Ally Nick
@allywally.bsky.social
postdoc fellow @ Northeastern University // PhD researching transnational modernism, gender and sexuality studies, wartime literature and culture // book nerd and sometimes writer of speculative fiction // fiber arts // woodsy witch hermit who swims
It’s hard enough having to move every summer for a one-year contract, but I just realised I have one week to learn an entirely new online learning platform (again). I never thought I’d miss Blackboard, but alas Canvas may be my undoing.
August 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It’s hard enough having to move every summer for a one-year contract, but I just realised I have one week to learn an entirely new online learning platform (again). I never thought I’d miss Blackboard, but alas Canvas may be my undoing.
Reposted by Ally Nick
A companion to our history lists, here's a list of books, chapters, and articles published in 2024 in lit studies by scholars working off the tenure track. Compiled by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social.
2024 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
contingentmagazine.org
December 8, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A companion to our history lists, here's a list of books, chapters, and articles published in 2024 in lit studies by scholars working off the tenure track. Compiled by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social.
desk copy arrival day! My climate fiction class next semester is going to be 🔥🔥
December 5, 2024 at 7:40 PM
desk copy arrival day! My climate fiction class next semester is going to be 🔥🔥
I’m working on my abstract this week while I wait for final papers to come in. Space Between is such a welcoming and supportive community. If you’re hesitating, definitely submit something!
Remember our extended deadline for conference abstracts!
And grad students, we welcome you - so tell us about your dissertation and scholarship, whether or not it sparked the fury of the worst parts of internet culture. 😉
And grad students, we welcome you - so tell us about your dissertation and scholarship, whether or not it sparked the fury of the worst parts of internet culture. 😉
December 5, 2024 at 3:48 PM
I’m working on my abstract this week while I wait for final papers to come in. Space Between is such a welcoming and supportive community. If you’re hesitating, definitely submit something!
Reposted by Ally Nick
We have EXTENDED the CFP deadline for the 2025 Space Between Conference!
Send us abstracts by DECEMBER 15!
spacebetweensociety.com/2025-confere...
Send us abstracts by DECEMBER 15!
spacebetweensociety.com/2025-confere...
2025 Conference Call for Papers
Peace and Conflict in the Space BetweenThe Space Between Society: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945 University of Kansas (KU)Lawrence, KansasMay 28-30, 2025 The Space Between Society invites propos…
spacebetweensociety.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:56 PM
We have EXTENDED the CFP deadline for the 2025 Space Between Conference!
Send us abstracts by DECEMBER 15!
spacebetweensociety.com/2025-confere...
Send us abstracts by DECEMBER 15!
spacebetweensociety.com/2025-confere...
“First of all, and in direct contrast to all the language of jobs and salaries, reading is a private pleasure, one that resists the capitalistic logics of useability and deliverables.”
To market English major, lean into love of books (opinion)
When did faculty stop believing that it’s important to tell young people to study what they love, Sarah Wasserman asks.
www.insidehighered.com
November 27, 2023 at 9:04 PM
“First of all, and in direct contrast to all the language of jobs and salaries, reading is a private pleasure, one that resists the capitalistic logics of useability and deliverables.”
Perfect research-adjacent read for this rainy Friday afternoon. Story by Naomi Mitchison, illustrations by Wyndham Lewis.
November 17, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Perfect research-adjacent read for this rainy Friday afternoon. Story by Naomi Mitchison, illustrations by Wyndham Lewis.
Just found a very embarrassing mistake in my teaching statement that has already been sent to (I can’t bring myself to count) many job apps. This job market round is already off to a great start…please send you’re encouraging anecdotes now.
November 17, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Just found a very embarrassing mistake in my teaching statement that has already been sent to (I can’t bring myself to count) many job apps. This job market round is already off to a great start…please send you’re encouraging anecdotes now.