#Humanities

Jacquelyn Ardam

jaxwendy

Because it is *that time* of year for many academics, I'm going to do a thread about my experiences applying for non-academic jobs and academic (but non-faculty) jobs. I hope

Ryan Cordell aka Ryan Cordrell

ryancordell

The @rarebookschool annual report includes this great photo of David Vander Meulen, faculty there & in English at UVA. Seeing it prompts to to tell a little Saturday story about

David Wallace-Wells

dwallacewells

Next month, @timdugganbooks will publish my big climate book, The Uninhabitable Earth, in which I try to take a very broad, and very long, view of the state of the

Dr. Erik Wade

erik_kaars

Thread: Did you know cats feature in early medieval law? The 10th-cent Welsh Laws of Hywel Dda listed the qualities of a good cat: “that it not devour its kittens,

Gastronomica

Gastronomica

Welcome! @Gastronomica is thrilled to join the @ASFS_org @afhvs_org #foodstudies20 Twitter conference with a panel titled, “The Barriers of Academic Journals, and How to Break Them” This panel was planned

Hiro 🖤❤️ s̷ ̷h̷ ̷e̷ ̷i̷ ̷t̷ ̷h̷

bioplast_hero

When you need me • #sheith #angst threadKeith helps Shiro find the strength to leave his abusive boyfriend and find a fresh start. Long-distance best friends modern AU. Also I

Emmett Macfarlane

EmmMacfarlane

10 years ago I was smack dab in the middle of a two-year postdoc down at Harvard. Right now grad students are working on their applications for a variety of

Dr Ben Britton

BMatB

This is a very important development for the UK energy sector - nuclear currently generates about ~21 % of UK electricity, but a significt fraction of existing supply will retire

Dr. Stephennie Mulder

stephenniem

Oops! Looks like someone hasn't read the UNESCO 1970 convention. Manuscripts are in fact explicitly protected, as are *cough* incunabula. Let's have a thread about provenance, UNESCO, and the priciest

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Why do historians use terms like "the Middle Ages" or "the Renaissance" but get cross about it all the time? And keep forbidding things like "the Dark Ages"? Isn't it

Eduardo Sanchez

edusanchez19us

1/13 Trump's assault on the USPS was a stab at the technological heart of it. If done by a foreign power, this would be considered an act of war.The fact

Justin Karter

justinkarter

OK, I can't stop thinking about @SocialDilemma_ and @shoshanazuboff's #SurveillanceCapitalism. Here are some more thoughts and provocations for those interested in debating and discussing these issues. 1/17 We live in

Kristin Leong

kristinleong

Books by & about POC weren't *banned* in the school where I taught. BUT when I pushed for the 6th grade #ELA curriculum to include at least ONE author &

Jared Longshore

JaredLongshore

Stimulus breakdown courtesy: @Chocolate_Knox via Baba Jab via Former State Rep Glen Bradley.$100,000,000 to NASA, because, who knows why.$20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why not$300,000,000 to the Endowment for the

Ben Williamson

BenPatrickWill

We need to talk about social-emotional learning.I know a family whose child is seriously struggling right now. So I am sympathetic to amazing school efforts, and parents seeking help. But

Ian Alan Paul

bienmaspreciado

Austere ThoughtSome personal notes on the decline of the university and my decision to leave it. 1/ I've been employed as a tenure-track assistant professor of art for the last