Jonathan Freedman arrives late, in more ways than one, to an appreciation of Paul de Man. I would suggest that … More
Category: Academia
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall, the godfather of multi-culturalism and coiner of the term "Thatcherism," has died at age 82. If you were … More
Goodbye Pnin
John Dugdale traces the history of the campus novel, which is pretty short. It had a brief flowering in the … More
Research Wants to Be Free
As we’ve learned from Charles Ferguson’s Inside Job, Harvard and Columbia professors gave scholarly cover to corporate financial practices that … More
Fun Friday: Revisiting Four Old Favorites Edition
It’s the end of a crazy busy week. Not much blogging lately–or reading. Nevertheless, with autumnal weather settling in, I … More
The Endless Column of Upper Education
Since 1947 Roosevelt University has been housed in Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler’s Auditorium Building, located in Chicago’s South Loop. … More
Literature and Culture After 9/11
Mark Athitakis at American Fiction Notes passes on the reading list for James Mulholland’s “Literature and Culture After 9/11” class … More
Deconstruction and Politics
A couple of days ago–I’m just catching up now after dealing with a work crisis and general exhaustion–Stanley Fish blogged … More
Professing Literature
Every so often I check in on my old life, and every time I do, it seems like not much … More
Hadid in the Big 10
Every designer knows the phenomenon of the three proposals: the first is a radical one that the customer is too … More
One-Way Street 