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Sarah Gleeson-White

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English prof @ University of Sydney. American literature and film. New book: Silent Film & the Formations of US Literary Culture: Literature in Motion (OUP 2024). Working on Wallace Thurman.

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SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics. Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

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Hedberg Writer-in-Residence Program

A unique 12-week Tasmanian residency in creative writing at @utas.edu.au! Includes a $20,000 stipend plus $10,000 accommodation. Previous residents include Robbie Arnott, Gail Jones, Michelle Cahill and Eugen Bacon. See here for more: www.utas.edu.au/community-an...

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The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945: Volume 20 | 2024 | Searching for the Truly Strong Man: Masculinities 1914-1945 A SPECIAL TOPICS ISSUE FROM THE SPACE BETWEENLuke Seaber, University College London, Special Topic EditorSEARCHING FOR THE TRULY STRONG MAN: MASCULINITIES 1914-1945“Do Not Touch”: The...

The new issue of The Space Between journal (@spacebetween.bsky.social) "Searching for the Truly Strong Man: Masculinities 1914-1945" is out! Including a brand new suite of book reviews, edited by @sarahgleesonwhite.bsky.social and myself.

scalar.usc.edu/works/the-sp...

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Higher Education Is Exhausted Some don’t see a future in a sector battling for its very existence.

"Departments were invited to seek 'conversation partners' with whom they could 'synergize,' which led to hours upon hours of meetings and memos." & etc: www.chronicle.com/article/high...

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The Routledge Companion to American Film History Presenting new and diverse scholarship, this collection brings together original essays that explore American film history from a fresh perspective. Comprising an introduction and 34 chapters written ...

Thrilled to see this volume (almost) in print, The Routledge Companion to American Film History, wonderfully edited by Pamela Robertson Wojcik and Paula J. Massood:
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

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Ombuds Nomination The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...

The MSA is seeking nominations for its inaugural ombudsperson. The person doesn't have to be an MSA member, as long as they're familiar with academic organizations like the MSA. www.moderniststudies.org/about/ombuds/

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New book--well, new-ish (new to this platform):
global.oup.com/academic/product/silent-film-and-the-formations-of-us-literary-culture-9780197558058?cc=us&lang=en&

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