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.
Sound City
13/11/2013
We are to see this. I have seen Muscle Shoals and Twelve Years a Slave and preferred the former, which makes me a lightweight. Axé.
Self-portrait on the border between Mexico and the United States
11/11/2013
1932. Axé.
Muy interesante
11/11/2013
I have not seen Twelve Years a Slave yet, but I am substituting it. Axé.
Las alarmas del dr. Américo Castro
10/11/2013
I do not know things, so I did not know about this by Borges, but I need it for my LASA piece. Mignolo discusses it on page 129 of La idea de América Latina. (Do you see that I am doing research again?) 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 My research interests are not out of date at all and there are grants in my home town for these — although I think they are limited to UC faculty.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
hooks/Harris-Perry
10/11/2013
This conversation is surely worth watching. Axé.
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
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