zachsamalin.bsky.social
antediluvian new yorker; english prof at nyu; writing about anticolonial theories of civilization; censorship; the “Controversial Discussions”; organizing w aaup-nyu
👤 Joined on 22 November 2023
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@zachsamalin.bsky.socialI am in NYC for 19 hours is it more likely I run into A) the mayor B) my ex-boyfriend
Show PostI feel like we should be able to get money for the humanities. I think @jbpritzker.bsky.social & MK Pritzker would be interested in the connection between critical research into the workings of power, culture, and society and habits of mind that support democracy and equality.
Show Postthe title of my talk, “the good, the brown, and the ugly,” is not meant to suggest three discrete categories but rather—like the 80s trio tony toni toné—three ways of saying the same thing. from the enlightenment to the present, i will argue, brownness has been conceived in terms of use value and ae
Show PostGrateful for the chance to talk through the research that went into "What PEN America Got Wrong about Antisemitism in Publishing" for Jewish Currents's podcast On the Nose. When an org like PEN treats dissent from Israel as antisemitism, that's a real problem jewishcurrents.org/fact-versus-...
Show PostDuring the 1980s anti-apartheid protests on Beinecke Plaza at Yale then university president Benno Schmidt was out there among the students. Today Yale President Maurie McInnis remains in hiding from protesting students, faculty and alums. Come out come out wherever you are! photo: @gregpak.net
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