And the e-mail says: “Your research is so exciting. I cannot wait to read the paper.” (I have a lot to say about this but the reason I am putting it up here is that I am trying to internalize that working view of myself.) Axé.
I am looking up a branch of the family. At the level of our parents, many were born in the teens and twenties and that, in Denmark and the Faroes, was long ago — or so it seems to me; society has changed so very greatly there. Håkon Brinch, our grandfather the doctor, was born … More In which the past is more past than it once was
Mere om Norden — cruising among the islands of the North Atlantic, by the Arctic line … Here we sail from Iceland to the Faroes and beyond … Finally, I really liked this film although I understand the criticisms in the reviews. I like modern Icelandic very much and I think Iceland, which I have … More Cold Light
We can get these things at home now but I remember the excitement of their being rare and one seeing them in the cinema, and it being a special occasion. Here is the 1915 Alice in Wonderland, too. Let me not go on, all of these things are too fascinating and I love Scandinavian other-worldliness. … More 1922
So at one of the receptions I ran into a heavy researcher who asked me about a teaching project and said my ideas on teaching are right. Do you see? I am not actually crazy. #OccupyHE Axé.
One of my great problems is that I was always told it was important, for survival, not to be teaching oriented, and then only ever got jobs where teaching was the most important thing. I am intellectually challenging generally, so I am often considered a “bad” teacher. It has been made more than clear to … More Des étudiants
I must get this book for the footnotes to its introduction, and for general purposes. I also need Alcée Fortier’s history of Louisiana for what it may say about plaçage. It seems that the term itself comes from 20th century Haiti and as it was retroactively applied to New Orleans, referred to a different (and … More Creole Echoes, Alcée Fortier
“I’m so glad I’m fighting for my rights, singing glory Hallelujah, I’m so glad.” #OccupyHE Axé.
When I was a new assistant professor, starting the first day and lasting until Reeducation, I had an amount and kind of teaching and service that professors at R1 institutions do not dream of and especially, do not dream of not having the option of saying no to. I, as a student from such an … More How to get a lot written at a teaching and service oriented institution
Perhaps I do in fact merely have simple, Comparative Literature 1A-style writing problems. I never believed it before, my writing strategies were different, but at present I now believe in writing bad first drafts. #OccupyHE Axé.
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