tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post1870899734907912117..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Department of Small MiraclesCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-81858796787310152072010-09-14T12:15:18.278-04:002010-09-14T12:15:18.278-04:00Since Mr. Keane was kind enough to return the note...Since Mr. Keane was kind enough to return the notebook, I would recommend being kind to him in return. Though he said he would be open to "any book," you might want to consider that a highly theoretical book might not be quite up his alley. There's no need to add to the reputation of academics to be eternally stuck in an Ivory Tower.NaProushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037461935789863767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-17209276160096813882010-09-05T18:36:05.027-04:002010-09-05T18:36:05.027-04:00Fantastic that it came back, such a heartening thi...Fantastic that it came back, such a heartening thing. I doubt our personal reading lists overlap very much, though, so I shan't offer a suggestion. Oh, OK, I will: how about Natalie Zemon Davis's <i>The Return of Martin Guerre</i>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-52370767703272339742010-09-05T09:51:34.139-04:002010-09-05T09:51:34.139-04:00That Mr. Keane is interested in receiving such a b...That Mr. Keane is interested in receiving such a book is very encouraging. <br /><br />One recently published book which intrigues me as having the potential to change someone's thinking is: Kathleen Davis and Nadia Altschul, eds. <i>Medievalisms in the Postcolonial <br />World: The Idea of "the Middle Ages" outside Europe</i>. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. <br />ISBN: 978-0-8018-9320-9.<br /><br />It was recently reviewed by Carol Symes for The Medieval Review (hasn't shown up in the archives yet or I'd post the link) and she writes, "Within this master narrative, as editors Kathleen Davis and Nadia Altschul observe, <br />the idea of "the medieval" functions as "a spatiotemporal baseline" (1)--whether conceived (for example) as the birthplace of modern European nations and institutions, or as the black hole of barbarism from which they have <br />successfully escaped."<br /><br />Would Mr. Keane be interested in such a book? Do you want to shell out those kind of dollars ($56.24 plus S&H from Amazon US)?Curt Emanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531034596024372214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-39627385995806784992010-09-05T02:54:12.228-04:002010-09-05T02:54:12.228-04:00How the University Works: Higher Education and the...How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation by Marc Bousquet of Santa Clara University.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224874392996053957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-30664067954146824352010-09-03T12:46:13.122-04:002010-09-03T12:46:13.122-04:00My first instinct would be to send Goethe's _S...My first instinct would be to send Goethe's _Sorrows of Young Werther_, but then I'd decide that's not a nice gift to send to such a helpful person, and I'd send Calvino's _If On a Winter's Night a Traveler_ instead.Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360008043608880302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-34412711158494812032010-09-03T08:56:30.994-04:002010-09-03T08:56:30.994-04:00I agree with Myra - such a great story. I lost my ...I agree with Myra - such a great story. I lost my notebook with ALL my dissertation notes in it last month (cue panicked Facebook statuses) and, through the marvel of FB friends-of-friends, someone from another university's debating society contacted me - sent it in the mail -PHEW.<br /><br />Book-wise, I think either Serres & Latour 'Conversations', maybe De Landa, something excitingly psychoanalytic, perhaps - Adam Phillips' 'The Concise Dictionary of Dress' ?<br /><br />All good choices, I'm sure you'll agree. Although, for something more pop-book-y, maybe Malcolm Gladwell's 'Tipping Point' which I quite enjoyed!<br /><br /> I'm surprised, though, JJC, you didn't just send him one of the (inevitable, piled-up) copies of MIM you have?!<br /><br />M xYork CMS Postmedieval Reading Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679333256880248770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-65150514638773231862010-09-03T08:54:47.508-04:002010-09-03T08:54:47.508-04:00Marc Bekoff: The Emotional Lives of Animals.
http:...Marc Bekoff: The Emotional Lives of Animals.<br />http://www.rakkaathaukut.fi/flyer_Bekoff.pdfJemrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00780975569792776837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-71488328208008794152010-09-03T08:47:49.309-04:002010-09-03T08:47:49.309-04:00I honestly find myself almost incapable of believi...I honestly find myself almost incapable of believing this story. As one who has no capacity for handling the loss of irreplaceable things, I will now be latching onto this every time. Your Mr. Keane sounds like the perfect discoverer, as well, given his reward request. One wonders: had no one sitting in that seat actually noticed the notebook? Or did only he fully appreciate its value? Congratulations on your reunion.Myra Seamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785617479392033454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-56968013842974781782010-09-03T08:44:03.900-04:002010-09-03T08:44:03.900-04:00Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel.<i>Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel</i>.Got Medievalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03310906983837448973noreply@blogger.com