Epistle to the late night
Dear evening, I very much enjoy your company at times such as this evening, when I love to unwind at the end of a day and contemplate ideas that I usually do not have time to. But that’s not this evening. You may notice me at 1 am with a stack of student papers, not […]
Michael Bérubé Tuesday
I’m too exhausted right now to think too much about Bérubé’s visit today. I know that his synapses work at least three times as quickly as mine do, he and I disagree about the definition of cultural studies (and at and on this point I think he’s right), and we also disagree about the underlying […]
Critical thinking and cultural work
I have another hour or so of work to do before bed, out of a combination of weekend-long computer woes, an uncooperative body, scheduling near-misses, and a delayed plane. But as a result of Michael Bérubé’s visit this week, I’ve been thinking about What’s Liberal about the Liberal Arts? and his discussion of his classes. […]
Michael Bérubé in Tampa Tuesday!
I’m exhausted and probably should head to bed soon, but Professor of Dangeral Studies Michael Bérubé is the honored guest of the United Faculty of Florida USF Chapter, who is bringing him to the University of South Florida to talk Tuesday, 5:15 pm (CHEM 100), about academic politics. I’m happy. I will also be running […]
I want to be able to lead a double life
At the end of the week and looking forward (not!) to a rush-hour drive to a hotel for a weekend meeting, I realize that I really want to have the time to lead a double life, because I have double the obligations of what will fit into 24 hours a day. I feel rather productive […]