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Regalia and resolve: Holding space for the sacred at commencement

By Jonathan Isham | May 8, 2025

The Middlebury Commencement is in the realm of the sacred, in what sociologist Émile Durkheim called “the ritual sense of the word. It has … transcendental majesty.” What are its sacred elements?

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Letter to the Editor

By Jonathan Isham | October 14, 2021

"The Other Pandemic" (October 7, 2021), signed by Professor Jason Mittell on behalf of the AAUP Executive Committee and Working Conditions Committee, contains at least one false statement and one claim that cannot be supported by any known data. "Vermont case counts are currently higher than nearly ...

Jonathan Isham

Regalia and resolve: Holding space for the sacred at commencement

Letter to the Editor

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