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melmac.bsky.social
Teacher, researcher, writer on Victorian literature, culture, and politics; hot takes my own
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What happens when tens of thousands are suddenly out of work in an economy at full employment?

Two more weeks to apply to join us in Paris ! research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...

In spite of it all the research group I'm leading at Cornell is hiring a postdoc! We're looking for someone w a lit/cultural studies + DH background, esp those who employ data-driven or computational methods. 2-yr position, 1/1 teaching load. Apps due 3/21 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29746

Normalize teaching grad students how to ask for rec letters

New Element in Digital Literary Studies out here, free for two weeks -- spatial / mapping folks take note: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

My struggling student just asked if I’d tutor him in exchange for payment so I guess I’ve been bribed?

Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History- The University of Edinburgh - College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - School of History, Classics and Archaeology/History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU474/t...

Convo with Partner/colleague during bedtime ablutions: Him: got another cybersecurity training email. Think I’ll do that now and get it over with! Me: must gird loins visualize happy place meditate with calming intention pray on it….

Have you assigned undergrads annotations of digital texts in hypothes.is etc? If yes do you prompt them? Or let them go feral? Or both?

Post-doctoral fellow position in bioethics and health humanities, open to recent PhDs in #STS and #HistMed:

Two-year visiting assistant professor position for someone #earlymodern or #medievalsky to teach the history of western Europe, Byzantium, or the Islamic world, ca. 1000-1700; application deadline is February 21st. 👇

My husband/colleague just shared that he types “poop” in working manuscripts to keep track of cut paste items. Types poop in finder to get back to the spot. and I just fell in love all over again

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

A companion to our history lists, here's a list of books, chapters, and articles published in 2024 in lit studies by scholars working off the tenure track. Compiled by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social.

Folks, talk to me about Wix. Is it easy to use, especially if you aren't a coder? Do you like it, or not? Why? Thanks for any and all input! 😊

Thought I’d make my first post both positive and useful-so here’s a list of all of the free-to-view titles now available on the British Newspaper Archive: blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2024/09/19/a...

🚨 incredible job 🚨

Finally assimilating this obit and this loss— a poet & critic meet in an Indiana elevator, and together reshape the fundamental structure of literary criticism and, in the process, the general ideological field of the world. What a beautiful legacy. RIP.

Ok, #Bluesky, in the early/mid 90s in my #Bradford middle school, we had a songbook regularly used in middle school that contained Lennon, old folk songs, all very left wing songs, I remember it having a stained glass style cover. Does anyone remember what this was?!

Where are my Victorianists working on writing about/inspired by their own families, especially public-facing writing? Who is writing memoirs, family history, or doing scholarly/public crossover work that centers the personal and family? Please tell me about your projects & if you'd be up for a chat!

Someone at the other place said it was model UN energy over here. Maybe but I’m kinda here for it

Finally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.com

👋 1. Circular narrative structures in Bleak House 2. Metamodernism in Ali Smith novels

I love this so much

A scrum of firefighters just piled out from the vape shop and I have questions

My beloved coined the term “naked thanks” I think: the response you receive when you’ve spent 20min crafting an email that recounts the heroic favor you did for them

Caption this

Last call for #ChartismDay2024: University of Reading, Saturday 7 September. If you haven’t booked your place, please do it now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

well-conceived TT art history job at Sarah Lawrence for an early modern Europeanist who has a global perspective: slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2223

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