essays & commentaries & medievalisings

Unicorns (1): for the end of the year

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next post: “What Would St Catherine of Alexandria Do?”

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On Thanksgiving and giving thanks for women’s art (part 3 of 3)

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On Thanksgiving and giving thanks for women’s art (part 2 of 3)

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On Thanksgiving and giving thanks for women’s art (part 1 of 3)

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next post: on Thanksgiving and giving thanks for women’s art

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the tale of the squirrel

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the fable of the egg

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it’s that time of year again

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a very short fable about medievalism, #medievaltwitter, and teaching

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coming up next / progress updates

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On textbooks, midterm blues, and other truths of social justice

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Radical professionalism (4): it exists and it’s medievalist

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Radical professionalism (3): what it is and what it could be

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(next (2c): radical professionalism (3): what it is and what it could be … coming up shortly … )

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SYLLABUS PART 3: HELP (2017)

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SYLLABUS PART 2: THE RULES (2017)

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Radical professionalism (2b): … but it can be about imagination …

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Radical professionalism (2): it is not about appearances

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Radical professionalism (1): it is not neutrality

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This is education

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University undergraduate liberal arts education is #AntiFascistSFF

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Happy medieval eclipse

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(Next post: on radical professionalism)

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Make the essay Montaignian again (2)

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Make Essays Montaignian Again

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Work in progress

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Cheese scones are my madeleines

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#innovation: the soundtrack

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On the naming of things

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AcciDEntal SCROTUS: allegory is all around when medievalising moDErn French teaching

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Christine de Pizan, “Ditié de Jehanne d’Arc”

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From Joan of Arc to Wonder Woman via Christine de Pizan, on #medievaltwitter

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Next post: on Christine de Pizan

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New course (January 2018): #mdvl310d – MARVELS

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Annual review

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Consent culture, compliance culture, and hypocrisy

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# fren336 semaine 13 “méta” – au-delà de la bande dessinée

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Happy #HugAMedievalistDay

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Academic working conditions, peace, harmony, and goodwill to all

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#Innovation – #MakePhilologyGreatAgain 

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On standing for election to the UBC Faculty Association (2)

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Literary warm-up exercise for stretching imaginative muscles / un exercice d’échauffement littéraire : l’imagination au pouvoir

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On standing for election to the UBC Faculty Association

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Qu’est-ce que le commentaire ?

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“Marsupilami” est génial et Franquin fut un génie (en remerciant @BNF et @Ecoledeschartes)

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“Le Roman de la Rose”: fear, danger, & walls vs. #bridgesnotwalls #NoWallsNoBan #LoveTrumpsHate

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Teaching the “Roman de la Rose” in hyper-really allegorical times: Apocalypse Now

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Experimental Medievalist Teaching: a talk for @UBC Early Romance Studies Research Cluster about #mdvl301a (part 2 of 2)

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Experimental Medievalist Teaching: a talk for @UBC Early Romance Studies Research Cluster about #mdvl301a (part 1 of 2)

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Trobar sen / trying to make sense of November (4): the 12th-13th + resources

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Trobar sen / trying to make sense of November (3): the 11th

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Trobar sen / trying to make sense of November (2): the 9th & 10th

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Trobar sen / trying to make sense of November (1): up to the 8th

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On reading, writing, & commentary

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Statement of teaching philosophy: l’imagination au pouvoir*

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Open letter: student support

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Being in time, in images and imagination

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Of field-work & marriage

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REPOSTING: Silence Is Violence at UBC, from 8 January 2016

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Appendix to THE RULES (2016)

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THE RULES (2016)

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Medievalising Modern French & hope

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Sunday morning special: in accidental praise of L’Europe sans frontières

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Work in progress: rereading / #medievaltwitter #seriousacademic kindness

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50 years ago: philology, decolonisation, deconstruction

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#femfog avant la lettre, #fembuée, & #femflow

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Occitan Lyric Poetry as Defence Against the Dark Arts

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Occitan Lyric Poetry as Defence Against the Dark Arts (ICLS) – slides 

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MDVL 301 update: some introductory pre-reading…

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On matters that matter (4): what next?

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On matters that matter (3): what now?

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On matters that matter (2): icons 

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On matters that matter (1): outrage

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Constructing and deconstructing a medieval joke (2)

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Constructing and deconstructing a medieval joke (1)

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Early Science Fiction (A Medievalist on the Chemical Wedding) @Lollardfish

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On kindness, curiosity, and worrying

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On early science fiction / SF

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“Flamenca” at #Kzoo2016 (2): notes from roundtable + tidied fuller version of talk

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“Flamenca” at #Kzoo2016: (UPDATED 2018: manuscript online &) rough list of editions & translations

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“Flamenca” at #Kzoo2016 (1): before the climactic event, an introduction to international medievalist congress

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Un nouveau cours @UBC en janvier 2017 !

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Credo (2): Mashup remix: #4wordpedagogy + #UBC100

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Credo for universal lifelong higher education (1)

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#marking

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On applied medievalism and being more like whales

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Extending #HugAMedievalist and #WhanThatAprilleDay16 into a weekend Occ Fest

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#WhanthatAprilleDay16 – Guilhem de Peitieus / Old Occitan

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#HugAMedievalist

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@UBC Faculty Association motion of no confidence in Board of Governors carries

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Fore and aft of the @UBC Faculty Association NO CONFIDENCE in the #UBCBoG meeting (2): from the afternoon of 2016-03-22 onwards

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Fore and aft of the @UBC Faculty Association NO CONFIDENCE in the #UBCBoG meeting (1): up to the morning of 2016-03-22

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I’m voting NO CONFIDENCE in the UBC Board of Governors (3a, the long version)

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I’m voting NO CONFIDENCE in the UBC Board of Governors: here’s why (3)

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Resources & readings on the UBC governance matters

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I’m voting NO CONFIDENCE in the UBC Board of Governors: here’s why (2)

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