Peter C. Herman
@pherman.bsky.social
Lit prof at San Diego State University; author of "Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance Literature"; words @newsweek, @Salon, Inside Higher Ed, Public Humanities, Times of San Diego
Very grateful to Patrick J. McGrath for his review of Early Modern Others in Milton Quarterly. "his is a valuable and timely work, one that offers a perspective on early modern literature and society rarely discussed..." doi.org/10.1111/milt...
Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance LiteraturePeter C. Herman. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. 164pp. ISBN 13: 9781032293660. $49.99 (paper).
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August 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Very grateful to Patrick J. McGrath for his review of Early Modern Others in Milton Quarterly. "his is a valuable and timely work, one that offers a perspective on early modern literature and society rarely discussed..." doi.org/10.1111/milt...
Very grateful to Patrick J. McGrath for his review of Early Modern Others in Milton Quarterly. "his is a valuable and timely work, one that offers a perspective on early modern literature and society rarely discussed..." onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/doi/10.1111/...
August 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Very grateful to Patrick J. McGrath for his review of Early Modern Others in Milton Quarterly. "his is a valuable and timely work, one that offers a perspective on early modern literature and society rarely discussed..." onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/doi/10.1111/...
On AI and the imminent end of higher (and lower) education: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education
College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.
timesofsandiego.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
On AI and the imminent end of higher (and lower) education: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...
Conservatives say all profs mindlessly parrot "settler colonialism" slogans. That's not true. My book that shows how early modern authors challenged the biases and prejudices of their age. www.amazon.com/Early-Modern...
Early Modern Others
Amazon.com: Early Modern Others: 9781032293660: Herman, Peter C.: Books
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July 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Conservatives say all profs mindlessly parrot "settler colonialism" slogans. That's not true. My book that shows how early modern authors challenged the biases and prejudices of their age. www.amazon.com/Early-Modern...
Was Shakespeare racist? or anti-racist? Was he an antisemite? Or did he criticize antisemitism? Early Modern Others answers those questions, and shows how early modern authors challenged the biases and prejudices of their age. www.amazon.com/Early-Modern...
Early Modern Others
Amazon.com: Early Modern Others: 9781032293660: Herman, Peter C.: Books
www.amazon.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Was Shakespeare racist? or anti-racist? Was he an antisemite? Or did he criticize antisemitism? Early Modern Others answers those questions, and shows how early modern authors challenged the biases and prejudices of their age. www.amazon.com/Early-Modern...
On Trump crossing the legal Rubicon into tyranny: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Ignoring laws and courts, Trump crosses a legal Rubicon
Trump has shown that he can, and will, ignore the law when it suits him. That's the definition of an autocrat.
timesofsandiego.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
On Trump crossing the legal Rubicon into tyranny: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...
"Notice and comment is unnecessary because I am ordering the repeal." From Trump's Executive Order on Showerheads.
With this sentence, we have crossed the Rubicon. We are now an authoritarian country where Trump's word is law.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
With this sentence, we have crossed the Rubicon. We are now an authoritarian country where Trump's word is law.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
April 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"Notice and comment is unnecessary because I am ordering the repeal." From Trump's Executive Order on Showerheads.
With this sentence, we have crossed the Rubicon. We are now an authoritarian country where Trump's word is law.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
With this sentence, we have crossed the Rubicon. We are now an authoritarian country where Trump's word is law.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Signs from today's "Hands Off!" rally in San Diego
April 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Signs from today's "Hands Off!" rally in San Diego
Grateful for this review of Early Modern Others!
"an ambitious book that makes us conscious of the perils of a univocal reading of literature, . . . provides a very different voice [on] racism, identity, prejudice, and discrimination."https://spenserreview.org/article/id/121/
"an ambitious book that makes us conscious of the perils of a univocal reading of literature, . . . provides a very different voice [on] racism, identity, prejudice, and discrimination."https://spenserreview.org/article/id/121/
Peter Herman, <em> Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance Literature </em>
spenserreview.org
April 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Grateful for this review of Early Modern Others!
"an ambitious book that makes us conscious of the perils of a univocal reading of literature, . . . provides a very different voice [on] racism, identity, prejudice, and discrimination."https://spenserreview.org/article/id/121/
"an ambitious book that makes us conscious of the perils of a univocal reading of literature, . . . provides a very different voice [on] racism, identity, prejudice, and discrimination."https://spenserreview.org/article/id/121/
On how Trump has trashed the rule of law: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Remember the Magna Carta as President Trump tests the limits of power
The barons in thirteenth century England put a collar on King John and forced him to respect the limits on his power. It’s not clear if the courts and the political system today can do the same for Do...
timesofsandiego.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On how Trump has trashed the rule of law: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...
Reposted by Peter C. Herman
I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
And Trump complained endlessly about Hilary Clinton's emails! www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
And Trump complained endlessly about Hilary Clinton's emails! www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Sadly, I have to agree. If there was one lesson CU taught its undergrads, it would be: "don't bow to tyrants." CU's administration bowed to a tyrant.
Every single member of the Columbia administration should step down.
Through their complicity and their cowardice, they've betrayed their faculty, their staff and most of all their students.
There's no way they can lead that university in any meaningful sense from this point on.
Through their complicity and their cowardice, they've betrayed their faculty, their staff and most of all their students.
There's no way they can lead that university in any meaningful sense from this point on.
March 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Sadly, I have to agree. If there was one lesson CU taught its undergrads, it would be: "don't bow to tyrants." CU's administration bowed to a tyrant.
