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Peter C. Herman

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Lit prof at San Diego State University; author of "Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance Literature"; words @newsweek, @Salon, Inside Higher Ed, Public Humanities, Times of San Diego

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Oz is lying because he knows that people will believe him. Or worse, they will not know who or what to believe. This is how autocracy works, says Hannah Arendt.

30.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pad see ew! 🍽️ #ettp

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Not so "shadow." I think it's a secret all over the block that Vought and Miller are really running the government.

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Browned butter sage sauce with TJ’s pumpkin ravioli! 🍽️ #ettp

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My new outdoor wok burner and the result. Serious wok hei! 🍽️ #ettp

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In Light of AI, a Creative Alternative to Essays (opinion) With the rise of AI-enabled cheating, a creative assignment can be a powerful alternative to the traditional term paper, Peter C. Herman writes.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

26.09.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another reason why kids hate Shakespeare.

20.08.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Years ago, I was put in such a terrible classroom that a student came in a little late, looked around, looked at me, and said "who did you piss off?"

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Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.

FYI: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

17.08.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance LiteraturePeter C. Herman. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. 164pp. ISBN 13: 9781032293660. $49.99 (paper). Click on the article title to read more.

Very grateful to Patrick J. McGrath for his review of Early Modern Others in Milton Quarterly. "his is a valuable and timely work, one that offers a perspective on early modern literature and society rarely discussed..." doi.org/10.1111/milt...

09.08.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very grateful to Patrick J. McGrath for his review of Early Modern Others in Milton Quarterly. "his is a valuable and timely work, one that offers a perspective on early modern literature and society rarely discussed..." onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/doi/10.1111/...

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Good point. My guess is that Trump has in mind only the top-tier schools. From what I can tell, there's very little interest in colleges and universities farther down the academic ladder.

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How is the Department of Education supposed to examine admissions if it's supposed to be dissolved?

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Exactly right. We're not sliding into autocracy; we're there.

05.08.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.

FYI: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

05.08.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.

timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

04.08.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.

On AI and the imminent end of higher (and lower) education: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

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Early Modern Others Amazon.com: Early Modern Others: 9781032293660: Herman, Peter C.: Books

Conservatives say all profs mindlessly parrot "settler colonialism" slogans. That's not true. My book that shows how early modern authors challenged the biases and prejudices of their age. www.amazon.com/Early-Modern...

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Early Modern Others Amazon.com: Early Modern Others: 9781032293660: Herman, Peter C.: Books

Was Shakespeare racist? or anti-racist? Was he an antisemite? Or did he criticize antisemitism? Early Modern Others answers those questions, and shows how early modern authors challenged the biases and prejudices of their age. www.amazon.com/Early-Modern...

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Opinion: Ignoring laws and courts, Trump crosses a legal Rubicon Trump has shown that he can, and will, ignore the law when it suits him. That's the definition of an autocrat.

I wrote about this last May: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

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my sympathies. Let's hope the AC works.

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Chickpea flour?

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Porcini Ragu: 🍽️ #ettp

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Opinion: Ignoring laws and courts, Trump crosses a legal Rubicon Trump has shown that he can, and will, ignore the law when it suits him. That's the definition of an autocrat.

On Trump crossing the legal Rubicon into tyranny: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

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Poppy seed tea cake! 🍽️ #ettp

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Oh? how so?

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Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: SectionΒ 1. Β Purpose.

"Notice and comment is unnecessary because I am ordering the repeal." From Trump's Executive Order on Showerheads.

With this sentence, we have crossed the Rubicon. We are now an authoritarian country where Trump's word is law.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Signs from today's "Hands Off!" rally in San Diego

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Peter Herman, <em> Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance Literature </em>

Grateful for this review of Early Modern Others!
"an ambitious book that makes us conscious of the perils of a univocal reading of literature, . . . provides a very different voice [on] racism, identity, prejudice, and discrimination."https://spenserreview.org/article/id/121/

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