The Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver campus) invites applications for the President’s Excellence Chair in Network Cultures, a full-time, tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Professor with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2020. The Chair will be provided with research funds and have Continue Reading »
Environment/Sustainability Cluster Search, University at Buffalo As part of a multi-year plan to hire six tenure-track faculty, the newly formed Department of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo seeks to hire three Assistant or Associate Professors for the 2020-2021 academic year. In this round of hiring, we seek scholars with expertise in the Continue Reading »
ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/21256 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/21257 The Department of English at Rice University, located in Houston, Texas, invites applications for an Assistant (tenure-track) or Associate (tenured) Professor of African American Literature Continue Reading »
From Banu Subramanian: ************ Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism About the Book: Behind the euphoric narrative of India as an emerging world power lies a fascinating but untold story of an evolving relationship between science and religion. Evoking the rich mythology of comingled worlds, where humans, animals, and gods transform each other and ancient Continue Reading »
Science, Technology and Irish Modernism Edited by Kathryn Conrad, Cóilín Parsons, and Julies McCormick Weng Hardcover $65.00 9780815635932 Paper $34.95 9780815635987 Ebook 9780815654483 To order: https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/95/science-technology-and-irish-modernism/ “Succeeds wonderfully in laying out a wide range of Irish interests in science and technology. This book will become a go-to resource for interested students and for scholars wishing Continue Reading »
MindApps: Multistate Theory and Tools for Mind Design Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D. Part Street Press, Rochester, VT. “accessible in style and format” — retired librarian PROLOGUE: This book is about mental vastness. — page ix MAIN IDEA: Just as we can install digital apps in our electronic devices to add new functions and powers, Continue Reading »
We are excited to announce that Kara Watts, Robin Hackett, and myself (Molly Volanth Hall) have a new book out with University Press of Florida, titled Affective Materialities: Reorienting the Body in Modernist Literature. Affective Materialities reexamines modernist theorizations of the body and opens up the artistic, political, and ethical possibilities at the intersection of affect Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Fall 2019, Vol. 28, No.4 *SLSA 2019, “Experimental Engagements,” University of California-Irvine *2019 Election for Member-at-Large—deadline 9/30/19 *New Policies under Consideration: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *AnthropoScene Book Series *SLSA Europe News UPCOMING MEETING: SLSA 2019: Experimental Engagements — November 7-9, 2019 University of California-Irvine, California Continue Reading »
Free Preview © 2019 Towards a Digital Poetics Electronic Literature & Literary Games Authors: O’Sullivan, James Examines digital forms on their own terms rather than returning instinctively to well-worn analogue perspectives Looks at the woefully underexamined subject of electronic literature Takes an ontological approach through descriptive exploration rather than offering a prescriptive definition of electronic Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Summer 2019, Vol. 28, No.3 *SLSA 2019, “Experimental Engagements,” University of California-Irvine *SLSA 2019 Awards: Travel Awards, Essay Prizes *2018 SLSA Kendrick Book Prize and Honorable Mentions *Graduate Student Liaisons Appointed *2019 Election for Member-at-Large *New Policies under Consideration: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *AnthropoScene Book Continue Reading »
