Performance historian, English professor at Johns Hopkins. ART OF CONFESSION (https://xitter.cf/t.co/iN3zKoRmm1). Now writing on tech&the arts, politics&performance.
Baltimore, MD
Joined April 2009
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Academic Twitter is where you go to find out which scholars have cats.
Other uses are legitimate, but unwise.
That phase of revision where — look, who knows if you’re making it better, but you’re certainly making it longer!
I'm breaking my long Twitter silence to ask: does anyone have recommendations for developmental editors able to work at the intersection of theater & performance studies and political science/theory/sociology? My DMs are open, if you'd prefer to share that way.
TL;DR -- Google Bard employees are unsure that LLMs are good for anything.
And yet they're certain it'll be fine for "creative" uses and for use in "education."
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
I’ve been thinking about what I call “credit-hour imperialism” as a tool of STEM dominance.
A student explained to me today that ~everybody knows~ organic chem will take 60% of your time while counting for 1/4 of your courseload. What time/attention is left for the rest of us?
“ChatGPT, please write me a comparative analysis of Restoration courtliness and Hollywood celebrity.”
Wow — an event yesterday turned into a podcast today! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
I mean, you really had to BE there — but this will be the next best thing
All praise to @AldoBMartin and @DrFrankRoberts for their brilliant work
New Episode of "Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years" is out NOW recorded LIVE at @AmherstCollege's Center for Humanistic Inquiry.
Wonderful discussion on Baldwin & the power of podcasting as public scholarship:
findingjamesbaldwin.buzzspro…
Featuring @AldoBMartin & @Confessant.
ALT Photo by Freeman (Amherst '26)
I'm devastated to report that I now write emails that say things like "I'll send a GCal invitation with Zoom details."
Trust me -- you want to work with these people!
ACP has deep interests in activist studies, environmental and energy humanities, multilingualism and translation, public and community humanities, and all forms of justice-oriented scholarship and methodology.
Reach out to us with book ideas at [email protected]!
First event of the year @ACinquiry had:
A full house 💃💃💃
A stirring topic 🌿🌿🌿
And a rainbow overhead 🦄🦄🦄
Christopher Grobe retweeted
Twitter Friends & Baldwin Lovers:
Come meet me in Amherst! Join me for this special conversation about the new podcast, “Finding James Baldwin” on 9/20 at 4:30pm on the campus of @AmherstCollege.
Featuring the brilliant @Confessant and @AldoBMartin.
amherst.edu/news/events/cale…
New seminar schedule just dropped!
And yes 🙃 I'm co-organizing a seminar at Harvard's humanities center while also running Amherst's ... BUT I GUESS THAT'S BECAUSE I JUST LOVE THE HUMANITIES
(h/t to Kyle Frisina for the digital poster)
