Monthly Archives: September 2007

bodies, bodies, bodies… and ears and rings and hoops

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Michael

Via confusion at the Blogora over what type of ears a graduate student is wearing, I read this Chronicle article about professional dress in academe. I too am confused about what type of ears the graduate student in this article … Continue reading →

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technology biff

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Michael

My first class went pretty well, but I couldn’t get the smart cart to work in order to show some information and some web resources to students. I got it figured out as class was ending and students were filling … Continue reading →

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do you ever conflate scholars?

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Michael

I am almost ashamed to admit this (but not so much that I’m not afraid to admit it here), but it wasn’t until recently that I realized that Harold Bloom and Allan Bloom were different people. I’m feeling a bit … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags, talk like a pirate day edition

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Michael

It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, but I refuse to celebrate (while it is fun, I feel somewhat uneasy about the whole concept, for reasons I can’t quite explain yet). Here’s some interesting stuff I want to catalogue/share: • Sometime … Continue reading →

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notes on academic agonism from Mike Rose

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Michael

I have one more thing to say about the kind of critique I tried to fashion [in Possible Lives]. Academic training is agonistic; graduate study instills in us the penchant for critique, and the disciplinary tools to do it. More … Continue reading →

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