Alda Balthrop-Lewis
@iamalda.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University / writing about religion, ethics, ecology / asking you to #JoinYourUnion / book: Thoreau's Religion, http://bit.ly/3Jtbkyg
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Alda Balthrop-Lewis
@iamalda.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Thoreau's Religion
Cambridge Core - American Literature - Thoreau's Religion
www.cambridge.org
Hey new bluesky peeps! I wrote a book a while ago that is about Henry David Thoreau and environmental justice. Also religion. You might like it? www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...
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they could report about this, but it wouldn’t fit their scripted culture war narrative.
November 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
they could report about this, but it wouldn’t fit their scripted culture war narrative.
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the greatest trick the right ever pulled was convincing mainstream journalists that an adjunct English instructor making $40K is an “elite” and a master plumber making $100K is “working class”
November 24, 2024 at 11:07 PM
the greatest trick the right ever pulled was convincing mainstream journalists that an adjunct English instructor making $40K is an “elite” and a master plumber making $100K is “working class”
Welcome, @jeffreylstout.bsky.social to the Next Thing. We're so glad you're here.
November 19, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Welcome, @jeffreylstout.bsky.social to the Next Thing. We're so glad you're here.
There's a small one here: go.bsky.app/44Nip4g
November 17, 2024 at 8:52 PM
There's a small one here: go.bsky.app/44Nip4g
Hey @ginbat.bsky.social, can I join your env ethics pack? go.bsky.app/44Nip4g
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Hey @ginbat.bsky.social, can I join your env ethics pack? go.bsky.app/44Nip4g
Hey new bluesky peeps! I wrote a book a while ago that is about Henry David Thoreau and environmental justice. Also religion. You might like it? www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...
Thoreau's Religion
Cambridge Core - American Literature - Thoreau's Religion
www.cambridge.org
November 15, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Hey new bluesky peeps! I wrote a book a while ago that is about Henry David Thoreau and environmental justice. Also religion. You might like it? www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...
Reposted by Alda Balthrop-Lewis
Got ethics? Here's a starter pack of ethicists working in various religious & theological traditions addressing some of the most challenging moral problems of our time! (Send new accounts of trained ethicists for me to add to the SP)
go.bsky.app/AhTEByP
go.bsky.app/AhTEByP
November 14, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Got ethics? Here's a starter pack of ethicists working in various religious & theological traditions addressing some of the most challenging moral problems of our time! (Send new accounts of trained ethicists for me to add to the SP)
go.bsky.app/AhTEByP
go.bsky.app/AhTEByP
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if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
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Do you need to write a response to peer reviewers? Important things to consider + a template for your memo is here on my blog:
manuscriptworks.com/blog/reader-...
(An updated version is also in Chapter 13 of THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK if you happen to have that on hand)
manuscriptworks.com/blog/reader-...
(An updated version is also in Chapter 13 of THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK if you happen to have that on hand)
Responding to Peer Reviewers — Manuscript Works
How should you respond to the reader reports from your academic book
manuscript or book proposal after peer review? This post demystifies common
misconceptions about the power of the reviewers and a...
manuscriptworks.com
February 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Do you need to write a response to peer reviewers? Important things to consider + a template for your memo is here on my blog:
manuscriptworks.com/blog/reader-...
(An updated version is also in Chapter 13 of THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK if you happen to have that on hand)
manuscriptworks.com/blog/reader-...
(An updated version is also in Chapter 13 of THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK if you happen to have that on hand)
"There are too many books in the place where I write books."
- Thomas Merton
- Thomas Merton
January 25, 2024 at 1:48 AM
"There are too many books in the place where I write books."
- Thomas Merton
- Thomas Merton
Virginia Woolf on Henry David Thoreau:
"He seems to hug his own happiness."
"He seems to hug his own happiness."
January 9, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Virginia Woolf on Henry David Thoreau:
"He seems to hug his own happiness."
"He seems to hug his own happiness."
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Mary Midgley's Beast and man: the roots of human nature (1978): a re-appraisal
#philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mary Midgley’s Beast and man: the roots of human nature (1978): a re-appraisal
Published in British Journal for the History of Philosophy (Ahead of Print, 2023)
www.tandfonline.com
December 21, 2023 at 7:29 PM
Mary Midgley's Beast and man: the roots of human nature (1978): a re-appraisal
#philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This mildly unhinged requiem for "Melville Twitter" is now online! feat. @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social @thecarie.bsky.social @jennifergreiman.bsky.social and me! Ideas explored: sperm jokes are ecocrit actually; Middlemarch doesn't have enough weird animals; Elon is annoying
muse.jhu.edu/article/913121
muse.jhu.edu/article/913121
November 28, 2023 at 9:20 PM
This mildly unhinged requiem for "Melville Twitter" is now online! feat. @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social @thecarie.bsky.social @jennifergreiman.bsky.social and me! Ideas explored: sperm jokes are ecocrit actually; Middlemarch doesn't have enough weird animals; Elon is annoying
muse.jhu.edu/article/913121
muse.jhu.edu/article/913121
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A dream from 1923 about the year 2023.
December 18, 2023 at 2:58 AM
A dream from 1923 about the year 2023.
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From the MLA-CCCC joint task force on *Writing and AI*, a new website intended to function as a community clearing house for assignments, syllabi, policy documents, and more. Take a look and please share (and contribute): exploringaipedagogy.hcommons.org/about/
About – Exploring AI Pedagogy
exploringaipedagogy.hcommons.org
December 13, 2023 at 5:36 PM
From the MLA-CCCC joint task force on *Writing and AI*, a new website intended to function as a community clearing house for assignments, syllabi, policy documents, and more. Take a look and please share (and contribute): exploringaipedagogy.hcommons.org/about/
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Job alert: The Greenhouse has a fully-funded, 3-year PhD position in envhist/envhum, connected to the Good Fire project. Norwegian/Scandinavian reading competency required. Deadline 12 December.
Stipendiat i miljøhumaniora (252986) | Universitetet i Stavanger
Stillingstittel: Stipendiat i miljøhumaniora (252986), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Stavanger, Søknadsfrist: tirsdag 12. desember 2023
www.jobbnorge.no
November 14, 2023 at 2:45 PM
Job alert: The Greenhouse has a fully-funded, 3-year PhD position in envhist/envhum, connected to the Good Fire project. Norwegian/Scandinavian reading competency required. Deadline 12 December.
I loved this amazing weekend planned by Rising Tide Australia. shorturl.at/lyBKQ
We want Australia to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fund an urgent and just transition.
If you can support legal fees for those who were arrested you can do it here: chuffed.org/project/risi...
We want Australia to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fund an urgent and just transition.
If you can support legal fees for those who were arrested you can do it here: chuffed.org/project/risi...
December 5, 2023 at 4:16 AM
I loved this amazing weekend planned by Rising Tide Australia. shorturl.at/lyBKQ
We want Australia to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fund an urgent and just transition.
If you can support legal fees for those who were arrested you can do it here: chuffed.org/project/risi...
We want Australia to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fund an urgent and just transition.
If you can support legal fees for those who were arrested you can do it here: chuffed.org/project/risi...
heeeeey women and their gender diverse friends coming to AAR maybe you want to check out this awesome session where we talk together about publishing and it will be super fun.
November 2, 2023 at 1:22 AM
heeeeey women and their gender diverse friends coming to AAR maybe you want to check out this awesome session where we talk together about publishing and it will be super fun.
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My department at NC State is offering a tenure-track position in African American religions. Will also teach in Africana Studies, Gender Studies, or both. Supportive environment, collegial department. Please spread the word.
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/190...
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/190...
October 2, 2023 at 3:16 PM
My department at NC State is offering a tenure-track position in African American religions. Will also teach in Africana Studies, Gender Studies, or both. Supportive environment, collegial department. Please spread the word.
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/190...
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/190...
The best piece yet on the cuts ongoing at Australian Catholic University. #JoinYourUnion, please.
I wrote something for Jacobin about the humanities cuts at ACU, including the plan to disestablish the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy (where I'm doing my PhD)
Some lessons worth learning about the state of university governance and academic job security in Australia
Some lessons worth learning about the state of university governance and academic job security in Australia
In Australian Universities, There Is No Such Thing as a Secure Job
Citing budget deficits, Australian Catholic University has announced plans to shut down the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy. But the shortfall isn’t the result of research expenses — it’s the pr...
jacobin.com
October 2, 2023 at 9:50 PM
The best piece yet on the cuts ongoing at Australian Catholic University. #JoinYourUnion, please.
I had a great conversation with Ilana Maymind @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my book - *Thoreau's Religion* - and about what kind of readers it's looking for: folks wondering how to keep fighting for a future in a world that's gone quite mad #envhum #acrel newbooksnetwork.com/thoreaus-rel...
Podcast | Alda Balthrop-Lewis, "Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods,…
Alda Balthrop-Lewis, "Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
newbooksnetwork.com
September 26, 2023 at 9:13 AM
I had a great conversation with Ilana Maymind @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my book - *Thoreau's Religion* - and about what kind of readers it's looking for: folks wondering how to keep fighting for a future in a world that's gone quite mad #envhum #acrel newbooksnetwork.com/thoreaus-rel...
"The intellectuals of neoliberalism transformed university governance university senate by university senate. Now, it is time that we approach the problem with the same determination, institution by institution, in the interests of a greater democracy." @hannahforsyth.bsky.social
Solidarity but only among managers, or the future of the university sector - Overland literary journ...
The process continued during Covid. Jobs were being cut due to the threats posed by the pandemic, yet more scholars were being recruited. Nice people, good at their job. But why are we doing this, we ...
overland.org.au
September 25, 2023 at 8:39 AM
"The intellectuals of neoliberalism transformed university governance university senate by university senate. Now, it is time that we approach the problem with the same determination, institution by institution, in the interests of a greater democracy." @hannahforsyth.bsky.social
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My first newsletter of every month shares new books by Manuscript Works readers & clients.
If you have a scholarly book coming out in October and would like to get it in front of 10k academics & publishing professionals, email me with your cover jpg and any discount codes you want to share
If you have a scholarly book coming out in October and would like to get it in front of 10k academics & publishing professionals, email me with your cover jpg and any discount codes you want to share
September 23, 2023 at 7:27 PM
My first newsletter of every month shares new books by Manuscript Works readers & clients.
If you have a scholarly book coming out in October and would like to get it in front of 10k academics & publishing professionals, email me with your cover jpg and any discount codes you want to share
If you have a scholarly book coming out in October and would like to get it in front of 10k academics & publishing professionals, email me with your cover jpg and any discount codes you want to share