My Fellow Faculty

Dear Readers,

I have decided that you might enjoy descriptions of my colleagues who are also full faculty in the Department of Anachronism. Our full faculty are among the best and brightest, taken from across history and for the study of humanity throughout time. Without further ado:

Dr. John Skylar, Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Memorial Professor of Anachronism: Well, this is me. For now I believe it is more prudent to avoid revealing details of my life.

Dr. George Sphrantzes, Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Memorial Professor of Classical Anachronism: Dr. Sphrantzes is an "original," and comes to us shortly after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in your timeline. In time-normal life, he was a famous chronicler of the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire, and he and I both agree that his vilification of our Provost, Loukas Notaras, the last mega doux of the Empire, has held back his career at the University. I try to help out Sphrantzes wherever possible. Thankfully, his tenure, and our President, protect him.

Dr. Amelia Earhart, Professor: Dr. Earhart is one of the "newest" additions to our staff. She made quick strides to advance her education on arrival, and is an indispensible asset. Her unique understanding of adventures and adventurers leaves her especially well-suited to studies of periods of human expansion and exploration. As soon as another named chair opens, Dr. Earhart is destined for it.

Sir Francis Bacon, Professor: In life, Sir Bacon was the pioneer of what you would think of as "modern" science. He created the idea of rigorous experimentation, and his philosophies of truth laid the groundwork for your "modern" investigational science. At the University, he stays up to date on the evolution of philosophy after his death in an unfortunate chicken-freezing incident. He also examines different schema of philosophy from other time streams, and is our resident expert on source criticism and types of evidence.

Dr. Francesco Petrarca, aka Petrarch, Professor: Petrarch is a very singular human being, and our faculty here is augmented beyond description by his presence. His humanist philosophies helped to pull your time stream from the Middle Ages, and he was the first to refer to that period as a "dark age." He lived on the very edge of that age, before your world resurged in the Rennaisance. At the University, he busies himself with understanding the causes of dark ages and rennaisance-like events.

One of our main problems at the University is advancing female faculty; it has thus far been difficult to convince some of the other faculty from less accepting eras that a more egalitarian approach is prudent. Hopefully we will be able to remedy this situation.

And so, my friends, those are my closest colleagues and our Department's shining stars. I hope you enjoyed reading about them.

Always,

Dr. John Skylar
Chairman
Department of Anachronism
University of Constantinople