This is a continuation of the previous post, reflecting on the 6th International Academic Identities Conference at the University of Hiroshima. The four papers I discuss here were among the highlights of the (too few) sessions I attended. (I plan to email several participants whose intriguing-sounding presentations I missed, in the hope they share slides … Continue reading Shock to thought
ageing
Vampires or zombies
Having finished Playing Beattie Bow (1980) and Anne of Green Gables (1908), my daughter and I are now reading Natalie Bobbitt's Tuck Everlasting (1976), an American novel the explores the idea of immortality. Reading two American books in a row was unintentional, but enjoyable for the conversational idiosyncracies such as starting every sentence with 'Well … Continue reading Vampires or zombies
Academic bodies
The disciplinary shift I made post-PhD from corporeal feminism to higher education has made me aware of the embodied practices of teaching and presenting in front of others. I was reminded of this when I read Roxane Gay's Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body over the weekend. The good thing about school is that students … Continue reading Academic bodies
The Slow Academic 