“Similarly, in high academe, the philosophy of sex and love, not to mention the long history of social-science research on sexuality, from Kinsey to the present, occupies solid, reputable ground.”— Carlin Romano, professor of philosophy and humanities at Ursinus College and author of America the Philosophical (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012).
Monthly Archives For January 2013
Common Core of MLA
At the 2013 Modern Language Association meeting of English professors in Boston, nary a word was spoken against the president. Yet and still, one of his policies came in for some surprising criticism.
Students In Cyberspace
Find out what happens when a university lets students have their way with the school Facebook page.
Southern Sexuality, MLA-Style
Find out what the Modern Language Association considers the new normal.
A Pint Of Pinter
At the Modern Language Association, scholars traced British playwright Harold Pinter’s literary, and liquid, legacy.
None Dare Call It…
Find out which president’s appointee handed out fascist propoganda to his compatriots.
Quoth the Deconstructionist
Was Edgar Allan Poe a wild colonial boy?
Autism in Academia
You can find unparalleled wisdom at the Modern Language Association (MLA). Unfortunately, it is usually presented in the type of jargon English professors like to use.
Eco-cosmopolitans Unite!
A panel of professors at the Modern Language Association came up with a new name for environmentalist–eco-cosmopolitan.
Che Guevara With Bling
Those who think college offers no material relevant to the current scene might be pleasantly, or unpleasantly, surprised.