Fraternal Studies, Symbology, Ritology, Freemasonry

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My Work and Foucault's Genius: Foucault, Barthes, Said, Aglaeca (2010)

Recent comparison of some of my work to that of Foucault is really a huge...

 

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Bibliography of Fraternalism: Film Clip (2009)

Not all materials are going to end up on the Web. Some will always be...

 

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Rivals at War Over Burns's Apron, The Sunday Times, Scotland (2009)
 

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Robert Burns, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, and the Mystery of the Master’s Apron, International Conference on the History of Freemasonry (2009)
 

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The Mexican Viceroy's French Cooks: Masonic Mysteries in the Palace Kitchens, Plumbline, The Scottish Rite Research Society (2009)

The hitherto obscure eighteenth-century history of Freemasonry in Mexico is illuminated by the records of...

 

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Masonic Vocabulary (2009)

This is another of my talks that I frequently give to a lodge. Since the...

 

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More About the Apron That Wasn't, The Times, London (2009)

The Times, both in Scotland and London, had a real field day with the story...

 

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Robert Burns's Apron (Power Point presentation), International Conference on the History of Freemasonry (2009)
 

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The Lost Secret (2009)

This is taken from my study of Freemasonry viz Dan Brown's The Lost Secret

 

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The Merits of Secrecy (2009)

This is one of the talks which I give on occasion to a lodge, and...

 

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The Lost Symbol and Dan Brown: Masonic Secrets of Washington, Lodge Obelisk (2007)

This was originally a talk given in British Columbia in 2007, then in Geneva, and...

 

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Brotherly Love in Philadelphia: Reports of Its Demise are Exaggerated (2003)

While concentrating on Philadelphia, the paper by inference supports the idea that the study of...

 

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Masons and Greeks: A Brief Lodge Address (2003)

In any large city there are dozens of lodges, and they often are looking for...

 

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The Medallion, Phi Beta Delta, The Medallion (2002)

The Fall 2002 issue of The Medallion of Phi Beta Delta include several articles about...

 

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The Shriners, Vancouver Sun (2002)

This interview i gave to the Vancouver Sun bring up some of the controversies surrounding...

 

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Freemasonry and Phi Beta Kappa, The Scottish Rite Journal of Freemasonry (2002)

In Washington my offices actually permit a glimpse of the offices of Phi Beta Kappa...

 

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Social Change and Freemasonry: The Scottish Rite's Primacy Rite, Freemaosnry on Both Sides of the Atlantic (2002)

The rural or urban setting helped to determine the Masonic rite which grew and prospered...

 

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Cliometrics of Freemasonry, World Vernacular Congress (2002)

Attention to the membership statistics of fraternal groups has been given much importance because of...

 

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National Differences in Freemasonry: The Gap Between America and Mexico, Freemasonry on Both Side sof the Atlantic (2002)

The Columbia book Freemasonry on Both Sides of the Atlantic included a number of papers...

 

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Freemasonry, the Greeks, and Stepping, The National Conference on Stepping (2001)
 

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Scottish Rite Research Society (2001)

The Scottish Rite Research Society is one of many Masonic historical groups, but certainly one...

 

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The Egyptian Influence on Nineteenth Century Freemasonry, Nineteenth Century Studies Association (2001)
 

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The Ku Klux Klan as an Influence Outside the Deep South, American Culture Association (2001)

The Ku Klux Klan is a ritualistic fraternal organization, which puts it into the same...

 

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The Cardenista Masonic Rite, Heredom (2000)

First as a conference presentation and in the pages of Heredom, and then in another...

 

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The Mystery of Mathew Carey, Heredom (2000)

The discovery of letters in the archives of the Historical Society in Philadelphia led to...

 

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Orangeism and Freemasonry, American Political Science Association (1994)

The Orange Order has figured prominently in Irish political history and particularly in the problems...

 

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Narrowing the Gap Between Numismaticists and Masonic Jewel Enthusiasts, Diadem (1993)

This was probably the first article to appear in Diadem, the journal for Masonic medal...

 

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The Supposed Universal Hospitality of Lodges (1992)

The important point about this contribution to an email list is the date, 1992. At...

 

Publishing

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The American Academy of Political and Social Science in the Twenty-first Century, Annals of the American Academy (2003)

One of the fixtures in academic publishing for decades was the familiar and stark orange...

 

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Plagiarism (2002)

This email exchange speaks for itself. The fact that it was a tenured professor is...

 

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Publishing on Demand, SHAFR (2001)

When SAHFR published this piece of mine I was President Elect of the Policy Studies...

 

North American Studies

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Is There a North American History and Culture?, Fifth Congress of the Americas (2004)
 
Opus Dei, Americna Political Science Association (1997)

Early on in studying the secret sociites of Mexico, the point was not lost on...

 

Social Capital

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Bowling Alone Revisited (2005)

The controversy over American social capital that was fueled by Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" work...

 

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Voluntarismo en Estados Unidos y el debate de Robert Putnam, Visiones de Estados Unidos y Canadá desde América Latina (2003)

El debate en tomo a "bolear solo" (Bowling Alone) que inicio Robert Putnam respecto a...

 

Middle East Studies

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Creating the Arabian Gulf - Jacket (2009)

The design of the cover for the newest edition of Creating the Arabian Gulf really...

 

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Rupert Hay and Kurdistan, Two Years in Kurdistan (2009)

Among my Middle East contributions have been editions of classic texts, many relating to the...

 

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Iraq and Hubris, Digest of Middle East Studies (2007)

This review is perhaps too glib, but it reflects my concern about the need for...

 

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Introduction to the Middle East: Syllabus (2002)

This is a syllabus for Mexican undergraduate students, some of whom had real hurtles with...

 
Inventing Tradition & Freemasonry: The Craft and the Arabs, Freemasonry on Both Sides of the Atlantic (2002)

Articles about the Middle East and the Arabs viz Freemasonry by me and with my...

 

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Ends and Means in Iraq, Albion (1994)

Certainly in 1994 I did not think the history of Mesopotamia would be as important...

 

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The Bahrain Schools, Educational Research & Perspectives (1987)

The history of education in the Gulf includes a number of early school schemes that...

 

Cover Jacket of Creating the Arabian Gulf

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Creating the Arabian Gulf - Jacket (2009)

The design of the cover for the newest edition of Creating the Arabian Gulf really...

 

Projects

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Eugenia Perez (2009)

Eugenia Perez is a supremely gifted Mexican artist. I have had the privilege of providing...

 

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Bibliotecas (2008)

Over the years I have donated items to Dartmouth, the Essex institute, Eton College, Harvard,...

 

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Residential Colleges (2006)

Starting as an undergraduate in one of Harvard's residential colleges, Dunster House, and reinforced by...

 

Bibliography

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Bibliography of Fraternalism: Film Clip (2009)

Not all materials are going to end up on the Web. Some will always be...

 

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Lydia Phillips and Mathew Carey, National Heritage Museum Notes (2009)

Mathew Carey was an important Philadelphia publisher in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries....

 

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American Grand Lodge Proceedings (2007)

This presentation at the international conference on Freemasonry hosted by the Grand Lodge of Scotland...

 

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Wonders of Web and Internet: Cyber Research (1953)

As the web grows, more surprising things appear every day. I had forgotten completely about...

 

Fraternal Rituals re. Symbology, Ritology, Freemasonry

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52 Weekly Thoughts About Phi Beta Delta (2004)

The little book of weekly thoughts which I wrote for Phi Beta Delta fulfills a...

 

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Initiations (2004)

These are photographs of the presentation in Houston of Phi Beta Delta medallions to the...

 

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Rupert Sheldrake, Contemporary Philosophy (2000)

Rupert Sheldrake is the controversial scientist who has suggested that many acts are somehow "saved"...

 

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Rupert Sheldrake 2, Contemporary Philosophy (2000)
 

Congress Management

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The Future of Talking Heads, Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations Newsletter (2001)

In founding the Congress of the Americas, World Vernacular Congress, and the Dupont Summit, I...

 

Syllabi

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Introduction to the Middle East: Syllabus (2002)

This is a syllabus for Mexican undergraduate students, some of whom had real hurtles with...

 

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Syllabus: Ritual, Religion and Politics (1998)

Unfortunately we seldom get to teach our special interests, because most departments are challenged by...

 

Harvard

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David Roberts and The Mountain of My Fear (1986)

The travel writer and famous mountain climber David Roberts and I were both in the...

 

Policy Studies Organization

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Walter Beach, Policy Studies Journal and Elsewhere (2006)

A variation of these remarks was part of the memorial service I led for Walter...

 

Do I Think Policy Research Helps the World?

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Do I Think Policy Research Helps the World? (2009)

Does the work done by policy scholars have any real effect on the world? Are...

 

Computing and Internet

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Latin American Education's Computing Crisis (2003)

For a number of years I went around the world beating the drum for the...

 

Religion and Politics

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The Internationalization of American Religions: Mormonism and Mexico, Congress of the Americas (2001)

America has exported a baker's dozen of religions, and Mexico has been close enough to...

 

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Opus Dei, American Political Science Association (1997)

Opus Dei plays an important role in Mexico and Latin America, and invites comparisons with...

 

Latin American and Mexican Studies

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Subaltern Sombrero Studies: Underclasses Get Notice, Journal of Interamerican Stuides and World Affairs (1997)

Latin American subaltern studies are in vogue, the meaning of "subaltern" having been enlarged since...

 

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Patriarchy in Old Mexico, HNet (1995)

Fraternal studies are adjacent to gender studies -- fraternal societies have often been exclusively male...

 

Photo Essays

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Photo Essay on Veracruz Masonic Temple (2009)

My teaching assistant of some years past, Carlos Cruz, took a great set of pictures...

 

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Masonic "White Magic" Masonry in Morelia, Mexico (2000)

One variety of Freemasonry in Mexico is called white Masonry, or house Masonry, and although...

 

Australia

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Australian Education, Educational Research and Perspectives (1991)

"When in Rome" has been my rule, so during stints in Australia I tried to...

 

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Commentary for the Inaugural Issue, World Medical & Health Policy (2010)

Dr. Paul Rich, President of the Policy Studies Organization, introduces the editors of World Medical...