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Jean-Thomas Tremblay

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assoc. prof of english at york | coauthor of negative life: the cinema of extinction (northwestern) | author of breathing aesthetics (duke) | https://jeanthomastremblay.carrd.co/

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Feb 4

In Representations' new issue on "Elementality," edited by Jim Porter and Mario Telò, I wrote about forever chemicals and the liberal melodrama of legal and symbolic containment they activate. Featuring Ibsen, Haynes, Nichols, Soderbergh, and a guest appearance by one Amy Jellicoe.

Enemies of the People

“It’s in the water!”The elemental exclamation identifies the aquatic and its associated processes (dissolution, saturation, flow) as the hitherto-undisclosed source of a clear and present danger. “It’...

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · 2d

Photographic evidence! (aka empiricism)

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 6d

We are so excited to announce the shortlist for the ASAP/16 Book Prize!

Congratulations to all the nominees! We’ll announce the winner of the prize at the annual conference in a few weeks in Houston! See the ALT ID and thread for more information.

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Sarah Dimick- Unseasonable: Climate Change in Global Literatures (Columbia UP)

Kency Cornejo- Visual Disobedience: Art and Decoloniality in Central America (Duke UP)

Brooke Belisle- Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to Computation (University of California Press)

Steven Swarbrick & Jean-Thomas Tremblay- Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction (Northwestern UP)

Amber Jamilla Musser- Between Shadows and Noise: Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined (Duke UP)

Christopher T. Fan- Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility (Columbia UP)

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · 8d

Cinema & Media Arts at York is hiring a TT Assistant Prof in Film & Media Industries with a focus on AI Practices. Please share widely--and don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions about the place!

www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · 12d

Excited to overshare.

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Jan Dutkiewicz @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social · 15d

The sudden pervasiveness of AI is infuriating. I'm doing final proofs on my book and Acrobat is asking me if I want an AI summary because the document is long. So the ostensibly neutral "tool" has a built-in anti-literacy nudge?

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · 16d

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · 16d

Hegel's iconic clack back to his own clap back set in motion the dialectic—GROW UP.

Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · 16d

Do you have brain worms?

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16d

By using reason to understand his emotions, the 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza “canceled his cancelers where it really mattered: in his own mind,” Arthur C. Brooks writes. His techniques reveal how to prevent emotional hijack:
https://theatln.tc/hfT0S2m2

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · 29d

Please hire her: youtu.be/HCznzYTaQYY?...

Carol Channing - Cecelia Sisson

YouTube video by George Howe

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 29d

Since ppl love campus anecdotes so much, here's one: I have colleagues who give students they know to be MAGA an A (in one case I'm aware of overlooking clear AI use), because the colleague is on a Green Card or H1B, and they know: one complaint like at Texas A&M, and they're on a flight home. (1/3)

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Aug 31

...and we have copious evidence it isn't.

Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just did!

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm an alum of the University of Chicago, and I wrote Dean Deborah Nelson a letter today.

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Sarah Dowling @sarahmdowling1.bsky.social · Jul 9

GTA pals, I’m reading at Coach House tomorrow evening in their 5 à 7 series with Sam Creely. It’s planned for outside, but we’ll move indoors if it rains. Would be lovely to see you there!

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Jul 8

I recently made a rather successful and intensely sour crumble with Ontario gooseberries.

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Jul 6

Ah, yes, so... cheating.

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Jul 6

Most students are using AI to write, but not necessarily to cheat. They’re brainstorming, revising and thinking critically with tools like ChatGPT.

A writing professor says this isn’t a threat – it’s an opportunity, rather than a loss.

AI isn’t replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it

If AI allows students to automate routine cognitive tasks, it doesn’t mean they’re thinking less. It means their thinking is changing.

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congratulations! Very eager to read.

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Jun 10

Many thanks, Nathan!

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Steven Swarbrick @stevenswarbrick.bsky.social · Jun 9

I’m thrilled that Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction, coauthored with @jttremblay.bsky.social, is a finalist for the ASLE #ecocriticism book award 👀🔥 Congrats to the other finalists. @nupress.bsky.social

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social · Jun 9

Judges have announced the finalists for the 2025 ASLE Book Awards in #ecocriticism and #environmental creative writing! www.asle.org/stay-informe... #booksky

Stack of books with rock on top, photo by Robert Thorson

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Jun 9

I'm happy to share that Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction, coauthored with @stevenswarbrick.bsky.social, has been nominated for the ASLE Ecocritical Book Award. The winner will be announced on July 9. @nupress.bsky.social

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social · Jun 9

Judges have announced the finalists for the 2025 ASLE Book Awards in #ecocriticism and #environmental creative writing! www.asle.org/stay-informe... #booksky

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · May 3

The French retail chain is called Fnac, not fnck; it's a common misconception.

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Jean-Thomas Tremblay @jttremblay.bsky.social · Apr 28

Great work from the graphic designers at CTV on yassifying the various party leaders.

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The Pembroke Center at Brown University @pembrokecenter.bsky.social · Apr 3

ICYMI: watch The Climate of Critique colloquium on our YouTube playlist. Featuring Axelle Karera, Dixa Ramírez D’Oleo, Jean-Thomas Tremblay, Lynne Huffer, and Elizabeth A. Wilson. Organized by the journal differences. buff.ly/iKlFqFJ @jttremblay.bsky.social
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Image shows Axelle Karera, Dixa Ramírez D’Oleo, Jean-Thomas Tremblay, Lynne Huffer, and Elizabeth A. Wilson standing together.

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · Mar 26

Nowhere in North America or Europe is not currently actively destroying its universities; it's just usually through austerity. 10k UK university workers are losing their jobs *this year.* A "brain drain" would be an optimistic scenario.

Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · Mar 26

The best scholars are not going to leave US universities. They can't. There aren't nearly enough academic jobs abroad. As per usual with how we talk about higher ed, the focus will be on elite institutions / actors, not on the many people and places that will suffer much more than the Yale faculty.

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