Been a while since I have had time to read articles, but I am happy that I took the time to read ‘Student evaluations of teaching (mostly) do not measure teaching effectiveness’ by Anne Boring, Kellie Ottoboni and Philip B. Stark. I will just quote some of their conclusions – though I was aware of… Continue reading What do student evaluations measure?
BBC: Art of Scandinavia
So, if you watch BBC’sĀ Art of Scandinavia, you get the impression that there were and are no noteworthy female artists (one Danish female artist is mentioned and that is in a somewhat negative light as part of the rampant nationalism of the mid 19th century). [I have not seen the Swedish episode yet, but the… Continue reading BBC: Art of Scandinavia
Translations of Danish Poet Marianne Koluda Hansen
A little while ago, I was in contact with poet and translator Michael Goldman, who has translated two collections of poems by Marianne Koluda Hansen. To be honest, I had never heard about Marianne, and this made me regret that there will be no Danish Review this year (the project is not dead, merely in… Continue reading Translations of Danish Poet Marianne Koluda Hansen