THE VANDERBILT REPORT: A SERIOUS THREAT AGAINST ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE HUMANITIES

The “Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences,” also known informally as ‘The Vanderbilt Report’ was published online by said university on June 5. It has created quite a stir, which is not surprising considering it is addressed “to university chancellors and presidents” all over the USA.           […]

EL INFORME VANDERBILT: UNA AMENAZA SERIA CONTRA LA LIBERTAD ACADÉMICA EN LAS HUMANIDADES

El “Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences”, también conocido informalmente como ‘El Informe Vanderbilt’, fue publicado en línea por dicha universidad el 5 de junio. Ha causado notable revuelo, algo que no sorprende teniendo en cuenta que está dirigido a rectores universitarios de todo Estados Unidos.           […]

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 […]

SOME THOUGHTS ON MISOGYNISTIC AGEISM: FROM GREY HAIR TO DEMI MOORE

On Thursday we received at UAB the visit of our colleagues from the CELCA (Centre for English Languages and Literatures) of the Universitat de Lleida, an institute that gathers together the research groups Ratnakara, which specializes currently in Indian Ocean literatures, and Dedal-Lit, which deals with Age Studies (please take a look at the forthcoming […]