Julie Kalman
@juliekalman.bsky.social
Historian of France, writing a book about Asterix for @princetonupress.bsky.social. Cat employee (unpaid).
Still open! Come and work with me on Asterix, the greatest comic book series ever written:
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September 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Still open! Come and work with me on Asterix, the greatest comic book series ever written:
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
My current workplace.
July 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My current workplace.
My English husband just admitted that he prefers vegemite to marmite, and my work is done.
July 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
My English husband just admitted that he prefers vegemite to marmite, and my work is done.
There is a PhD scholarship on offer for someone to come and work on Asterix, with me, at Monash:
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July 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
There is a PhD scholarship on offer for someone to come and work on Asterix, with me, at Monash:
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I think of writing like taking a little piece of coloured foil, like the wrapping on a chocolate Easter egg, and smoothing it out, over and over, until there are no wrinkles left. (Smoothing coloured foil is, indeed, something I also like to do).
"Real progress doesn’t look like a eureka moment. It looks like a person showing up again and again, reshaping a paragraph for the fifth or 15th time," writes @catherinedevries.bsky.social on how to keep #writing in the absence of any spark: ow.ly/MiFp50WcJ1I #academicsky #edusky #writingtips
How to write even when the words won’t come
Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements. Here, Catherine De Vries explains how to develop ‘skill pow...
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June 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I think of writing like taking a little piece of coloured foil, like the wrapping on a chocolate Easter egg, and smoothing it out, over and over, until there are no wrinkles left. (Smoothing coloured foil is, indeed, something I also like to do).
I am delighted to announce that, having spent three years faffing about trying to work out how to start my book, I have commenced writing chapter 1.
May 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I am delighted to announce that, having spent three years faffing about trying to work out how to start my book, I have commenced writing chapter 1.
And many congratulations to @brionyneilson.bsky.social!
Today – 13 May – is my book's official birthday. It's now out in the world.
If you're interested in the development of ideas and practices relating to young people, crime, and punishment in modern France, this could be the book for you. I hope it offers some useful insights.
Happy Birthday, book 🗃️
If you're interested in the development of ideas and practices relating to young people, crime, and punishment in modern France, this could be the book for you. I hope it offers some useful insights.
Happy Birthday, book 🗃️
There's something about holding an actual copy of your book that makes it all feel real. Thanks to everyone who nourished this piece of work and thanks to @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social for making it look lovely. Official publication is in May. You can order a copy here: www.mqup.ca/dangers-of-y... 🗃️
May 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
And many congratulations to @brionyneilson.bsky.social!
For the Asterix readers out there, I'll be speaking at the Institute for Historical Research on Jan 20:
www.history.ac.uk/events/aster...
www.history.ac.uk/events/aster...
The Asterix Series as National Myth in Postwar France
www.history.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
For the Asterix readers out there, I'll be speaking at the Institute for Historical Research on Jan 20:
www.history.ac.uk/events/aster...
www.history.ac.uk/events/aster...