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Preparing for Third Year Review
That Blackguard has asked me what will happen at third year review. He was not interested in my answer, however, because he believes the public university which awarded him his degree is several tiers… more →
Professor Zero
Preparing for Third Year Review
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profacero wrote 4 days ago: That Blackguard has asked me what will happen at third year review. He was not interested in my answ … more →
The Triple Day
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: This is just one of Historiann’s interesting posts on women and academia. When I was in elemen … more →
"The Truth Is Bitter, I Want To Spit It Out"
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profacero wrote 2 months ago: When I was a large child we would hear concerts at the Palace of Music. We would see people like Pac … more →
Some Concerns About White People
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profacero wrote 3 months ago: Are they willing to integrate themselves into all facets of American society? Do they share core Ame … more →
Voice Four
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profacero wrote 3 months ago: Now I might really be over Reeducation, which was that in part because it involved not only becoming … more →
Beam Me Up
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profacero wrote 3 months ago: Despite all of my railings against the Twelve Stoners, despite my not wanting to visit their meeting … more →
Voice One
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: This new series of posts on voice is intended in part to work out some more ideas for my article on … more →
Independence Day
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: This post is being written in real time. There are posts coming up which actually predate it. Rememb … more →
How Was It for You? Terrible! And for You?
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: I keep saying I have vanquished Reeducation but it is never quite true. Now, however, I think I have … more →
The Legal History Blog
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: I used to have a recurring dream in which I called my mother from my office at Yale University, hold … more →
States of Our Fields: Open Thread
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: I am still on strike. But Samia recommends Londa Schiebinger, Has Feminism Changed Science? She says … more →
Postscript on Those Ladies. Excursus on Vampires Who Seek Blood, or on Cannibals Who Seek Fresh Meat.
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profacero wrote 5 months ago: Qui potest capere, capiat: this post is a bagatelle and footnote to various earlier posts, and I am … more →
From Lynn Hunt. The Ancestors.
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profacero wrote 5 months ago: This is perhaps a cryptic post. My implied audience is myself. I am still on strike, but the lecture … more →
On "Changing" Higher Education
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profacero wrote 5 months ago: First, an epigraph of sorts from Dr. Crazy, who first answered the question ten of us were asked. He … more →
The Moscow Rules
profacero wrote 6 months ago: As seen at Clio Bluestocking, The Moscow Rules: 1. Assume nothing 2. Never go against your gut 3. Ev … more →
Jeffrey Davidow
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profacero wrote 6 months ago: Read this on Davidow, from the Huffington Post. Look at his background, and observe his rhetoric. Ye … more →
A Second Heretical Post, a Story, and a Question
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profacero wrote 7 months ago: Heresy In my experience the decorous things to say are that teaching is fun, writing is work, publis … more →
A Heretical Post
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profacero wrote 8 months ago: Writing is fun and publishing is easy. I know it is heresy to say that, so I will repeat it througho … more →
Reverberating Whitemen
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profacero wrote 8 months ago: I have had strong reactions recently to various posts on how to be an academic, and to one on leavin … more →
