Too good not to share…to all my fellow writers out there who are anxiously waiting to hear what other people think about some new article, proposal, book, or any other written thing that you’ve poured your soul and mind into, just remember THIS:

I wrote a little thing about timekeeping anxieties in Henry VI, Part I! Available open-access for a limited time in postmedieval (along with lots of other cool pieces in this special edition)!

postmedieval@postmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo ago

technique—technology—technê ‘Technique: Alternate histories of expertise and experiment’—our 2025 double special issue—explores modes of making and questions of functionality, ornamentation, craft, artificiality, skill

Academic article proofs: does anybody else experience intense terror-laced-regret about your decision to write anything about any topic ever…with just a whiff of joy/relief mixed in… upon receipt of these things? Or just me?!

Meritocracy | Dr.Daniel Markovits | Author of The Meritocracy Trap | Professor at Yale Law School | Clip from a public interview/ talk.

ICYMI. In response to the EO that conflates Confederate monuments with “history,” @uncpress.bsky.social is offering my book on the history of these statues for FREE until April 11th. Here’s the link! www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...

No Common Ground (full reading copy) : The University of North Carolina Press

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#shax2025 —wonder what it’s like to work in the corporate world while still endeavoring to actively research & publish in the field? I’m doing it (admittedly imperfectly) and happy to talk. Let’s connect in Boston!

GOOD morning! 🦋☀️ A little levity to lift your sprits... The Macbeth!

#shax2025 PSA: flying United? Ralph Fiennes as Macbeth is on the in air entertainment. 😱 Please watch. And then find me in Boston so we can break it down with the kind of exhausting granularity only a couple of Shakes-nerds would enjoy.

As if Jeffrey Cohen hasn’t given us enough reasons to admire him as a scholar and academic leader, now this! Love the honesty…as I read his post right after I started a list of words from my earlier writing I hope never to catch myself using again! #1 : concomitant What’s on your list???

Jeffrey J Cohen@jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 2y ago

been thinking abt why I used such a difficult vocabulary when I wrote "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)" 30 (!!!) years ago partly it was bc I was so immersed in what was called critical theory at that time partly it was bc I wanted an unserious subject taken seriously mostly tho imposter syndrome

Universities are in crisis. We have forgotten that the only way to prepare for the future is to imagine the human in situations yet unknown and to explore the boundaries of the human condition. A focus on economic gain loses sight of all that might be possible.

Bronwyn Hayward@bmhayward.bsky.social · 2y ago

I do not yet have a comment on this but I ask all New Zealand researchers and businesses read this and consider the full impact of this signal #nzpol www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...

This has to be one of the coolest things I’ve heard of

Henning Hansen@henninghansen.bsky.social · 2y ago

Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.

Need some reading this weekend? Highly recommend the inaugural issue of PUBLIC HUMANITIES -- and especially "The Necessity of Public Writing" by @devoney.bsky.social emphasis on NECESSITY #humanities www.cambridge.org/core/journal...