Quotation of the year
14/11/2013
Actually heard: We cannot hire because anyone qualified would not come here unless they had severe emotional problems. #OccupyHE. Axé.
Category: What Is A Scholar?
Muy interesante
11/11/2013
I have not seen Twelve Years a Slave yet, but I am substituting it. Axé.
Afsnit syv
10/11/2013
When I know enough to truly understand this essay, I will consider myself educated. Think of the darkness and the great cold In this valley, which resounds with misery. – Brecht, Threepenny Opera Fustel de Coulanges recommended to the historian, that if he wished to reexperience an epoch, he should remove everything he knows about … More Afsnit syv
Things I could do with a good vita
10/11/2013
Look. My research interests are not out of date at all and there are grants in my home town for these — although I think they are limited to UC faculty. Still, I think I should find a way to go hang out in S.B. sometime. The next time I go to San Francisco, I … More Things I could do with a good vita
L’écriture
10/11/2013
I will submit paper #2 to that journal. I will finish paper #1 and send it somewhere. I will write that op-ed and send it to The Nation. I have two book reviews to finish. I must also write this paper, although I do not have complete control of the material yet. Finishing paper #1 … More L’écriture
Of random weekend interest
09/11/2013
This documentary includes clips from the first Soviet color film, and other color footage from the 1939-1945 war. I have not seen it all, but it is interesting, especially as we have now entered permanent war. There is footage of Japanese-Americans entering their concentration camps as well. I should be going to Twelve Years a … More Of random weekend interest
On the failure of dissertation advice books
07/11/2013
Anxious doctoral researchers can now call on a proliferation of advice books telling them how to produce their dissertations. This article analyzes some characteristics of this self-help genre, including the ways it produces an expert-novice relationship with readers, reduces dissertation writing to a series of linear steps, reveals hidden rules, and asserts a mix of … More On the failure of dissertation advice books
King Alexander
03/11/2013
#OccupyHE. Axé.
Un misterio
03/11/2013
I am teaching two sections of Spanish 3. Students have no aural comprehension of Spanish, no speaking ability, no sense of syntax, and very little ability to read the readings in the textbook, which is a common textbook they are using for the third semester in a row. Some of them say that in their … More Un misterio
E agora, José / Dulzura por dulzura
31/10/2013
I will post for my class, and then I will go home. At home, I will write my letter of recommendation and read Mignolo. I will return to campus early to deliver the letter, and I will clear up matters around the office, particularly with regard to grading papers. I will create a format for … More E agora, José / Dulzura por dulzura
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