Eric Calderwood
@ericcalderwood.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Literature at University of Illinois. Interested in al-Andalus, Morocco, Spain, comparative literature, multilingualism, cats, hip hop, and movies.
Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social!
Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Black Knights
A new account of racial logics in premodern Islamic literature. In Black Knights, Rachel Schine reveals how the Arabic-speaking world developed a different form of racial knowledge than their Europe...
press.uchicago.edu
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social!
Congrats to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social!
The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel-Adult is THE SENTENCE by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Congrats to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social!
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I just learned that my book Taco is now available as an audiobook across all major platforms! Here is a sampling of options!
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I just learned that my book Taco is now available as an audiobook across all major platforms! Here is a sampling of options!
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For The Indian Express Bangalore’s Writer’s Corner, I talked about how my undergraduate years in Bangalore, and the many hours spent in Blossom bookshop, shaped my science fiction writing:
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
Writer’s Corner: Gautam Bhatia looks back at a path straddling law and science fiction
A graduate of Bengaluru's NLSUI, Gautam Bhatia has written 3 sci-fi novels so far -- The Sentence, The Wall, and The Horizon.
indianexpress.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For The Indian Express Bangalore’s Writer’s Corner, I talked about how my undergraduate years in Bangalore, and the many hours spent in Blossom bookshop, shaped my science fiction writing:
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
Hivemind: I’m sharing an inquiry from a colleague.
Can you suggest readings about the attack on Middle East and South Asian Studies programs, post 9/11 and now? Or other readings related to the challenges confronting area studies programs and centers?
Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions!
Can you suggest readings about the attack on Middle East and South Asian Studies programs, post 9/11 and now? Or other readings related to the challenges confronting area studies programs and centers?
Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions!
July 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hivemind: I’m sharing an inquiry from a colleague.
Can you suggest readings about the attack on Middle East and South Asian Studies programs, post 9/11 and now? Or other readings related to the challenges confronting area studies programs and centers?
Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions!
Can you suggest readings about the attack on Middle East and South Asian Studies programs, post 9/11 and now? Or other readings related to the challenges confronting area studies programs and centers?
Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions!
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It feels bad, frankly, to ask anyone to pay attention to this right now. But my book is out! www.ucpress.edu/books/values...
Proud to say it’s open-access. (But please recommend to your libraries!) If you read any of it, let it be the acknowledgements. None of this was possible without them.
Proud to say it’s open-access. (But please recommend to your libraries!) If you read any of it, let it be the acknowledgements. None of this was possible without them.
Values That Pay by Kendra Salois - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
April 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It feels bad, frankly, to ask anyone to pay attention to this right now. But my book is out! www.ucpress.edu/books/values...
Proud to say it’s open-access. (But please recommend to your libraries!) If you read any of it, let it be the acknowledgements. None of this was possible without them.
Proud to say it’s open-access. (But please recommend to your libraries!) If you read any of it, let it be the acknowledgements. None of this was possible without them.
I’m delighted to share my interview with journalist Osama Esber about my latest book, “On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus":
www.majalla.com/node/325522/...
@harvardpress.bsky.social
www.majalla.com/node/325522/...
@harvardpress.bsky.social
الباحث الأميركي إيريك كالدروود: كلٌ يغني على أندلسه
في كتابه "على الأرض أو في القصائد"، يستكشف إيريك كالدروود الذاكرة الثقافية للأندلس وتأثيرها في تشكيل الهويات السياسية بالمتوسط والعالم العربي.
www.majalla.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I’m delighted to share my interview with journalist Osama Esber about my latest book, “On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus":
www.majalla.com/node/325522/...
@harvardpress.bsky.social
www.majalla.com/node/325522/...
@harvardpress.bsky.social
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If you are attending #Kzoo2025, please join us at session 404: Queer Theorizing in Medieval Iberian Studies (A Roundtable), Saturday, May 10, at 3:30 pm, Sangren 1310
May 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you are attending #Kzoo2025, please join us at session 404: Queer Theorizing in Medieval Iberian Studies (A Roundtable), Saturday, May 10, at 3:30 pm, Sangren 1310
What are your favorite books (or shorter texts) about Cádiz (or about Cádiz province)? I’m going to spend a week in Cádiz in June, and I’d like to bring some reading material!
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What are your favorite books (or shorter texts) about Cádiz (or about Cádiz province)? I’m going to spend a week in Cádiz in June, and I’d like to bring some reading material!
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I read this book initially just to better understand the place of al-Andalus in my Moroccan family’s imagination. But it was also very interesting to read about the feminist, Palestinian, and other takes that are important today, including musical!
Bravo @ericcalderwood.bsky.social
Bravo @ericcalderwood.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I read this book initially just to better understand the place of al-Andalus in my Moroccan family’s imagination. But it was also very interesting to read about the feminist, Palestinian, and other takes that are important today, including musical!
Bravo @ericcalderwood.bsky.social
Bravo @ericcalderwood.bsky.social
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Glimpses from today afternoon at the Walkingfairs Bookshop, Cuttack, talking about how science fiction tackles themes of transitional justice and collective memory.
March 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Glimpses from today afternoon at the Walkingfairs Bookshop, Cuttack, talking about how science fiction tackles themes of transitional justice and collective memory.
What a thrill to see that my book, "On Earth or in Poems," has made it to bookstores in India. Thanks for sharing this picture, @gautambhatia88.bsky.social.
Did not expect to find a hard copy of @ericcalderwood.bsky.social’s brilliant book at Walking Bookfairs, Cuttack. A really nicely curated bookshop.
March 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What a thrill to see that my book, "On Earth or in Poems," has made it to bookstores in India. Thanks for sharing this picture, @gautambhatia88.bsky.social.
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Updated poster! 🔊
In two weeks. Step outside the usual academic walls and tune into deep listening and critical sound dialogues.
In two weeks. Step outside the usual academic walls and tune into deep listening and critical sound dialogues.
February 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Updated poster! 🔊
In two weeks. Step outside the usual academic walls and tune into deep listening and critical sound dialogues.
In two weeks. Step outside the usual academic walls and tune into deep listening and critical sound dialogues.
On Friday night, I ate dinner at a restaurant in Florida where the waiter told me, without a hint of irony, that the fish I ordered had come "straight from the Gulf of America."
February 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
On Friday night, I ate dinner at a restaurant in Florida where the waiter told me, without a hint of irony, that the fish I ordered had come "straight from the Gulf of America."
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Look what just arrived, a modern classic! Feels great to have my own signed copy of Colonial al-Andalus. Big thanks to @ericcalderwood.bsky.social!
February 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Look what just arrived, a modern classic! Feels great to have my own signed copy of Colonial al-Andalus. Big thanks to @ericcalderwood.bsky.social!
Congrats @rebeccaoh.bsky.social! Can't wait to read this!
Reading Better States now has a cover! Very grateful to Silvestre Santiago Pejac ("Pejac") for allowing us to use his arresting image, "Le Bateau Ivre." Forthcoming with Fordham University Press in late 2025!
February 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Congrats @rebeccaoh.bsky.social! Can't wait to read this!
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Thank you so much @ericcalderwood.bsky.social for sending me a copy of your book, Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture. Looking forward to reading and assigning it! 🥳
February 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thank you so much @ericcalderwood.bsky.social for sending me a copy of your book, Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture. Looking forward to reading and assigning it! 🥳
Is there a word for a great show whose weakest episodes are the first and last? If not, may I suggest that we call it a “Shogun”?
February 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Is there a word for a great show whose weakest episodes are the first and last? If not, may I suggest that we call it a “Shogun”?
2025, the year I eat my feelings.
February 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
2025, the year I eat my feelings.
I didn’t watch the Grammys on Sunday, but I was thrilled to read that Doechii won a Grammy for “Alligator Bites Never Heal,” one of my favorite albums from 2024. If you haven’t checked out Doechii yet, you’re in for a treat. I recommend starting with her Tiny Desk Concert: youtu.be/-91vymvIH0c?...
Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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February 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I didn’t watch the Grammys on Sunday, but I was thrilled to read that Doechii won a Grammy for “Alligator Bites Never Heal,” one of my favorite albums from 2024. If you haven’t checked out Doechii yet, you’re in for a treat. I recommend starting with her Tiny Desk Concert: youtu.be/-91vymvIH0c?...
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The Five Colleges will host the 101st meeting of the Medieval Academy of America.
📅 March 19-21, 2026
📍Campuses of UMass Amherst and Amherst College, with events at Mt. Holyoke College and Smith College.
maa2026.wordpress.amherst.edu/home/call-fo...
📅 March 19-21, 2026
📍Campuses of UMass Amherst and Amherst College, with events at Mt. Holyoke College and Smith College.
maa2026.wordpress.amherst.edu/home/call-fo...
February 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Five Colleges will host the 101st meeting of the Medieval Academy of America.
📅 March 19-21, 2026
📍Campuses of UMass Amherst and Amherst College, with events at Mt. Holyoke College and Smith College.
maa2026.wordpress.amherst.edu/home/call-fo...
📅 March 19-21, 2026
📍Campuses of UMass Amherst and Amherst College, with events at Mt. Holyoke College and Smith College.
maa2026.wordpress.amherst.edu/home/call-fo...
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I think the word you’re all looking for this week is “valido.”
February 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I think the word you’re all looking for this week is “valido.”
Tchubi’s “Diary of a Dead Men” was one of my favorite albums of 2024. Not content to rest on his laurels, Tchubi has now released a fantastic live version of the album. Make sure you listen to the end to catch Tchubi’s freestyle.
youtu.be/f7EP-BCmfx4?...
youtu.be/f7EP-BCmfx4?...
Tchubi - DIARY OF A DEAD MAN (ALIVE SESSION)
YouTube video by TCHUBI
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February 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tchubi’s “Diary of a Dead Men” was one of my favorite albums of 2024. Not content to rest on his laurels, Tchubi has now released a fantastic live version of the album. Make sure you listen to the end to catch Tchubi’s freestyle.
youtu.be/f7EP-BCmfx4?...
youtu.be/f7EP-BCmfx4?...
Moroccan hip hop alert: Muslim is dropping a new single and video on Jan. 31! Look forward to checking it out.
Muslim - Berrani | Official Teaser | مسلم ـ برّاني
YouTube video by Muslim مسلم
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Moroccan hip hop alert: Muslim is dropping a new single and video on Jan. 31! Look forward to checking it out.
Prepping the syllabus for a new course on global hip hop studies. Watching this to get in mood: youtu.be/ByNvjJKrsKw?...
tigresse flow maghrebya
YouTube video by trediting
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Prepping the syllabus for a new course on global hip hop studies. Watching this to get in mood: youtu.be/ByNvjJKrsKw?...