Geoffrey Harpham is president and director of the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, NC. A specialist in literary studies, he is the author of eight books, the most recent of which is The Character of Criticism (Routledge, 2006). A description of the Center's initiative involving the sciences and the humanities is available on the Center's Web site: http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/. Address: National Humanities Center, 7 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Internet: geoffrey_harpham@ncsu.edu