Georgetown College. Georgetown University.

Dr. Kafalas pauses for a moment in his research. (Photo: Roland Dimaya)

If you could choose to live anyone's life for a day, who would you choose?
Daniel Taylor, the countertenor—so I could sing Purcell like that, just for an evening. Is that so much to ask?

What three words would the people closest to you use to describe you?
Not Good Multi-tasker.

What is your favorite thing about Georgetown University?
Freedom to be inventive.

If someone wanted to find out more about your research, what would be the one tome you would recommend before others?
In Limpid Dream: Nostalgia and Zhang Dai's Reminiscences of the Ming (EastBridge, 2007)

What would you be doing if you weren't a professor at Georgetown University?
Arborist—not entirely unrelated as a profession, but uses one's attentiveness differently.

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