traced periods of rise and fall in the Western saga, and contended that another fall was near — one that could cause “the liquidation of 500 years of civilization.” This time the decline would be caused not by scientism and absolutism, he maintained, but by an internal crisis in the civilization itself, which he believed had come to celebrate nihilism and rebellion.''</blockquote>
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-''And yet, in the cycles of history, he believed another renewal would come.''
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 <blockquote>''He traced periods of rise and fall in the Western saga, and contended that another fall was near — one that could cause “the liquidation of 500 years of civilization.” This time the decline would be caused not by scientism and absolutism, he maintained, but by an internal crisis in the civilization itself, which he believed had come to celebrate nihilism and rebellion.''
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-''And yet, in the cycles of history, he believed another renewal would come.''</blockquote>
+''And yet, in the cycles of history, he believed another renewal would come.''
 ==Core Curriculum pioneer==

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 The ''Times'' summarized his academic theories thusly:
-<blockquote>''He traced periods of rise and fall in the Western saga, and contended that another fall was near — one that could cause “the liquidation of 500 years of civilization.” This time the decline would be caused not by scientism and absolutism, he maintained, but by an internal crisis in the civilization itself, which he believed had come to celebrate nihilism and rebellion.
+<blockquote>''He traced periods of rise and fall in the Western saga, and contended that another fall was near — one that could cause “the liquidation of 500 years of civilization.” This time the decline would be caused not by scientism and absolutism, he maintained, but by an internal crisis in the civilization itself, which he believed had come to celebrate nihilism and rebellion.''
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-And yet, in the cycles of history, he believed another renewal would come.''</blockquote>
+''And yet, in the cycles of history, he believed another renewal would come.''</blockquote>
 ==Core Curriculum pioneer==

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	Barzun was immediately made an instructor in the history department upon graduation, and worked as the research assistant of [[Carlton J.H. Hayes]], a historian of nationalism. After completing his [[PhD]] [[dissertation]] in [[1932]], entitled "The French Race: Theories of Its Origins and Their Social and Political Implications Prior to the Revolution," which countered the myth that the French aristocracy had emerged from "pure, Germanic" blood, he became a full professor in [[1945]], earned the [[Seth Low Professor of History]] chair in [[1960]], and became a [[University Professor]] in [[1967]].		Barzun was immediately made an instructor in the history department upon graduation, and worked as the research assistant of [[Carlton J.H. Hayes]], a historian of nationalism. After completing his [[PhD]] [[dissertation]] in [[1932]], entitled "The French Race: Theories of Its Origins and Their Social and Political Implications Prior to the Revolution," which countered the myth that the French aristocracy had emerged from "pure, Germanic" blood, he became a full professor in [[1945]], earned the [[Seth Low Professor of History]] chair in [[1960]], and became a [[University Professor]] in [[1967]].
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		+	The ''Times'' summarized his academic theories thusly:
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		+	<blockquote>''He traced periods of rise and fall in the Western saga, and contended that another fall was near — one that could cause “the liquidation of 500 years of civilization.” This time the decline would be caused not by scientism and absolutism, he maintained, but by an internal crisis in the civilization itself, which he believed had come to celebrate nihilism and rebellion.
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		+	And yet, in the cycles of history, he believed another renewal would come.''</blockquote>

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 ==Personal life==
-Barzun entered into a number of interesting marriages. His second wife was a distant cousin of Robert Lowell. His third, whom he married in [[1980]], a year after his second wife's death and at age 73, was a descendant of an original Jamestown colony settler. He was survived by her, his three children James, Roger and Isabel Barzun; 10 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren.
+Barzun entered into a number of interesting marriages. His second wife was a distant cousin of Robert Lowell. His third, whom he married in [[1980]], a year after his second wife's death and at age 73, was a descendant of an original Jamestown colony settler. He was survived by her, his three children James, Roger (a law school alumnus) and Isabel Barzun; 10 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren.
 ==External links==

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 '''Jacques Barzun''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1927|27]] [[PhD]] '[[1932|32]] was a cultural historian and was one of the great professors a Columbian could have in the mid-20th century. A distinguished Columbia alumnus, he ascended to the positions of [[University Professor]] and [[Provost]] over the course of his career. Born in France in [[1907]], Barzun died in [[2012]], at the incredible age of 104.
-==Barzun as an undergrad==
+==Childhood==
 After a very up and down childhood during which his home was an artistic salon ("I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries," Barzun said of the time) and during which he lost many friends and acquaintances to the [[First World War]] (so many of his teachers were at the front, in fact, that Barzun found himself promoted to their position as early as age 9) Barzun migrated to the US. As his ''[[New York Times]]'' obituary later quoted him saying, "I had read a lot of books about the Indians...I thought that I would come here and see Indians galloping across the plains." Instead, the ''Times'' dryly continued, "he went to Columbia."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/arts/jacques-barzun-historian-and-scholar-dies-at-104.html</ref>
 As an undergraduate, Barzun's intellectual influences included [[F. J. E. Woodbridge]], [[John Dewey]], [[Mark Van Doren]], and [[Mortimer Adler]]. But he was also consumed by extracurricular passions. He served as president of [[Philo]], drama critic for ''[[Spec]]'', editor of ''[[Varsity]]'', a now-defunct literary magazine, and started a tutorial service called "Ghosts Inc." He also wrote the [[1928]] [[Varsity Show]], ''Zuleika, or the Sultan Insulted''. According to classmates, he would type his ''Spec'' theatre reviews while still dressed in black tie and opera gloves. He graduated from [[Columbia College]] as [[valedictorian]] and [[Phi Beta Kappa]], winning a [[Philolexian Prize]] and the [[Richard H. Fox Prize]] to boot.

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 [[Image:Barzun.jpg|frame|right|Barzun on the cover of ''[[Columbia College Today]]'' ]]
-'''Jacques Barzun''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1927|27]] [[PhD]] '[[1932|32]] is a cultural historian and was one of the great professors a Columbian could have in the mid-20th century. A distinguished Columbia alumnus, he ascended to the positions of [[University Professor]] and [[Provost]] over the course of his career. Born in France in [[1907]], Barzun died in [[2012]], at the incredible age of 104.
+'''Jacques Barzun''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1927|27]] [[PhD]] '[[1932|32]] was a cultural historian and was one of the great professors a Columbian could have in the mid-20th century. A distinguished Columbia alumnus, he ascended to the positions of [[University Professor]] and [[Provost]] over the course of his career. Born in France in [[1907]], Barzun died in [[2012]], at the incredible age of 104.
 ==Barzun as an undergrad==