Laura Schechter

Full Lecturer, U of Alberta |
Researcher of early modern literature |
Friend to karaoke bars everywhere |

[Laura Schechter @lmschechter]

@krnhppr Oh yes! I loved them and keep an eye out when I'm shopping somewhere that seems likely to have them. 🖤

[U of A - EFS @UofA_EFS]

The Department of English and Film Studies invites you to join us next Wednesday at 3:30 PM in the Salter Reading Room (3-95 Humanities Centre) for research talks by three recent winners of a Roger S. Smith undergraduate research award.

[U of A - EFS @UofA_EFS]

The Department of English and Film Studies invites you to join us for the return of our popular 7-Minute Research Presentations series, next Wednesday, November 8th.

[N.S. Ahmed @NSAhmed99]

For those of us who are writers and readers, I noticed that a lot of folks aren't familiar with the rich canon of Palestinian literature and don't know where to begin reading. In response to this, down below is a thread of novels, non-fiction, and poetry about Palestine (🧵):

[Kristine Smitka @ksmitka]

If anyone is looking to do some Hallowe’en-themed thinking, this looks fun! #UAlberta

[Academic Teaching Staff (ATS) Constituency @ATS_UofA]

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to speak about potential solidarities, @CAUT_ACPPU! I'm buzzing with new ideas from #CASConf2023.

[AASUA @TheAASUA]

“We really are so concerned about our students, [and] we really love teaching," Contract Academic Teaching Staff Director @lmschechter said.

But trapping instructors in short term contracts "really limits what we can do, both in and outside of the classroom.”

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

Damaged ownership inscription of the Mughal emperor #Jahangir in a copy of #Saʻdi's Divan dated 995/1587 at Herat, copied by Muhammad al-katib (Add Ms 25812)
#ManuscriptMonday

[Monticello @TJMonticello]

Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) was an African American intellectual who challenged Jefferson's views on race through a series of letters in 1791.

Hear more about Banneker's remarkable life and correspondence with Jefferson from our new podcast episode: https://t.co/iOMAAfkHFV

[Laura Schechter @lmschechter]

A big thank you to @teelingkat and @The_Gateway for taking the time to talk to me and other @TheAASUA representatives during Fair Employment Week at #UAlberta. Working together, we can #MakeItFair!

[The Gateway @The_Gateway]

On October 17, AASUA held an online media event as a part of their annual Fair Employment Week, where they raised concerns regarding the U of A's new strategic plan SHAPE.
https://t.co/nuKGXwkXMJ

[Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @MEMOrients]

https://t.co/ketiurfyCP We have unearthed a wonderful MEMOries blog post for you today from our Events Editor @aishahussain96, exploring the discourse on Ottomans in Shakespeare's Henriad.

[Universities Canada | Universités Canada @univcan]

Universities Canada stands with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the face of today's protests against inclusive school policies. We believe in celebrating diversity, fostering understanding of differences and creating safe, inclusive and respectful learning environments for all.

[Academic Teaching Staff (ATS) Constituency @ATS_UofA]

Yes! We teach roughly half of the classes on campus. We deserve long-term contracts with easy conversion to career status or tenure-track. Our working conditions are students' learning conditions. #abpse #MakeItFair

[rabble.ca @rabbleca]

The anti-2SLGBTQIA+ #1MillionMarch4Children was vastly outnumbered today in cities across Canada by people who supported a message of acceptance and love. #protecttranskids #transrightsarehumanrights
https://t.co/6W5cmMm68y

[Ennius @red_loeb]

Micrography of Jonah being swallowed by the fish, at the text of Jonah, the haftarah for the afternoon service of Yom Kippur.
#YomKippur
BL Add 21160; 'the Yonah Pentateuch'; 13th century; Germany; f.292r @BL_HebrewMSS @BLAsia_Africa

[Marsh's Library @MarshsLibrary]

There's something a bit sock puppet-esque about this #manicule #ManiculeMonday #MondayMarginalia

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

Our new post by guest writer Shiva Mihan on an early copy of the Divan of Kamal Khujandi copied by the #Timurid calligrapher Jaʿfar Tabrizi https://t.co/ucfVvkLbri
#ManuscriptMonday

[Laura Schechter @lmschechter]

@fritzlechat That's awesome! So well deserved. Congratulations! 🥰🔥🍾

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

For #ManuscriptMonday a #Zoroastrian liturgical text in Avestan, the Videvdad sadeh (‘Law repudiating the demons’), dated 1642 from Iran. More on this manuscript (RSPA 230) at https://t.co/qxnbDYHl5f
#DiscoveringSacredTexts @BL_Learning