Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau (jberlinerblau.com) is a professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University and an MSNBC columnist. He writes about political secularism, free-speech controversies in the arts, and American higher education. He is the author of numerous books, including Campus Confidential: How College Works, or Doesn’t, for Professors, Parents, and Students (Melville House). His forthcoming work is Can I Laugh at That? Global Comedic Controversies in the Digital Age (University of California Press).
Stories by this Author
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The Review | Opinion
Protest and Perish
Activism cannot be allowed to drown out academe’s core functions. -
The Review | Opinion
They’ve Been Scheming to Cut Tenure for Years. It’s Happening.
We’re in the execution phase of the profession’s demise. -
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The Review
Bad Religion in the Ivory Tower
Scholars of religion should have seen the Capitol riot coming. They didn’t. -
The Review
After Coronavirus, the Deluge
Administrators have been waiting for the opportunity to finish what they started. Watch out. -
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The Review
Better College, Better Scholars, Right? Not So Much
Which profs end up where is pretty damn arbitrary. -
The Review
You Probably Won’t Get Tenure. Get Your Ph.D. Anyway.
The one broadly marketable skill a humanist might acquire in graduate school is the ability to teach. -
The Chronicle Review
Teach or Perish
The professoriate needs to refocus on students or face extinction. -
The Chronicle Review
The Crisis in Secular Studies
Political, theological, and postmodern prejudices cloud a crucial field. Consider Charles Taylor.