and getting a small dose of Spring at Duke University is a beautiful added bonus!

I really enjoy spending time with the community of scholars at the Feminist Theory Workshop!

I mean look at his beautiful eyes! I want him

as an Ottomanist I think the one i return to over and over is Fatma Müge Göçek's "Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire". it's just bristling with ideas and sets out all the major themes in such a generative way

ooh this is tricky!! on the affect side of things, i think it's probably "Desire/Love" by Lauren Berlant chosen over the others just because it's an excellent intro to desire and how it is taken into other affective structures, including love

I just taught the outbreak of the First World War and got to show my students this wild postcard documenting German orientalist brainworms