I also sent that student this poster, as an example of a current Hispanic World academic activity around women and gender. Yes, it is only a beginning junior level course but now is the time, and this person wants to teach. More broadly, if people do not find out how to work now they will … More On due diligence
If one of the universities we have in common were a sugar plantation rather than a beach resort, she and I would be cousins; now the family resemblance is starting to show. Enough so that I am startled. Historian Carmen Iglesias has shown that as early as the fifteenth century Spain was already considered by … More Elena Delgado
The sun is so bright, the light is almost as white as it is in June at the 50th parallel. I stayed up impractically late, and I slept late. I am going to give this up but I like to sleep mornings in sunny rooms. I am not sick any more and I want to … More White light
I get to clock in another hour of work today, making five, because I have been experimenting with Lyx and that is what I am going to use. I will not have Scrivener, I will write in Lyx and put everything in well hierchized and well labeled files, old school style, and that is it. … More As e goes to infinity: further counter-advice on time
This is a proposed honors project in a 6th semester (if semester 1 is Spanish 1, and students do not take accelerated or summer courses) introduction to Cultural Studies for the Hispanic world. Professor Zero’s reaction to the proposal was stated more politely but it was, “That is not science!” Student did not understand and … More Problem research
So Clarissa taught my class this afternoon, via Skype. This was an excellent experience because I am not the expert on 18th century Spain she is, and Clarissa is a good lecturer, and the students were fascinated, and our class is better focused now. And I know how to Skype now, and I would be … More On my virtual university
“La representación literaria del incesto se liga íntimamente con la realidad histórica del mestizaje en Cuba. En una sociedad esclavista colonial la estratificación racial aseguraba la sobrevivencia de una minoría a base de categorías raciales exclusivas. En algún momento había que reprimir el concubinato racial para restaurar el patriarcado. La mera existencia de una clase … More Research question du jour
On the excuse of studying the 18th century I have discovered Lloyd DeMause, The History of Childhood (1974). It has led me to Gordon Rattray Taylor, an interesting person who wrote an allegedly psychoanalytic study of British childhood in the 18th century entitled The Angel Makers which was not well reviewed as he is a … More A cabinet of curiosities
In the fall, I teach to the language requirement and give a senior/graduate seminar that is in field for me but never for the students, so everything is a struggle. In the spring I teach intermediate and slightly advanced undergraduate courses, mostly out of field. It feels like curating a culture museum. Today we among … More Spring Culture Museum
I am trying to understand the 18th century and I do not. It is foreign. Sugar ruled the 18th century. Look at about minute 24. Then is now. Current political organizing techniques were invented by the British anti-slavery movement. Corporate strategies were counter-organizing by the sugar industry. Axé.
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