Jennifer Greiman
@jennifergreiman.bsky.social
WFU English / WFU Humanities Institute / Melville's Democracy: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=35599 / Leviathan: https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/601 / Should be going for that run.
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Leviathan 26.3 is now online @projectmuse.bsky.social! "Melville's queer afterlives" special issue collects case studies that highlight the range of queer Melvilleana and in the process contribute to an understanding of the aesthetic shape assumed by queer creative impulses. muse.jhu.edu/issue/56015
Project MUSE - Leviathan-Volume 27, Number 3, October 2025
muse.jhu.edu
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Leviathan 26.3 is now online @projectmuse.bsky.social! "Melville's queer afterlives" special issue collects case studies that highlight the range of queer Melvilleana and in the process contribute to an understanding of the aesthetic shape assumed by queer creative impulses. muse.jhu.edu/issue/56015
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Are you an environmental humanist? Do you like hanging out with other smart environmental humanists? Would you like to do so for a week this summer in Maine? Then I highly recommend Colby's Summer Institute in the Environmental Humanities! (app due 2/6/26) cah.colby.edu/initiatives/...
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Are you an environmental humanist? Do you like hanging out with other smart environmental humanists? Would you like to do so for a week this summer in Maine? Then I highly recommend Colby's Summer Institute in the Environmental Humanities! (app due 2/6/26) cah.colby.edu/initiatives/...
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The special issue I co-edited on "Melville's Queer Afterlives" is here and it's queer. This issue has EVERYTHING: gay pirates, dirty pictures, racist internet fanfic, Gilbert Gottfried, original poetry, and just so many French people.
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Project MUSE - Leviathan-Volume 27, Number 3, October 2025
muse.jhu.edu
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The special issue I co-edited on "Melville's Queer Afterlives" is here and it's queer. This issue has EVERYTHING: gay pirates, dirty pictures, racist internet fanfic, Gilbert Gottfried, original poetry, and just so many French people.
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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A report on universities slashing funds for the humanities suggests that there is no good fiscal reason to cut the humanities
What are your views on it?
If you are interested, the University of Tulsa released a statement responding to it. “Humanities are Alive & Well in University of Tulsa”
What are your views on it?
If you are interested, the University of Tulsa released a statement responding to it. “Humanities are Alive & Well in University of Tulsa”
They’re Killing the Humanities On Purpose
The crisis is not one of resources but of values.
www.chronicle.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A report on universities slashing funds for the humanities suggests that there is no good fiscal reason to cut the humanities
What are your views on it?
If you are interested, the University of Tulsa released a statement responding to it. “Humanities are Alive & Well in University of Tulsa”
What are your views on it?
If you are interested, the University of Tulsa released a statement responding to it. “Humanities are Alive & Well in University of Tulsa”
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Check out the article,"How to Protect Your Right to Culture”!
This is co-written by Anna Kornbluh and Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado. Dr. Sánchez Prado gave the keynote lecture at the WFU Humanities Institute Annual Spring Symposium in the Spring of 2024.
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
This is co-written by Anna Kornbluh and Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado. Dr. Sánchez Prado gave the keynote lecture at the WFU Humanities Institute Annual Spring Symposium in the Spring of 2024.
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
How to Protect Your Right to Culture
The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.
hyperallergic.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Check out the article,"How to Protect Your Right to Culture”!
This is co-written by Anna Kornbluh and Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado. Dr. Sánchez Prado gave the keynote lecture at the WFU Humanities Institute Annual Spring Symposium in the Spring of 2024.
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
This is co-written by Anna Kornbluh and Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado. Dr. Sánchez Prado gave the keynote lecture at the WFU Humanities Institute Annual Spring Symposium in the Spring of 2024.
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
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Hi everyone, what’s up!
Our social media team is back up and running, so we will be posting humanities-related news every Tuesday and Thursday starting next week!
Our Instagram and Facebook are back up too, so check us out on insta and fb!!
Best,
HI
Our social media team is back up and running, so we will be posting humanities-related news every Tuesday and Thursday starting next week!
Our Instagram and Facebook are back up too, so check us out on insta and fb!!
Best,
HI
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hi everyone, what’s up!
Our social media team is back up and running, so we will be posting humanities-related news every Tuesday and Thursday starting next week!
Our Instagram and Facebook are back up too, so check us out on insta and fb!!
Best,
HI
Our social media team is back up and running, so we will be posting humanities-related news every Tuesday and Thursday starting next week!
Our Instagram and Facebook are back up too, so check us out on insta and fb!!
Best,
HI
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Good morning! My comrade @annakornbluh.bsky.social and I published today in Hyperallrgic ean op-ed about the gutting of our right to culture and the ways to defend and fight back. Link below!
October 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Good morning! My comrade @annakornbluh.bsky.social and I published today in Hyperallrgic ean op-ed about the gutting of our right to culture and the ways to defend and fight back. Link below!
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Lots of options but let's go classic on this one and say that time we shitposted so hard they put it in a peer reviewed journal and then that issue won a prize 🐳
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Lots of options but let's go classic on this one and say that time we shitposted so hard they put it in a peer reviewed journal and then that issue won a prize 🐳
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Leviathan
Vol. 27, No. 2, June 2025
tinyurl.com/yb7hkeja
Contributions from:
Brian Yothers
Johnathan A. Cook
Caroline Hildebrandt
Samuel John Gleason
Bruce Fishbein
Richard Littauer
Yukiko Oshima
Mark Niemeyer
Mary K. Bercaw Edwards
Pilar Martínez Benedí
Dana Seitler
Leviathan
Vol. 27, No. 2, June 2025
tinyurl.com/yb7hkeja
Contributions from:
Brian Yothers
Johnathan A. Cook
Caroline Hildebrandt
Samuel John Gleason
Bruce Fishbein
Richard Littauer
Yukiko Oshima
Mark Niemeyer
Mary K. Bercaw Edwards
Pilar Martínez Benedí
Dana Seitler
September 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Leviathan
Vol. 27, No. 2, June 2025
tinyurl.com/yb7hkeja
Contributions from:
Brian Yothers
Johnathan A. Cook
Caroline Hildebrandt
Samuel John Gleason
Bruce Fishbein
Richard Littauer
Yukiko Oshima
Mark Niemeyer
Mary K. Bercaw Edwards
Pilar Martínez Benedí
Dana Seitler
Leviathan
Vol. 27, No. 2, June 2025
tinyurl.com/yb7hkeja
Contributions from:
Brian Yothers
Johnathan A. Cook
Caroline Hildebrandt
Samuel John Gleason
Bruce Fishbein
Richard Littauer
Yukiko Oshima
Mark Niemeyer
Mary K. Bercaw Edwards
Pilar Martínez Benedí
Dana Seitler
“Forwarding names is a practice from the McCarthy era. This represents a breathtaking breach of trust, ethics, and justice.” www.chronicle.com/article/when...
Opinion | When Universities Become Informants
A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.
www.chronicle.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“Forwarding names is a practice from the McCarthy era. This represents a breathtaking breach of trust, ethics, and justice.” www.chronicle.com/article/when...
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I’m a proud UC Berkeley graduate and I am appalled and angered by this McCarthyism. Judith Butler—just to cite one example— is not an antisemite but a principled philosopher devoted to justice for all, not just particular populations.
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’m a proud UC Berkeley graduate and I am appalled and angered by this McCarthyism. Judith Butler—just to cite one example— is not an antisemite but a principled philosopher devoted to justice for all, not just particular populations.
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From “The Times” forum on higher ed now in the current issue of The Dial, @jennifergreiman.bsky.social ‘s statement on the criminalization of student activism: muse.jhu.edu/pub/562/arti...
Project MUSE - The Friction Has Its Universities
muse.jhu.edu
September 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
From “The Times” forum on higher ed now in the current issue of The Dial, @jennifergreiman.bsky.social ‘s statement on the criminalization of student activism: muse.jhu.edu/pub/562/arti...
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Issue 2.1 is out! Essays by @alicedegalzain.bsky.social & Peter Balaam; don’t miss our forum on higher ed now featuring Stephanie Foote, @jennifergreiman.bsky.social, @cnewf.bsky.social, & @samcohen.bsky.social
Read/circulate/submit:
thedialjournal.org
Read/circulate/submit:
thedialjournal.org
The Dial – A Journal of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society
thedialjournal.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Issue 2.1 is out! Essays by @alicedegalzain.bsky.social & Peter Balaam; don’t miss our forum on higher ed now featuring Stephanie Foote, @jennifergreiman.bsky.social, @cnewf.bsky.social, & @samcohen.bsky.social
Read/circulate/submit:
thedialjournal.org
Read/circulate/submit:
thedialjournal.org
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I woke up a year ago 100% certain that I had to make a documentary about the Winston Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party. So I did.
We aim to release it early next year. This weekend I’m at Blackstar, looking for inspiration. If you’re in town, DM to meetup.
We aim to release it early next year. This weekend I’m at Blackstar, looking for inspiration. If you’re in town, DM to meetup.
July 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I woke up a year ago 100% certain that I had to make a documentary about the Winston Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party. So I did.
We aim to release it early next year. This weekend I’m at Blackstar, looking for inspiration. If you’re in town, DM to meetup.
We aim to release it early next year. This weekend I’m at Blackstar, looking for inspiration. If you’re in town, DM to meetup.
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‘One possibility is that sperm whales are using the clicks as a form of language. But it’s also possible the noises are more like music, which can “have a strong influence on emotions without it actually conveying information”…’
Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter
Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot patterns in recordings of the marine mammals' vocalizations, uncovering the "building blocks of whale language"
www.smithsonianmag.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
‘One possibility is that sperm whales are using the clicks as a form of language. But it’s also possible the noises are more like music, which can “have a strong influence on emotions without it actually conveying information”…’
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12 months, 24 episodes, 53 voices, 2387 minutes of produced content, 150,000+ downloads.
It’s been my pleasure & my pain. Ends tomorrow.
It’s been my pleasure & my pain. Ends tomorrow.
August 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
12 months, 24 episodes, 53 voices, 2387 minutes of produced content, 150,000+ downloads.
It’s been my pleasure & my pain. Ends tomorrow.
It’s been my pleasure & my pain. Ends tomorrow.
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They were so close during COVID. AI + the political distractions makes this more possible than ever. Disaster capitalism is afoot
Say you wanted a flexible “obedience in advance” approach to government incursion. Well, what if you could fire almost all faculty in any department at any time then automate the remainder of the term with preexisting iterations of their courses overseen by staff from your private partner?
Wants to AND HAS. I think the next horizon is the ability to eliminate whole programs mid-term.
August 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
They were so close during COVID. AI + the political distractions makes this more possible than ever. Disaster capitalism is afoot
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Say you wanted a flexible “obedience in advance” approach to government incursion. Well, what if you could fire almost all faculty in any department at any time then automate the remainder of the term with preexisting iterations of their courses overseen by staff from your private partner?
Wants to AND HAS. I think the next horizon is the ability to eliminate whole programs mid-term.
August 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Say you wanted a flexible “obedience in advance” approach to government incursion. Well, what if you could fire almost all faculty in any department at any time then automate the remainder of the term with preexisting iterations of their courses overseen by staff from your private partner?
all new respect for Cuvier's Beaked Whale
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
all new respect for Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Canvas is extractive garbage and I'm done with it. What are better ways to collect and link to the course readings? A big ass google drive? A page for each course?
Canvas just became one of the most powerful surveillance, IP theft, & data monetization tools in the world.
OpenAI bought a user-base locked in to long-term contracts.
But they can’t make us use their trashware.
Boycott. Luddify. Open source.
Don’t let them have your work or your students.
OpenAI bought a user-base locked in to long-term contracts.
But they can’t make us use their trashware.
Boycott. Luddify. Open source.
Don’t let them have your work or your students.
July 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Canvas is extractive garbage and I'm done with it. What are better ways to collect and link to the course readings? A big ass google drive? A page for each course?
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This is all very bad.
July 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is all very bad.
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A one-day sentence for the cop who killed Breonna Taylor? Black people’s lives do not matter.
July 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A one-day sentence for the cop who killed Breonna Taylor? Black people’s lives do not matter.