Sean Sidky
@ssidky.bsky.social
Teaching & writing about American Judaism, Holocaust lit., Yiddish, & Pedagogy | He/him/his
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Ask me separately about this I got ~~thoughts~~ I was a grad student here, and then a postdoc in this program in 2023-24…
Ask me separately about this I got ~~thoughts~~ I was a grad student here, and then a postdoc in this program in 2023-24…
Jewish Studies director replacement ‘unprecedented,’ students and faculty say
Dean Rick Van Kooten later held a nomination process one faculty member called “symbolic.”
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October 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Ask me separately about this I got ~~thoughts~~ I was a grad student here, and then a postdoc in this program in 2023-24…
Ask me separately about this I got ~~thoughts~~ I was a grad student here, and then a postdoc in this program in 2023-24…
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yoooooooo go get books from @bookshop.org
the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!
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the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
yoooooooo go get books from @bookshop.org
the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Not sure how we decided to end the first day with this panel, but boy did we do great here #Farbindungen25 @farbindungen.bsky.social
If you aren’t at #Farbindungen2025, you’re missing the Yiddish history of Crisco, Yiddish erotic lesbian poetry, and Yiddish as a fandom 🔥
@farbindungen.bsky.social
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February 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Not sure how we decided to end the first day with this panel, but boy did we do great here #Farbindungen25 @farbindungen.bsky.social
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#Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish kicks off this weekend! From Sunday February 2nd - Monday February 3rd come and hear some of most exciting new research in the world of Yiddish Studies! Register at the link in our bio, and we can't wait to see you all there!
January 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish kicks off this weekend! From Sunday February 2nd - Monday February 3rd come and hear some of most exciting new research in the world of Yiddish Studies! Register at the link in our bio, and we can't wait to see you all there!
Day 1 of the best conference there is, the Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social is rounding out in the most *us* way possible - extremely *not* casual presentation, and readings, of Yiddish lesbian erotic poetry.
February 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Day 1 of the best conference there is, the Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social is rounding out in the most *us* way possible - extremely *not* casual presentation, and readings, of Yiddish lesbian erotic poetry.
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#Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish is in just two weeks!
Take a look at the full schedule below to learn more about this year's panels, workshops, and keynote. The conference runs February 2-3.
Register here - bit.ly/registerfarbindungen25
Full-text schedule - bit.ly/Farbindungen...
Take a look at the full schedule below to learn more about this year's panels, workshops, and keynote. The conference runs February 2-3.
Register here - bit.ly/registerfarbindungen25
Full-text schedule - bit.ly/Farbindungen...
January 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish is in just two weeks!
Take a look at the full schedule below to learn more about this year's panels, workshops, and keynote. The conference runs February 2-3.
Register here - bit.ly/registerfarbindungen25
Full-text schedule - bit.ly/Farbindungen...
Take a look at the full schedule below to learn more about this year's panels, workshops, and keynote. The conference runs February 2-3.
Register here - bit.ly/registerfarbindungen25
Full-text schedule - bit.ly/Farbindungen...
k I just read a like 45pg article about Merovingian & Carolingian hair politics just to learn, finally, that Charles the Bald got his nickname…
“somehow, dunno, 🤷🏽♀️” (paraphrasing)
Just in case anyone else asks the big questions after reading @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social new book
“somehow, dunno, 🤷🏽♀️” (paraphrasing)
Just in case anyone else asks the big questions after reading @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social new book
December 10, 2024 at 8:53 PM
k I just read a like 45pg article about Merovingian & Carolingian hair politics just to learn, finally, that Charles the Bald got his nickname…
“somehow, dunno, 🤷🏽♀️” (paraphrasing)
Just in case anyone else asks the big questions after reading @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social new book
“somehow, dunno, 🤷🏽♀️” (paraphrasing)
Just in case anyone else asks the big questions after reading @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social new book
More post-its = more good. Great book, highly recommend!!
December 10, 2024 at 7:07 PM
More post-its = more good. Great book, highly recommend!!
If anyone sees this I’d love to hear lit or pop culture things that were surprise successes in your classes ( or surprise flops that you’re still committed to bringing back!)
Joyfully reminded today of probably the least accessible text I’ve ever tried to share with my students (based on their responses). Adore it though
“The Last Day of Betty Nkomo” — Young
-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
“The Last Day of Betty Nkomo” — Young
-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
THE LAST DAY OF BETTY NKOMO
www.yhchang.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:04 PM
If anyone sees this I’d love to hear lit or pop culture things that were surprise successes in your classes ( or surprise flops that you’re still committed to bringing back!)
Joyfully reminded today of probably the least accessible text I’ve ever tried to share with my students (based on their responses). Adore it though
“The Last Day of Betty Nkomo” — Young
-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
“The Last Day of Betty Nkomo” — Young
-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
THE LAST DAY OF BETTY NKOMO
www.yhchang.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Joyfully reminded today of probably the least accessible text I’ve ever tried to share with my students (based on their responses). Adore it though
“The Last Day of Betty Nkomo” — Young
-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
“The Last Day of Betty Nkomo” — Young
-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
Sitting in a cafe overhearing *another* older white dude arguing for making a Great Books curriculum mandatory.
Not uncommon but it feels increasingly ominous at this moment.
Not uncommon but it feels increasingly ominous at this moment.
December 7, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Sitting in a cafe overhearing *another* older white dude arguing for making a Great Books curriculum mandatory.
Not uncommon but it feels increasingly ominous at this moment.
Not uncommon but it feels increasingly ominous at this moment.
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FYI, Indiana University Press is currently offering 40% off through 12/20 with code UGIFT24. Which means it's a perfect opportunity to #BuyMyBook. A perfect gift for any religion nerds, sex nerds, or people who appreciate #LostGirl shoutouts!
When We Collide
When We Collide is a landmark reassessment of the significance of sex in contemporary Jewish ethics. Rebecca Epstein-Levi offers a fresh and vital exploratio...
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December 6, 2024 at 9:54 PM
FYI, Indiana University Press is currently offering 40% off through 12/20 with code UGIFT24. Which means it's a perfect opportunity to #BuyMyBook. A perfect gift for any religion nerds, sex nerds, or people who appreciate #LostGirl shoutouts!
This is a bad decision. The time I’ve spent writing, talking about, and helping others with diversity statements. theirs has done more to improve my teaching, relationship to teaching, and care for students than any formal pedagogy training I ever had.
Just announced ahead of the regents’ meeting today: “The University of Michigan will no longer solicit diversity statements as part of faculty hiring, promotion and tenure.” As far as I can tell, units won’t even have the option of soliciting them anymore.
December 5, 2024 at 1:47 PM
This is a bad decision. The time I’ve spent writing, talking about, and helping others with diversity statements. theirs has done more to improve my teaching, relationship to teaching, and care for students than any formal pedagogy training I ever had.
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holy fuck
"Sorry about that complication in your by-pass surgery. That last hour of anesthesia is on you."
"Sorry about that complication in your by-pass surgery. That last hour of anesthesia is on you."
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
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It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
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December 4, 2024 at 7:53 PM
holy fuck
"Sorry about that complication in your by-pass surgery. That last hour of anesthesia is on you."
"Sorry about that complication in your by-pass surgery. That last hour of anesthesia is on you."
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writing is reading one book and three articles to achieve one subordinate clause
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
writing is reading one book and three articles to achieve one subordinate clause
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🧵I want to engage with Snyder's On Tyranny but first want to express my admiration. It's an extraordinary distillation of a century of lessons that remain largely unlearned about democracy & fascism into a rigorous & actionable primer on recognizing & confronting American tyranny. Please read it.
November 25, 2024 at 4:55 PM
🧵I want to engage with Snyder's On Tyranny but first want to express my admiration. It's an extraordinary distillation of a century of lessons that remain largely unlearned about democracy & fascism into a rigorous & actionable primer on recognizing & confronting American tyranny. Please read it.
In the summer of 2011, a New Yorker told me off because I called a subway train “a train”.
“That’s not a train, it’s the subway,” they said, as if that was an ok thing to say out loud.
“That’s not a train, it’s the subway,” they said, as if that was an ok thing to say out loud.
November 27, 2024 at 1:42 AM
In the summer of 2011, a New Yorker told me off because I called a subway train “a train”.
“That’s not a train, it’s the subway,” they said, as if that was an ok thing to say out loud.
“That’s not a train, it’s the subway,” they said, as if that was an ok thing to say out loud.
It IS really good!
You can even still buy the book. It’s really good and the Nazis hated it!
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www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
November 25, 2024 at 4:16 PM
It IS really good!
Saul is a scholar and person I have admired for years. His research is engaged and nuanced; it speaks to the biggest questions in literary studies, Yiddish Studies, Jewish Studies, translation studies, Comparative Literature, and many other fields. Harvard absolutely failed him and themselves.
Harvard Denied Its Only Yiddish Professor Tenure. Did the Process Fail Him? | News | The Harvard Crimson
When Yiddish studies professor Saul Noam Zaritt was denied tenure in June at the direction of Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76, Zaritt’s own tenure review committee was stunned. They say Harvard m...
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November 21, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Saul is a scholar and person I have admired for years. His research is engaged and nuanced; it speaks to the biggest questions in literary studies, Yiddish Studies, Jewish Studies, translation studies, Comparative Literature, and many other fields. Harvard absolutely failed him and themselves.
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"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire.
SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1
SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1
Oathbreakers
The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that wou...
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November 17, 2024 at 3:38 PM
"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire.
SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1
SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1
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“about 61% of core tutorial teaching is done by academics on fixed-term contracts or in hourly-paid roles.”
yes, come on journalists, more about adjunctification everywhere. tell people about “elite” institutions.
yes, come on journalists, more about adjunctification everywhere. tell people about “elite” institutions.
This is actually full of good reporting on casualization of UKHE at even the most prestigious institutions. And the fact that the Observer pressed Christ Church directly on ad wording, and then reported on the college's sidestepping is nothing short of astonishing.
Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff
Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms
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November 16, 2024 at 1:06 PM
“about 61% of core tutorial teaching is done by academics on fixed-term contracts or in hourly-paid roles.”
yes, come on journalists, more about adjunctification everywhere. tell people about “elite” institutions.
yes, come on journalists, more about adjunctification everywhere. tell people about “elite” institutions.
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COVER REVEAL!
It’s been 3 years in the making, but at long last, I can share THE INTERMEDIARIES! A history of hormones, of #LGBTQ+ and #transrights and the fight of science against Nazi propaganda in the shadow of the Third Reich! Please share! 🧪🗃️
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It’s been 3 years in the making, but at long last, I can share THE INTERMEDIARIES! A history of hormones, of #LGBTQ+ and #transrights and the fight of science against Nazi propaganda in the shadow of the Third Reich! Please share! 🧪🗃️
www.amazon.com/Intermediari...
October 16, 2024 at 12:27 PM
COVER REVEAL!
It’s been 3 years in the making, but at long last, I can share THE INTERMEDIARIES! A history of hormones, of #LGBTQ+ and #transrights and the fight of science against Nazi propaganda in the shadow of the Third Reich! Please share! 🧪🗃️
www.amazon.com/Intermediari...
It’s been 3 years in the making, but at long last, I can share THE INTERMEDIARIES! A history of hormones, of #LGBTQ+ and #transrights and the fight of science against Nazi propaganda in the shadow of the Third Reich! Please share! 🧪🗃️
www.amazon.com/Intermediari...