Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic
Poster for the event Saudade: Towards a Luso-Afro-Brazilian Genealogy of Longing. A colloquium examining how saudade-often celebrated as the untranslatable soul of Luso-Brazilian identity-intersects with the histories of slavery, colonialism, and racialization. April 17 from 9am to 3pm at Fung House. Includes a QR code to see the program and RSVP.
Program for the Saudade colloquium. Can be accessed in legible form through a QR code.
Friends in the Boston area: I'll be in Tufts in a few weeks for this symposium I organized with @isabelaf.bsky.social and a brilliant group of scholars. We have been engaged in these conversations for a few years and are excited to keep them going.
to the extent that there is a “carrot” to trumpism it is the same carrot that slaveholders offered to lower class white men: “you can be an overseer”
¡CFP! The LASA 19th Century Section invites proposals (papers or full panels) for LASA 2026 in Paris. We're casting a wide net to see what work is shaping the field now. Deadline: Aug 22. Email abstracts to lasasigloxix@gmail.com. Spread the word!
Confesso que nunca comprei a premissa do livro, mas o Thomaz articula uma crítica brilhante neste texto que vai bastante além da minha implicância inicial.
Reminder to send an abstract to this panel @isabelaf.bsky.social and I are organizing. If you need a few more days just let us know!
Watch out for our virtual panel on watching and being watched for the MMLA this year!
(Apologies for the pun...)
Boston area people! I'm hosting a reading + conversation (in English) with Dominican writer & artist Rita Indiana on March 12 here at Tufts. Come and spread the word! Everyone is welcome.
good time for academics to join AAUP
BREAKING: 8 MLA past presidents--incl Judith Butler and Chris Newfield--publicly call on the MLA Executive Council NOT to block a vote on a BDS Resolution. Please read and share their letter today in LitHub. Members deserve to debate and VOTE. lithub.com/8-former-mod...
Only @danielagtzf.bsky.social can bring scholars, chefs, and food justice activists together to talk about how we talk about food––and how we eat it. I'd say run to get your ticket if you are in California, but there are no more tickets left...