The Joys of Teaching Literature, started in September 2010 and with a Spanish version since July 2021, is a blog for ranting and raving about teaching and researching English Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies, and other aspects of the Anglophone world. I publish a post once a week, usually on Monday. Please, download the yearly volumes for free or read the volume collecting some of the entries (Passionate Professing: The Context and Practice of English Literature, 2023). The comments option is not available, sorry, but you may contact me through my e-mail address, Sara.Martin@uab.cat. The contents of this blog are protected by a type 4 Creative Common License (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)).

  • THE MATTER OF THE LENGTH OF CLASSES: SOME THOUGHTS

    ‪Duncan Yellowlees, PhD, (‪@dyellowlees.bsky.social), who presents himself as a researcher trainer, posted the following on BlueSky: “Practical tips for maintaining an engaged audience that sooo many academics fail at: – vary what they are listening to/focusing on – make sure data is connected to context – talk to them not at them – give the…

  • EL ESPINOSO TEMA DE LA DURACIÓN DE LAS CLASES: ALGUNAS REFLEXIONES

    ‪El Dr. Duncan Yellowlees (‪@dyellowlees.bsky.social), que se presenta como entrenador (?) de investigadores, publicó el siguiente post en BlueSky: «Consejos prácticos para mantener al público interesado, en lo que taaaantos académicos fallan: – variar lo que está escuchando / en lo que se está centrando – asegurarse de que los datos estén conectados al contexto…

  • VISION AND SUPPORT: WHAT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS CAN DO TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC FREEDOM

    This is a report of the ‘Vision and Support Session’, an open discussion held last week, on 30 July, within the Science Fiction Research Association conference, “Trans People are (in) the Future: Queer and Trans Futurity in Science Fiction” (University of Rochester, New York), a conference which lasted until yesterday, August 3rd. The organizer of…

  • VISIÓN Y APOYO: LO QUE LAS ASOCIACIONES PROFESIONALES PUEDEN HACER PARA APOYAR LA LIBERTAD ACADÉMICA

    La entrada de hoy resume la ‘Vision and Support Session’, una conversación abierta celebrada la semana pasada, el 30 de julio, dentro del congreso de la Science Fiction Rsearch Association, “Trans People are (in) the Future: Queer and Trans Futurity in Science Fiction” (University of Rochester, Nueva York), congreso que duró hasta ayer, 3 de…

  • OMINOUS PROPOSALS: AI-DEPENDENT STUDENTS CANNOT BE OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

    Today I’m reading an article by, I quote, “Mary Curnock Cook CBE, who chairs the Dyson Institute and is a Trustee at HEPI, and Bess Brennan, Chief of University Partnerships with Cadmus, which is running a series of collaborative events with UK university leaders about the challenges and opportunities of generative AI in higher education.”…