Jed Esty

Lit Prof@Penn. Studying the wax & wane of cultural power. *Future of Decline* (2022) on the Anglo ebb. *Cold War Victorians* (2027) on peak UK novels/US films.

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

In a sea of great books about the political economy of US or UK decline, https://t.co/b6qrHUfqw1 offers a brief comparative analysis. Culture matters: myths & beliefs are the hard news story. Optimism after MAGA: the US can still avoid UK-style superpower nostalgia.

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

Looking forward to this dialogue!

[Duncan Bell @DrDuncanBell]

New book, coming soon!

Duncan Bell & Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2026)

It's a short interdisciplinary volume in the recently launched OUP Literature and Politics series.

https://t.co/Pv6OHkKjXS

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

This seems right. And important.

[Tong Liu @LiuCarbuncular]

Drawing from my history and political lessons from East Asia, I think the U.S. is currently transitioning from a historical phase of blissful, unmediated, mythic, and unapologetic un-self-awareness to a new historical phase of (what I term) the civilization complex. Hence the

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

Opinion | When Viewpoint Diversity Means Conformity https://t.co/VXzEvIRJmZ

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

@paulnadal_ Brilliantly organized! Lucky students. And very generous of you to post and share. Thanks all around.

[U of MN Press @UMinnPress]

New release: @VergeGA 11.2
-Special issue/ The Asian Century: Idea, Method, Media
-Guest editors: @paulnadal_ @sea_fan
-With: @berijuraic @ctrlsave @jde2022 @jiesooup
-Article available #OA via @ProjectMUSE: https://t.co/Fp6A4ZbSbz

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

https://t.co/s0DmZjsk4X

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

https://t.co/HvzS79OUkD

[Nikhil Kamma @nikhilkamma]

@RnaudBertrand in the book Esty argues that America losing its international influence should not be seen as a negative thing. Infact when the British empire ended, British became very strong domestically. The same path exists for America too.

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

Bernie Sanders in statement issued as Harris is about to give her concession speech:
"It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them."

[Duncan Bell @DrDuncanBell]

Coming in 2025!

Sarah Cole and I have edited the Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells

There are 47 chapters covering a huge range of topics, written by scholars from literature, politics, history, sociology, and more

Table of Contents below
https://t.co/3ZgIKlK0rI

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

@johannawinant Will send you a guideline document I use now for oral exams. Students pick 3 passages for “real time” CR work and propose some long thematic threads for more synthetic discussions. 30 mins each —it’s time consuming! But great.

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

Kudos to Goodlad and Stone for this dense map of how bad AI can be for universities and for real knowledge-making. AI boosterism and Ed Tech flimflam ignore all these damaging forms of expropriation -- of workers, of ideas, of resources at large. Can't wait to read full essay!

[CriticalAIhttps://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/ @CriticalAI]

@chronicle @lizlosh @FTC 8/8
Folks, get the facts!
This thread walks you through the intro to the upcoming #CriticalAI special issue - due out any day! - on gen "AI" and the rise of bots.

(We can send proofs of the complete essay if you'd like to cite or add to your syllabi)
https://t.co/g15dWYN7nG

[The Stone Eye @TheStoneEye]

The grooves are back, the drinks are flowing, and the dance floor is hot. Our new single, Charlie the Stingray, is available NOW. This release also includes a lyric video AND an acoustic re-imagining of our tune Raindrops. Enjoy!

LISTEN AND WATCH AT https://t.co/vjzA1jzXJD

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

SNS is always a great conference! Grateful to @AarthiVadde and @SarahmQuesada for all they are doing to prepare a new round of fantastic exchanges. Worth it for all novel students scholars and fans!

[Aarthi Vadde @AarthiVadde]

1/2 Happy to be co-organizing with @SarahmQuesada, @novelstudies25 and @novelforum . Keynotes, speakers and seminar leaders include @vauhinivara, @S_DeGooyer, @brittlepaper, @PenFielding, @plotznik, @janiceclho, @kinohin, @jde2022, @TBewes

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

@pamthur Congratulations ! Finishing something like that is a huge deal— so much material, so much material you care about. Can’t wait to read!

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

@pamthur @johncusack

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

@MEASeybold Truly astonishing.

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

@foxxphelan Yes you’re right, Jim; thanks. A great piece by @LouisaJShepard and fantastic institutional support from @PennSAS and @PennEnglish —and of course @Egangoonsquad is not just a literary all star but an inspired teacher, journalist, and public advocate for what we do!

[Jed Esty @jde2022]

Penn English so grateful to Jennifer Egan for joining us as an Artist in Residence and for tirelessly, passionately championing the value of studying literature and the humanities at the university level. https://t.co/5gegZkqNGB