Estelle Sedgewick: Difference between revisions

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Professor Sedgewick became Senior Fellow of Languages in 240AC
She has mastered more than 40 languages, and is a leading authority in the ancient languages of the Perplex City region
She maintains a particular emphasis on techniques of teaching languages to the very young
Professor Sedgewick holds a fellowship in Comparative Philology at the Centre for Reality Research, and is an advisor to the Department of Natural Sciences on self-regulating translation protocols
She has won both the Huntingdon and the McKan prizes for her translations of classic works of literature, and continues to hold a PCAG record in the linguistic category
Professor Sedgewick's lifetime of achievement in the field of language research is now honoured by the annual Sedgewick lecture, given by a scholar on a topic of popular interest
She is one of less than 20 people in the city who speak Ryfa and Darudin
In 263, the Carrick Foundation named the Sedgewick Travel Bursary in her honour, to enable a young Academician to spend a year traveling for the purposes of linguistic research
Professor Sedgewick has been a radical force for change in the city, with a history of protesting issues of environmental and city concern
She is on the board of the Alchemy Bay Society, the Catbite Nature Protection Fund and is an active member of the Mazy Trust.

Has "a long and colourful history of civil disobedience, including a notorious incident in 248 in which her students organised a public foreign-language debate over the environmental policies of the Council on the steps of City Hall as their final project."
Arrested at a protest against development of the Northside Nature Preserve, as one of the organizers/speakers
Has spoken out against Sente Kiteway's approach to retrieving the cube, suggesting the theft may have been an act of war by Earthlings.
Was present at the rally against the Academy Museum War exhibit; spoke publicly against.

Perplex City Sentinel
- article, "Five Arrested During Northside Protest" (link)
- letter, 18 April from J. Beloc, Earth: (link)
- article, 08-SEP-05 "Iona Interviews... Sente Kiteway" (link)
article, 03-OCT-05 "Museum Protesters Rally After War Exhibit Announced" (link)

Perplex City Academy Languages Department
- http://www.perplexcityacademy.com/departments-lang.html

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 *Arrested at [[Northside conflict|a protest against development]] of the [[Northside Nature Preserve]], as one of the organizers/speakers
 *Has spoken out against [[Sente Kiteway]]'s approach to retrieving the cube, suggesting the theft may have been an act of war by Earthlings.
+*Was present at the rally against the [[Academy]] [[Museum]] [[The War|War]] exhibit; spoke publicly against.
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 **letter, 18 April from J. Beloc, Earth: ([http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcitysentinel.com/18.04.05/letters/index.html link])
 **article, 08-SEP-05 "[[Iona Rodie|Iona]] Interviews... [[Sente Kiteway]]" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/09/iona_interviews_4.html link])
+*article, 03-OCT-05 "[[Museum]] [[Soo-Yung Rosenthal|Protesters]] Rally After [[The War|War]] Exhibit Announced" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/10/museum_proteste.html link])
 *'''Perplex City Academy''' Languages Department
 **http://www.perplexcityacademy.com/departments-lang.html