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Jay Shelat

@jshelat1.bsky.social

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PhD. Assistant Professor of English at Ursinus College. Contemporary Literature. Writing a book about 9/11, the War on Terror, and domesticity. I know hundreds of Bollywood songs by heart. he/him. Views are my own. https://www.jayshelat.com

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 2h

I have four non-book related articles to write, and it's wild just how stressed I've managed to make myself

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 17h

This is the drama this site needs!

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 2d

Lol thanks for the advice

Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 2d

I live in an apartment building. They live above me

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 2d

My neighbors just called me to come upstairs so I can watch the infamous Jen Shah arrest episode of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with them. They waited for me to watch with them 🥹

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 3d

Perfect for my unit on Angels in America in a few weeks

William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 3d

Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!

- Brecht

Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 4d

This just made me cry during office hours loll

This book is astonishing and I’m so excited for the movie

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 4d

Watch the official trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal ✨

In theaters November 27 via @focusfeatures.bsky.social

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Post45 Journal @post45.bsky.social · 4d

The 11th annual Post45 Graduate Symposium will be hosted by Duke University's Department of English, February 20-21, 2026! Check out the CFP (post45.org/graduate/202...) and please share with anyone who might be interested.

Abstracts are due November 14.

Abstract submission form QR code for the Post45 graduate symposium at Duke, February 20-21, 2026. The form is also accessible at https://tinyurl.com/2e2dr4wv.

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 4d

I kid you not, some of the best friendships I’ve ever had have come from academic Twitter. What a space that was in its heyday. Fun, whimsical, supportive, kind!

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Second up in our shortlist for the ASAP/16 Book Prize is Kency Cornejo’s VISUAL DISOBEDIENCE: ART AND DECOLONIALITY IN CENTRAL AMERICA from @dukepress.bsky.social. We will announce the winner at this year’s conference in Houston, TX. Please join us!

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 5d

NEW PYNCHON NOVEL DROPPED TODAY!

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 6d

That’s the hot tiktoker I was referring to!!

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 6d

It helps so much!!

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 6d

God bless the hot TikTok influencer who taught me about frog pose for lower back pain!

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Brendon @beholdbybrendon.bsky.social · 6d

Some very simple shots I’m kinda obsessed with 📸

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 6d

Friends, @emmywaldman.bsky.social and I are chairing a panel at MELUS in Austin next year. The name of the panel is called “Speculation on the Margins.” We’d love to read your abstracts! Please share widely! Here’s the link to the CFP:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

MELUS Conf. Doc

MELUS 2026: Speculation on the Margins Austin, TX | April 3-6 Speculation, in modern finance, is a high-risk, high-reward endeavor. Does this apply also to science fiction? If, as Gloria Anzaldua cl...

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats, George!

Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 7d

If you’re interested in writing and/or reading public scholarship, check out @mid-theory.bsky.social!

Aimee Loiselle @aimloiselle.bsky.social · 7d

This - priority for anyone who believes in knowledge, higher ed as public good.
Public scholars - and I would argue pop scholars!
The decades of sitting in isolated conference rooms and reading niche articles in journals shared by few hundred experts as the only ways to share knowledge must end.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 12d

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.

"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 7d

You could be reading Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s book club! We’re meeting THIS THURSDAY to chat about the book. You don’t have to read the whole thing to attend the meeting!

Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Brendon @beholdbybrendon.bsky.social · 7d

More Milwaukee beauty 📸 #photography

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 8d

I rewatched it for the first time in like a decade and cried the whole time

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 9d

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 9d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 9d

lol yes

Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 9d

lol same at my SLAC

Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 9d

THIS IS AN ENGLISH OR COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE! JUST DO THOSE INSTEAD JESUS IN HEAVEN

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 9d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

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