Jeffrey J Cohen
@jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social
writer and teacher who cares a lot about the future of the humanities as well as access to education
dean of humanities & professor of English @ ASU, but this is my personal account, opinions are mine
https://www.jeffreyjeromecohen.com
dean of humanities & professor of English @ ASU, but this is my personal account, opinions are mine
https://www.jeffreyjeromecohen.com
good morning from Phoenix
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
good morning from Phoenix
For a project in progress I’ve had to return to some older writing and this line really hits years later
“Apocalypse is a failure of the imagination, a giving up on the future instead of a commitment to the difficult work of composing a better present.”
“Apocalypse is a failure of the imagination, a giving up on the future instead of a commitment to the difficult work of composing a better present.”
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
For a project in progress I’ve had to return to some older writing and this line really hits years later
“Apocalypse is a failure of the imagination, a giving up on the future instead of a commitment to the difficult work of composing a better present.”
“Apocalypse is a failure of the imagination, a giving up on the future instead of a commitment to the difficult work of composing a better present.”
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
me after a long day of writing
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
me after a long day of writing
I left my former institution in 2018, and yet the department of English there still has me listed, looking dapper in a flannel shirt from maybe ten years before that (c. 2008)
November 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I left my former institution in 2018, and yet the department of English there still has me listed, looking dapper in a flannel shirt from maybe ten years before that (c. 2008)
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
the agitprop continues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92zw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92zw...
Dean Jeffrey Cohen on humanities : Arizona State University (ASU)
YouTube video by ASU News
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
the agitprop continues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92zw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92zw...
A Halloween post. 🎃
Thirty years ago I composed the preface to a collaborative project exploring what might be enabled were the monster taken seriously. Might the monster offer an invitation to understanding better the cultures it sanctions, perturbs, roams?
Thirty years ago I composed the preface to a collaborative project exploring what might be enabled were the monster taken seriously. Might the monster offer an invitation to understanding better the cultures it sanctions, perturbs, roams?
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A Halloween post. 🎃
Thirty years ago I composed the preface to a collaborative project exploring what might be enabled were the monster taken seriously. Might the monster offer an invitation to understanding better the cultures it sanctions, perturbs, roams?
Thirty years ago I composed the preface to a collaborative project exploring what might be enabled were the monster taken seriously. Might the monster offer an invitation to understanding better the cultures it sanctions, perturbs, roams?
Reposted by Jeffrey J Cohen
It's Halloween! 🎃
Naturally I am working on the preface to Monster Theory 3.0, under contract with @uminnpress.bsky.social and offering more than twenty new essays in monster studies as well as a rethinking of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)."
Naturally I am working on the preface to Monster Theory 3.0, under contract with @uminnpress.bsky.social and offering more than twenty new essays in monster studies as well as a rethinking of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)."
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's Halloween! 🎃
Naturally I am working on the preface to Monster Theory 3.0, under contract with @uminnpress.bsky.social and offering more than twenty new essays in monster studies as well as a rethinking of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)."
Naturally I am working on the preface to Monster Theory 3.0, under contract with @uminnpress.bsky.social and offering more than twenty new essays in monster studies as well as a rethinking of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)."
It's Halloween! 🎃
Naturally I am working on the preface to Monster Theory 3.0, under contract with @uminnpress.bsky.social and offering more than twenty new essays in monster studies as well as a rethinking of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)."
Naturally I am working on the preface to Monster Theory 3.0, under contract with @uminnpress.bsky.social and offering more than twenty new essays in monster studies as well as a rethinking of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)."
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's Halloween! 🎃
Naturally I am working on the preface to Monster Theory 3.0, under contract with @uminnpress.bsky.social and offering more than twenty new essays in monster studies as well as a rethinking of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)."
Naturally I am working on the preface to Monster Theory 3.0, under contract with @uminnpress.bsky.social and offering more than twenty new essays in monster studies as well as a rethinking of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)."
It’s Halloween! Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock’s The Monster Theory Reader from @uminnpress.bsky.social is a book I find myself returning to repeatedly 🎃😈🧌
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s Halloween! Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock’s The Monster Theory Reader from @uminnpress.bsky.social is a book I find myself returning to repeatedly 🎃😈🧌
stone is slow water
October 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
stone is slow water
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Seeking something older than me my brother gifted me a Roman coin for my birthday
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Seeking something older than me my brother gifted me a Roman coin for my birthday
Seeking something older than me my brother gifted me a Roman coin for my birthday
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Seeking something older than me my brother gifted me a Roman coin for my birthday
A Postcard from the Festival of Monsters
At UC Santa Cruz, we take monsters seriously.
contingentmagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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![Comic. [diploma from East State University for Doctor of Philosophy in Document Forgery] [caption] If you put one of these up in your office, and no one notices, you’ve earned it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreif2hl6u2eqv7rmq27tenpy5s5d7egkhwzvfw4ohpskh67ibuw52ym@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Owen’s Lake, a dry lake with toxic dust. From my flight from San Jose to Phoenix this morning. The lake has an interesting history involving water for LA and dust mitigation via lawsuit. It’s also a stopping place for migratory birds and has color zones due to salt loving microorganisms.
October 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Owen’s Lake, a dry lake with toxic dust. From my flight from San Jose to Phoenix this morning. The lake has an interesting history involving water for LA and dust mitigation via lawsuit. It’s also a stopping place for migratory birds and has color zones due to salt loving microorganisms.
Cleo is always cute but after a haircut she is ESPECIALLY cute
October 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Cleo is always cute but after a haircut she is ESPECIALLY cute
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If you're in Phoenix/Tempe today, come out to the Rift for the first Desert Grit Reading Series, with me, @shipraagarwal.bsky.social, @jonathanin2k.bsky.social, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social, @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, and @stephanieaustin.bsky.social!
October 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you're in Phoenix/Tempe today, come out to the Rift for the first Desert Grit Reading Series, with me, @shipraagarwal.bsky.social, @jonathanin2k.bsky.social, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social, @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, and @stephanieaustin.bsky.social!
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One thing I have tried that's seemed successful is treating novels more like we're in the nineteenth century getting installments over time. When you think about it, reading a Dickens novel in a week rather than over a year is like binging a full Netflix series.
I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels
Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive
www.thetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One thing I have tried that's seemed successful is treating novels more like we're in the nineteenth century getting installments over time. When you think about it, reading a Dickens novel in a week rather than over a year is like binging a full Netflix series.
a sweet and a happy / shana tova
September 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
a sweet and a happy / shana tova
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obsessed w the medieval origin of harbinger, it's an amazing word:
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.
September 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
obsessed w the medieval origin of harbinger, it's an amazing word:
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.
the name of a neighborhood near me and every time I run or bike by it I curse myself for the missed opportunity of living there
September 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the name of a neighborhood near me and every time I run or bike by it I curse myself for the missed opportunity of living there
obsessed w the medieval origin of harbinger, it's an amazing word:
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.
September 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
obsessed w the medieval origin of harbinger, it's an amazing word:
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.