Alt-Ac Careers, the Lost Generation, and the University
"Escape the Ivory Tower" by jtneill. Reproduced under Creative Commons. I created this blog as an alternative way to disseminate my research. That is, I expected this to be a place to post work in its...
View ArticleTautology, Terror, and Billy Budd
Note: some of the ideas in this post are published elsewhere (and more eloquently, I hope) in my article “Melville’s Motley Crew: History and Constituent Power in Billy Budd.” Check it out. On April...
View ArticleThe Insurgent Sea: Piracy and the Nation in Antebellum American Literature
This is (most of) the Program of Work I wrote as part of my 2012 SSHRC post-doctoral fellowship application. Since it’s unlikely I’ll ever get a chance to go any further with the project, I thought I’d...
View ArticleCo-ops for some PhD students, miniature American flags for others!
Photo by Quinn Dombrowski. Shared under Creative Commons. I read with some interest the recent news that the University of British Columbia will be launching a pilot program, offering co-op positions...
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