Sarah C. Schaefer
@sarahcschaefer.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Art History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Mostly Tolkien.
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Gustave Doré and Hélidore Pisan’s Newgate—Exercise Yard, 1872
Sarah C. Schaefer argues that today’s viral images of prisoners like Luigi Mangione draw on a 19th-century precedent established by Gustave Doré.
www.artforum.com
Humbled to have been able to write on Doré's image of Victorian incarceration and its reverberations (van Gogh, Kubrick, Mangione) for this month's Artforum.
www.artforum.com/features/gus...
@artforum.com @tinariversryan.bsky.social
www.artforum.com/features/gus...
@artforum.com @tinariversryan.bsky.social
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BIG NEWS at the end of theOneRing's post: Karen Wynn Fonstad's maps have found a home at the American Geographical Society Library here at UW-Milwaukee!!!
www.theonering.net/torwp/2025/0...
www.theonering.net/torwp/2025/0...
Wynn Fonstad Middle-earth Map Exhibit At UW-Madison
Recently, the Robinson Map Library at UW-Madison exhibited many of the manuscripts that cartographer Karen Wynn Fonstad developed in making the groundbreaking The Atlas of Middle-earth. TORn Discord m...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BIG NEWS at the end of theOneRing's post: Karen Wynn Fonstad's maps have found a home at the American Geographical Society Library here at UW-Milwaukee!!!
www.theonering.net/torwp/2025/0...
www.theonering.net/torwp/2025/0...
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A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.
Came across this ad for the Milwaukee School of Engineering in vol 1 issue 2 of Amazing Stories!
@msoe-official.bsky.social
@msoe-official.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Came across this ad for the Milwaukee School of Engineering in vol 1 issue 2 of Amazing Stories!
@msoe-official.bsky.social
@msoe-official.bsky.social
When talking about periods of history with few or no extant written sources, I implore: PLEASE, don't frame it as "all we have is the material/archaeological record." It reinforces the idea that the written word is the be-all and end-all of historical evidence...
July 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When talking about periods of history with few or no extant written sources, I implore: PLEASE, don't frame it as "all we have is the material/archaeological record." It reinforces the idea that the written word is the be-all and end-all of historical evidence...
Very cool, Popular Mechanics, but why did you use an image of Bryn Celli Ddu in North Wales?
#popularmechanics
#popularmechanics
July 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Very cool, Popular Mechanics, but why did you use an image of Bryn Celli Ddu in North Wales?
#popularmechanics
#popularmechanics
Milein Cosman, who was initially approached to do illustrations for Farmer Giles of Ham. Both images from 1942-43; Eagle and Child on the right.
#tolkien
#tolkien
July 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Milein Cosman, who was initially approached to do illustrations for Farmer Giles of Ham. Both images from 1942-43; Eagle and Child on the right.
#tolkien
#tolkien
Double feature suggestion: "Meatloaf's World" --> Wayne's World and Spice World
July 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Double feature suggestion: "Meatloaf's World" --> Wayne's World and Spice World
An amazing write-up of the venue my spouse has been pouring his lifeblood into!
I wrote about the hip new space for shows in Milwaukee, MKE Ultra, for @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social:
milwaukeerecord.com/music/new-ve...
milwaukeerecord.com/music/new-ve...
New venue MKE Ultra brings cozy, intimate vibe to West Mitchell Street
“It’s easier to stay at home on your couch. But I will say, for your readers, we have couches!”
milwaukeerecord.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
An amazing write-up of the venue my spouse has been pouring his lifeblood into!
Reposted by Sarah C. Schaefer
NEW: Here's my breakdown of the latest Marquette Poll, which asks about Tony Evers and a third term.
Along with those # 's, I took a look at what Wisconsinites agree on, where people stand on Trump's economic policies, and more.
Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/evers-thir...
Along with those # 's, I took a look at what Wisconsinites agree on, where people stand on Trump's economic policies, and more.
Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/evers-thir...
Evers' third term question, Trump's economic policies, what Wisconsin voters agree on, and more: 5 Takeaways from the June 2025 Marquette Poll
The poll asked a question we've been asking here, too: Should Tony Evers run for a third term? Analysis of those poll results and a whole lot more.
www.therecombobulationarea.news
June 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NEW: Here's my breakdown of the latest Marquette Poll, which asks about Tony Evers and a third term.
Along with those # 's, I took a look at what Wisconsinites agree on, where people stand on Trump's economic policies, and more.
Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/evers-thir...
Along with those # 's, I took a look at what Wisconsinites agree on, where people stand on Trump's economic policies, and more.
Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/evers-thir...
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Something really important about organizations’ decisions to adopt AI tools which people need to understand is this: it often comes down to a room of a handful of people who are simply uninformed and think it’s just a new norm they’ll be left behind on if they don’t find a use for it in their work.
June 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Something really important about organizations’ decisions to adopt AI tools which people need to understand is this: it often comes down to a room of a handful of people who are simply uninformed and think it’s just a new norm they’ll be left behind on if they don’t find a use for it in their work.
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This appears to be absolutely antithetical to the mission of the National Archives and a thinly-veiled attempt by the Trump administration to give it the authority to decide who gets to conduct research.
It’s also entirely unnecessary. You already need to make an appt to conduct research at NARA II
It’s also entirely unnecessary. You already need to make an appt to conduct research at NARA II
June 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This appears to be absolutely antithetical to the mission of the National Archives and a thinly-veiled attempt by the Trump administration to give it the authority to decide who gets to conduct research.
It’s also entirely unnecessary. You already need to make an appt to conduct research at NARA II
It’s also entirely unnecessary. You already need to make an appt to conduct research at NARA II
Learned a few days ago that Ian Ballantine lived next to Todd Rudgren. My dad about lost his mind.
June 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Learned a few days ago that Ian Ballantine lived next to Todd Rudgren. My dad about lost his mind.
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I spent the weekend at “The Ben Wikler Show,” aka the WisDems 2025 Convention.
Read my 10 takeaways here. Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/10-takeawa...
Read my 10 takeaways here. Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/10-takeawa...
10 Takeaways from the WisDems 2025 Convention
From the speeches to the Chair vote to the celebration of outgoing chair Ben Wikler, here's our takeaways from two days in Wisconsin Dells for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin's annual convention.
www.therecombobulationarea.news
June 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I spent the weekend at “The Ben Wikler Show,” aka the WisDems 2025 Convention.
Read my 10 takeaways here. Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/10-takeawa...
Read my 10 takeaways here. Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/10-takeawa...
I watched something recently in which a character described being addicted to making money and I can't get the idea out of my head. Like, what would happen if accruing disgusting amounts of wealth was pathologized to a much greater extent and seen as necessitating treatment (e.g. immersion therapy)?
June 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I watched something recently in which a character described being addicted to making money and I can't get the idea out of my head. Like, what would happen if accruing disgusting amounts of wealth was pathologized to a much greater extent and seen as necessitating treatment (e.g. immersion therapy)?
AS&S is one of my absolute favorite Milwaukee institutions––pls help if you can!
Donate to Keep American Science & Surplus Alive, organized by Patrick Meyer
A heartfelt message from Pat Meyer, owner of American Science & Surplus: Calling A… Patrick Meyer needs your support for Keep American Science & Surplus Alive
gofund.me
May 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
AS&S is one of my absolute favorite Milwaukee institutions––pls help if you can!
My OCR version of Nick Groom's "Tolkien, Geology, and Romantic Lithology" keeps reading "stones" as "scones"––"the Seeing Scones," "the philosophical study of scones," "the Scone of Erech"...
@willsherwood.bsky.social
@willsherwood.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My OCR version of Nick Groom's "Tolkien, Geology, and Romantic Lithology" keeps reading "stones" as "scones"––"the Seeing Scones," "the philosophical study of scones," "the Scone of Erech"...
@willsherwood.bsky.social
@willsherwood.bsky.social
Unexpected/completely predictable search result following a conversation that started with “How funny would it be if we got a phrenological head for our house?”
May 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Unexpected/completely predictable search result following a conversation that started with “How funny would it be if we got a phrenological head for our house?”
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In her Close-Up on Gustave Doré’s engraving “Newgate—Exercise Yard,” 1872, @sarahcschaefer.bsky.social connects depictions of prisoners ranging from the nineteenth century to Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange,” 1971, and the much-publicized photographs of Luigi Mangione’s 2024 “perp walk.”
Gustave Doré and Hélidore Pisan’s Newgate—Exercise Yard, 1872
Sarah C. Schaefer argues that today’s viral images of prisoners like Luigi Mangione draw on a 19th-century precedent established by Gustave Doré.
www.artforum.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In her Close-Up on Gustave Doré’s engraving “Newgate—Exercise Yard,” 1872, @sarahcschaefer.bsky.social connects depictions of prisoners ranging from the nineteenth century to Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange,” 1971, and the much-publicized photographs of Luigi Mangione’s 2024 “perp walk.”
Reposted by Sarah C. Schaefer
Following the departure of Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the inaugural director and CEO of the still-under-construction Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, director George Lucas will take primary responsibility for curatorial direction at his namesake institution. www.artforum.com/news/george-...
George Lucas to Helm Namesake Museum’s “Content Direction” as Director Departs
Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the inaugural director and CEO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, will leave the still-under-construction institution.
www.artforum.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Following the departure of Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the inaugural director and CEO of the still-under-construction Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, director George Lucas will take primary responsibility for curatorial direction at his namesake institution. www.artforum.com/news/george-...
Humbled to have been able to write on Doré's image of Victorian incarceration and its reverberations (van Gogh, Kubrick, Mangione) for this month's Artforum.
www.artforum.com/features/gus...
@artforum.com @tinariversryan.bsky.social
www.artforum.com/features/gus...
@artforum.com @tinariversryan.bsky.social
Gustave Doré and Hélidore Pisan’s Newgate—Exercise Yard, 1872
Sarah C. Schaefer argues that today’s viral images of prisoners like Luigi Mangione draw on a 19th-century precedent established by Gustave Doré.
www.artforum.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Humbled to have been able to write on Doré's image of Victorian incarceration and its reverberations (van Gogh, Kubrick, Mangione) for this month's Artforum.
www.artforum.com/features/gus...
@artforum.com @tinariversryan.bsky.social
www.artforum.com/features/gus...
@artforum.com @tinariversryan.bsky.social
I love my friends
February 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I love my friends