Grandfather, teacher of history, historian of scholarship and reading
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This is probably true also for colonial Latin American jobs like mine. And also true for most early modernists. And if you are a specialists of Ancient or Medieval history, then forget about it. Basically all pre- modern fields are screwed. It’s horrible.
It is kind of wild to think that if you are a tenured or tenure-track early American lit prof, you are almost certainly the last person who will have that job in the history of your institution.
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Great piece by Richard Ovenden on the attack on the BL, ongoing efforts to restore services and the abject failure of government to provide necessary support. standard.co.uk/comment/briti…
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A fine essay on two great historians of science. intellectualhistory.web.ox.a…
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Thank you so much, David. This is really helpful.
James Sweet has started a pretty predictable Twitterstorm with his critique of “presentism,” and of “read[ing] the past through the prism of contemporary social justice issues—race, gender, sexuality, nationalism, capitalism.” But what is presentism? /1
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They always ask me for ID, despite my grey locks and beard. But the beer in my case contains alcohol.
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So sorry about the COVID. Feel better soon.
Back in Austin! I marked the end of the semester with a mostly wonderful trip to Germany & London (unfortunately I did encounter the dreaded covid at the end—apologies to those I owe emails). Getting back on my feet and looking forward to seeing folks in ATX before long.
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