First, everything is on fire; as bad as things have been looking, and continue to look, for English-language universities in Quebec (a long story I won't bother with at the moment), the Trump administration's war on academia has ramped up so dramatically in the US, and on so many fronts -- from arresting and deporting … Continue reading A quick, mid-apocalyptic update
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Providences
I'm not watching the presidential Inauguration today, but I hear that it has started to rain in Washington -- a fact that has provoked some bemused Twitter commentary on the judgment of the heavens, as well as one or two calls for lightning. And, as some historians have also pointed out, January 20 was the day that … Continue reading Providences
Shouting with a PhD
My first week of teaching -- as a teaching assistant, at Columbia -- was the week of September 11, 2001. I was 23, just starting the second year of my PhD, and I'd spent much of the summer frantically reading everything I could to prepare myself for being in the classroom. Then Tuesday morning happened. … Continue reading Shouting with a PhD
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