Category Archives: Academic Life

How to accommodate a breastpumping mom at your event

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Miriam

Breastfeeding has been a pretty damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t experience for me. I’m in an extremely privileged position, breastfeeding-wise — with relatively generous (for the U.S.) maternity leave and a private office with a door — but it’s still been a challenge. … Continue reading →

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Notes on DH and sharing your work

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Miriam

These are notes and links for a talk I’m giving on digital humanities and sharing your work at the University of California, San Diego, on November 5, 2012. DH projects I discuss The Real Face of White Australia, by Kate Bagnall … Continue reading →

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Training grad students for a new scholarly landscape

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Miriam

Here’s what I just said about graduate student training at a workshop (with Daniel Chamberlain, Mary Francis, Tara McPherson, Leslie Mitchner, and Patrice Petro) on “the changing profession” at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual meeting: As we … Continue reading →

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Why I went (back) to the AHA

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Miriam

Last week I attended the American Historical Association’s annual meeting in Chicago. Although I’ve always thought of myself as a historian, I hadn’t been to an AHA meeting since my first year of grad school in 2004. In part, I … Continue reading →

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Dissertation advice

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Miriam

Recently, a much-loved friend asked me for advice on dissertation-writing, not because I’m any paragon of efficiency, but because she knew I’d struggled myself. She wanted to know if I had any words of wisdom about getting through the process … Continue reading →

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Some basic things you should know about being in a Ph.D. program

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Miriam

Disclaimer: This post is not about the politics of humanities Ph.D. programs, the ethics of these arrangements, or whether you should go to grad school in the first place. But if you haven’t already looked into this and you’re thinking … Continue reading →

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So, you’re moving to New Haven: Do you need a car? (Answer: No.)

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Miriam

(This is my third post about moving to New Haven. I’ve also written about where to live and what to do.) If there’s one thing that everyone knows about me, it’s this: I give the people what they want. And … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Scholarly Communication Institute

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Miriam

Last week I was really fortunate to attend the Scholarly Communication Institute 9 at the University of Virginia. This was the final in an annual series of meetings designed to provoke discussion (and action) about the way scholarship is produced, … Continue reading →

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Yale’s film studies “canon”: the readings

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Miriam

Long, long ago, I posted the the filmography from the “canon” exam that Yale’s Film Studies Ph.D. program administers to all of its graduating students. I promised to post the readings, too, and then promptly forgot. Anyway, here they are, … Continue reading →

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Making room in the academy for everyone: Margaret Price on kairotic space

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Miriam

Last week, I went to see the rhetorician and disability studies scholar Margaret Price lead a discussion about her new book, Mad at School: Rhetorics of Disability and Academic Life. I was curious for a lot of reasons. Mostly, I’ve … Continue reading →

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