In the Middle

by J J Cohen At once exhausting and invigorating, ICMS 44 (AKA the Zoo ) offered bracing panels, enjoyable discussions, the transformation ...

by J J Cohen the greeting of friends, companions, colleagues the imbibing of libation the ingestion of aliment the browsing of tomes tauntin...

by J J Cohen Tiny stayed out so late last night at the BABEL party that I "accidentally" locked him out of our room. I found him t...

by J J Cohen As soon as the Tiny Shriner finishes packing his collection of thirty-three miniature plastic fezzes , I am on my way. This yea...

by EILEEN JOY Dear ITM Readers: if you find yourself somewhere in Michigan over the next few days, consider yourself invited to the BABEL Wo...

by J J Cohen To be released on 5/26/09 by Palgrave, The Post-Historical Middle Ages is an important addition to the burgeoning New Middle A...

by J J Cohen The space on my office tchoke shelf ordinarily occupied by the Befezzed One is vacant. Examine the photograph at left and you...

by J J Cohen Well there is this : Though possible for 'Jew' to function as a synonym for 'heretic', Jews were usually seen a...

by J J Cohen Congratulations to Eva Frojmovic of the University of Leeds for the Arts and Humanities Research Council funding of her project...

by J J Cohen Ten minutes after receiving a request from a faculty member to administer her final exam electronically to avoid gathering stud...

by J J Cohen This semester I am teaching what has become my favorite course in my rotation, Myths of Britain. A possible gateway to the majo...

by J J Cohen Dr. Virago has an interesting post about post-tenure blues . As the comment thread reveals, she is not the only academic to be ...

by J J Cohen A common misobservation offered about my soon-to-be twelve year old is that he resembles a certain Hogwarts wizard in training ...

by J J Cohen Here are the things at which I've worked today rather than compose my keynote for Leeds : walked Katherine to school via a...

by J J Cohen Inspired by the examinations that Karl has posted at ITM, like this one , I am introducing a fill in the blank section to this ...