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 FUTURE OF MEN BEYOND PATRIARCHY: MY NEW BOOK ON SF BY MEN

    Happy new academic year! May it brings plenty of positive energy for teachers and students, and the thorough defeat of patriarchal darkness in all fronts and nations (yes, I’m thinking of those awful guys). I’ll begin my sixteenth year as a blogger (how time passes!!), with a reminder that the all the yearly volumes can…

  • EL FUTURO DE LOS HOMBRES MÁS ALLÁ DEL PATRIARCADO: MI NUEVO LIBRO SOBRE LA CIENCIA FICCIÓN ESCRITA POR HOMBRES

    ¡Feliz nuevo año académico! Ojalá traiga mucha energía positiva a los docentes y a los estudiantes, y la derrota completa de la oscuridad patriarcal en todos los frentes y naciones (sí, estoy pensando en esos tipos horribles). Comenzaré mi decimosexto año como bloguera (¡cómo pasa el tiempo!), con el recordatorio de que todos los volúmenes…

  • 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…