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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here's a spotlight on one of the historical translation projects I've worked on with students (we also later brought David Rosenberg's exhibit to campus -- and the exhibit included their translations): www.gcc.edu/Home/News-Ar...

Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Sep 3

My History colleagues are looking for a Europeanist who can also teach in a non-Western area. I'd personally be enthusiastic about another French speaker joining the college. We have a lovely Francophone community of faculty and students, and there are French lunches on campus twice a month!

Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Jul 21

Job Announcement: Professor Modern European History (1750-Present), open rank, beginning in Fall 2026 at Grove City College, a small Christian liberal arts college an hour north of Pittsburgh. Preference for someone who can also teach courses in a non-Western field. www.gcc.edu/Utility/Port...

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hope it shows up! I'd only recently realized that the "livres et documents" rate is gone for shipping (hélas!!!), and now I'm having to re-think my normal requirement for students to get physical (v. ebook) copies of novels we study, since many of them were formerly acquired used from abroad.

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Elly Vintiadis @ellyvintiadis.bsky.social · Sep 1

From @emilyherring.bsky.social Emily Herring’s book Herald of a Restless World, it seems to me that Henri Bergson’s words offer the strongest argument for why we still need the humanities in an increasingly technological world.

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Jul 21

I enjoy working at GCC in the Modern Languages Department, and I am happy to answer questions about the college.

Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Jul 21

Job Announcement: Professor Modern European History (1750-Present), open rank, beginning in Fall 2026 at Grove City College, a small Christian liberal arts college an hour north of Pittsburgh. Preference for someone who can also teach courses in a non-Western field. www.gcc.edu/Utility/Port...

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Jun 7

On this D-Day anniversary, here are some pictures from my recent trip to Normandy. The visit to the American cemetery and the beaches was a profoundly moving reminder of the sacrifices of so many in the name of freedom.

View down the cliffside of Pointe du Hoc that was scaled by Rangers.

Omaha Beach. Image of sand and sky. Flat, vulnerable landing zone.

American Cemetery at Omaha Beach. Image of reflecting pool with waterlilies. Crosses in the background.

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · May 30

[Caveat: I don't have experience with gluten-free baking, so I can't comment on how this works for substitutions.] Buckwheat is gluten-free. It is standard in savory crepes (galettes) in France.

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Mar 5

A belated thank you to @plough.bsky.social for sending me a t-shirt in December! I'm revisiting the Winter issue this week during my spring break as I think about ways to improve my classes during the second half of the semester.

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Sara Dybris McQuaid @saradm.bsky.social · Jan 21

If you are writing your PhD within the expansive realm of memory studies, this might be a call for you: www.mnemonics.ugent.be/news/call-fo...

Call for Papers Mnemonics 2025: Memory and Responsibility | Mnemonics

www.mnemonics.ugent.be

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Matthew Loftus 🧻 @matthewloftus.bsky.social · Jan 17

"The simplest framing of what is wrong with MAiD is that it leads to the government operating two competing suicide hotlines, and being, at best, indifferent about which one you call."
thedispatch.com/article/an-i...

An Idol of Autonomy

How the push for medical aid in dying distorts our understanding of life.

thedispatch.com

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Jan 14

opps, I can't spell. Palimpsest with an i!

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Jan 14

Yes! It is a very "palempsestic" site layering internment over time.

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Jan 14

Congratulations! I'm really interested in this. I'm planning a brief visit to Rivesaltes for my own potential book project research in spring 2026 (but I'm focusing on the interaction between literature and physical monumental forms, with Rivesaltes only a small part of the overall project).

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 14

Went to this last night with a friend. Wilson's public performance was wonderful (including recitations in ancient Greek!). Unexpected bonus: there was a book signing afterward.

Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 10

Emily Wilson will be giving a public reading from her translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey on Friday in Pittsburgh! Tickets are free for students and teachers of literature. I'm so looking forward to this. www.eventbrite.com/e/internatio...

International Poetry Forum Presents: Emily Wilson

Emily Wilson, acclaimed translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey, will be visiting Pittsburgh on December 13 to read a selection of her work.

www.eventbrite.com

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 11

View from my office today.

Snow covered trees and lawn. A campus setting with sidewalks and brick buildings.

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 10

Emily Wilson will be giving a public reading from her translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey on Friday in Pittsburgh! Tickets are free for students and teachers of literature. I'm so looking forward to this. www.eventbrite.com/e/internatio...

International Poetry Forum Presents: Emily Wilson

Emily Wilson, acclaimed translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey, will be visiting Pittsburgh on December 13 to read a selection of her work.

www.eventbrite.com

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 6

Thanks for sharing! I just passed the link on to the students in my France contemporaine class. We've certainly had plenty of interesting things to discuss this semester...

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 6

Tristesse!

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Andrew WM Smith @smidbob.bsky.social · Dec 4

And the government falls...

Ouest-France @ouest-france.fr · Dec 4

🔴 EN DIRECT : Le gouvernement de Michel Barnier est tombé, la motion de censure est acceptée à 331 voix

DIRECT. Motion de censure : « Je n’ai pas peur », lance Michel Barnier aux députés

Le gouvernement de Michel Barnier va-t-il être renversé ? L’Assemblée nationale va débattre ce mercredi après-midi de deux motions de censure. Le risque est grand pour le Premier ministre qui s’est dé...

www.ouest-france.fr

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 3

This may be interesting since the writer is discussing teaching business majors. However, I'm not sure how well it would go over with students themselves since it talks about them rather than to them, and it may be more classics-oriented than what you are looking for. www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

Teaching the One Percent

Dhananjay Jagannathan defends the spiritual worth of liberal education at Columbia University.

www.plough.com

Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 3

Jacobs' book does include (at least in later chapters, I'm not sure about the intro) some references to more recent-ish (late 20th-C) works, but, yes, the emphasis is on learning from voices from other times (and places) who give us critical distance to better understand our own time.

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 3

FYI for other profs interested in the documentary: it isn't available streaming anywhere at the moment (was formerly on Netflix). It is only available as a DVD from France (i.e. region 2 DVD, so a multiregion DVD player is required in the US) with audio in French and no subtitles.

Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 3

Pour mon cours sur la France contemporaine aujourd'hui!

DVD cover for the documentary Les Bleus, une autre historie de France, 1996-2016

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Kelsey Madsen @quellekelsey.bsky.social · Dec 3

I've used some quotes from Alan Jacob's Breaking Bread with the Dead for the opening day of my general education lit class. Perhaps the intro or other chapter could work? There's also a recent edited collection called The Liberating Arts that could have some good options.

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