Suicide note, via Clarissa. He sounds like a great person. That was a post from January 10, 2011 and I am moving it here and adding to it for the upcoming anniversary since this is a very interesting case. Zeller speaks of “the darkness” and his is very serious but I know in a smaller … More Bill Zeller, and those Andeans
In a true Danish Christmas there would be Lutheran Mass but we went to a Catholic one. It was very beautiful, the full ceremony with costumes and processions that I tend to forget are done now and not only in the late Middle Ages. These things were remarkable as well as inspiring and uplifting. Without … More Rhyme of the Norn Guest
I now see why I have had these Moustaki song fragments floating through my head all semester: when I was my exchange student’s age I also lived in France, and it was Moustaki songs that floated out of the cafés in the Rue Mouffetard. This song is about the Mediterranean spring and García Lorca would … More Ahora que es primavera
It is privatized and this makes care much less accessible but people are being told this is Obama’s fault and not Jindal’s. Axé.
Here is a very good post on the proposed overhauls of Ph.D programs. Did you expect to get an academic job, though? At Berkeley we were always told not to expect to get jobs, and I fully expected my academic career to end when I filed my dissertation. This may be part of my problem … More Brave New Ph.D
The last day of classes is May 3. Finals are May 6-10. Graduation is May 18 and if my summer classes make, I must meet them in Mexico City the next morning. I did not choose that summer schedule and I intend to defend myself by not giving finals and not attending graduation. Furthermore, Jazzfest … More Spring
Last week I completed required ethics training, in which I was taught what a bribe was and informed I should not take these. At the same time a distinguished professor at my university, one who sits in an endowed chair, was arrested during a drug sweep at a strip club here. He had just hired … More University diary
Here is a reading list for students considering graduate work in Spanish. Here is my list for students considering Latin American literature as a secondary field for the Ph.D in another literature. Like the SMT list, it is not a reading list for the actual examination, but a preliminary list. * Here is an ancient … More Reading lists
Thursday night my mother fell such that she is now in the hospital, and my colleague’s mother committed suicide. I am still grading, and today I am creating and hosting the department party. My general thesis appears to be that academic advice exists not to advise, but to suggest to people that events can be … More Chocant
I think the reason you are to publish your revised dissertation as a book is to liberate it from the committee. Also, while you are doing this you see the shape of the next book come into view. I think this is a good plan generally. This project I have is not the next book … More Four ghostly monsters
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