Lots of great, short pieces in @mattrubery and Christopher Cannon's "Aurality and Literacy" forum in PMLA. The asynchronous two-track discussion of sound & speed from @maramills and @jonathansterne is one highlight.
Urgent! UPenn is looking to hire a Japanese studies librarian as soon as possible!
If they don't hire someone in the next 10 days or so, the position might become subject to a hiring freeze.
Please share widely.
https://t.co/2l1Br23nIl
Another reason to be alarmed by anti-vaxxers like our President: new study (still a preprint) finding evidence that countries w universal TB vaccination (BCG vaccine) have much lower rates of death from Covid-19 https://t.co/HGwC3KKcqy. (USA being a non-BCG country like Iran)
“It is very hard to believe an argument that literature is singularly complex, that only in the case of literature there can be no quantitative research.” Indeed. @fotisja in CA
The dawn has dawned on #DreamLab2019! Welcome to all of our participants who are busy at work and safely tucked away from the Philadelphia rain. Follow our hashtag for more updates throughout the week!
@saikatc@ltthompso@AOC Everything leaks, This is why social media was invented. So one can burn in their own fire. Words has no meaning it's just a marketing tool for fools. Dollas -Dollas bro is what matters in America. Do you call income inequality working for the Swamp.
No Lit prize on the menu at the Nobel Banquet this Monday. My take on the Swedish Academy's epic fail in 2018:
Gap Year in Stockholm https://t.co/ycbSlhOFxh via @publicbooks
Great piece by @TedUnderwood to kick off @RichardJeanSo 's new DH section in @PublicBooks: To prepare students for a world where information is filtered by computers, we will need a stronger alliance between the humanities and math. https://t.co/41XPRbvlzl
Nine months away, but if you’re a Humanities grad student located in the northeast, Penn’s summer 2019 DH training week might be worth penciling onto your calendar. We have lined up some really outstanding instructors and courses. @PennPriceLab https://t.co/ZpwDDTJeGM
Glad to see @pmlogan and @templedsc advertising this open field job in digital literary studies. This will be another addition to the steadily expanding, collegial group of DH faculty in Philly.