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Jessica Tanner
@jessicatanner.bsky.social
Associate Prof., UNC-CH. 19th-c French lit, novels, theory, history of sex and sexuality, weather and climate. Minnesotan in NC. First gen. Herder of aged cat. Book: SEX WORK, TEXT WORK (Northwestern UP, 2023).
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Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family.

Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2024 at 8:40 PM
I appear to have reached the end of Canvas? Did not know this screen existed… documenting the sleepy panda for posterity, since I’ll likely never see him again in the wild.
November 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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Our Zoom book series NCFS Unbound resumes this Friday at 2:30 EST with Helen Craske in conversation with @hannahfrydman.bsky.social
Helen’s new book is Complicity in Fin-de-Siècle Literature

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NCFS Unbound 5 Episode 2: Helen Craske with Hannah Frydman. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Helen Craske discusses her new book "Complicity in Fin-de-siècle Literature" with Hannah Frydman
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November 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Excited—& a bit nervous—to have this essay in the world. It started as an MLA talk—which I described at the time as the political unconscious of the usual How To Publish Your Book fare—& became much more thanks to the wonderful team at Public Books. Solidarity!
www.publicbooks.org/publishers-a...
Publishers and Scholars, Unite!
Universities have disinvested from their presses just as much as their humanities departments and libraries. Will working together stop it?
www.publicbooks.org
September 28, 2023 at 4:58 PM
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Stunning, vital essay in The Chronicle of Higher Ed by Rebecca Walkowitz. www.chronicle.com/article/gutt...

"As with other important disciplines, the study of languages is a long game.... It takes decades of basic research to create the groundwork for major innovations."
Opinion | Gutting Language Departments Would Be a Disaster
Once a program is gone, it is very difficult and expensive to bring it back.
www.chronicle.com
September 20, 2023 at 10:05 PM