Laura Heffernan
@laheffernan.bsky.social
English Prof at UNF (Jacksonville, FL). Co-author, The Teaching Archive (U Chicago Press, 2021). Working lately w Jax archivists, historians, writers, and students.
Already on my fall syllabus!
CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY now has a website at @princetonupress.bsky.social, complete with very generous blurbs from David James, @rbuurma.bsky.social & @laheffernan.bsky.social , and Andrew DuBois.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century
A user’s guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises
press.princeton.edu
February 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Already on my fall syllabus!
Reposted by Laura Heffernan
According to records obtained by The Chronicle, one sociology course was said to be "too focused on women." Another, on labor and globalization? "Too focused on struggles/challenges of those in low wage jobs." How a sweeping Florida law is redefining colleges' gen ed curriculum. chroni.cl/40SqGZ7
How Florida Scrubbed ‘Identity Politics’ From Universities’ General-Education Curricula
A sweeping new law required vast curricular change, leading to a confusing implementation that has professors contemplating the limits of their autonomy.
chroni.cl
January 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
According to records obtained by The Chronicle, one sociology course was said to be "too focused on women." Another, on labor and globalization? "Too focused on struggles/challenges of those in low wage jobs." How a sweeping Florida law is redefining colleges' gen ed curriculum. chroni.cl/40SqGZ7
Reposted by Laura Heffernan
AWARDEE SPOTLIGHT | The University of North Florida is one of eight higher ed institutions nationwide to receive a Preservation and Access Education and Training grant from NEH in 2025. The $350,000 award will establish a three-year Archivist-in-Training program.
Read more: ow.ly/bFCR50ULcP0
Read more: ow.ly/bFCR50ULcP0
January 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
AWARDEE SPOTLIGHT | The University of North Florida is one of eight higher ed institutions nationwide to receive a Preservation and Access Education and Training grant from NEH in 2025. The $350,000 award will establish a three-year Archivist-in-Training program.
Read more: ow.ly/bFCR50ULcP0
Read more: ow.ly/bFCR50ULcP0
Senior seminar students reading Erin Marie Lynch poems (from Removal Acts) + DACS (also poetic!) and writing inspired object descriptions of an item from their own/their family’s “archive” this week.
January 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Senior seminar students reading Erin Marie Lynch poems (from Removal Acts) + DACS (also poetic!) and writing inspired object descriptions of an item from their own/their family’s “archive” this week.
NEH grants are out! Humanities + Special Collections faculty at UNF are so pleased to have funding from @nehgov.bsky.social Preservation and Access Division to train UNF students to help process and reflect on local historical materials for the next 3 years!
January 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NEH grants are out! Humanities + Special Collections faculty at UNF are so pleased to have funding from @nehgov.bsky.social Preservation and Access Division to train UNF students to help process and reflect on local historical materials for the next 3 years!
Reposted by Laura Heffernan
I think it's strange that AP English Lit test scores have risen so sharply given the simultaneous decline in reading for pleasure.
January 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I think it's strange that AP English Lit test scores have risen so sharply given the simultaneous decline in reading for pleasure.
Reposted by Laura Heffernan
As I argued at the #MLA25 panel on "Saving Literary History," "plotting the rise of AP English alongside the decline of the undergraduate English major over the last two decades produces something like a perfect X, and does much to explain why literary history...needs saving in the first place."
Out of curiosity, I charted our data for AP tests in relation to BAs in three humanities categories back to 1996.
January 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As I argued at the #MLA25 panel on "Saving Literary History," "plotting the rise of AP English alongside the decline of the undergraduate English major over the last two decades produces something like a perfect X, and does much to explain why literary history...needs saving in the first place."
Lauren and I are proposing a New Deal panel for MSA 2025. Even if you're already committed or won't be attending MSA (Boston this year), please get in touch if you're interested in this topic!
CFP: Critical Reappraisals of the New Deal as Cultural Enterprise
@laheffernan.bsky.social & I are planning a panel for @moderniststudies.bsky.social in Oct. We welcome proposals for panel papers & also from scholars interested in contributing to a potential collaborative publication
Please reskeet
@laheffernan.bsky.social & I are planning a panel for @moderniststudies.bsky.social in Oct. We welcome proposals for panel papers & also from scholars interested in contributing to a potential collaborative publication
Please reskeet
January 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Lauren and I are proposing a New Deal panel for MSA 2025. Even if you're already committed or won't be attending MSA (Boston this year), please get in touch if you're interested in this topic!
Today in Modern Novel!
November 28, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Today in Modern Novel!