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Sean Sidky
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Teaching & writing about American Judaism, Holocaust lit., Yiddish, & Pedagogy | He/him/his
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · 10d
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Ask me separately about this I got ~~thoughts~~ I was a grad student here, and then a postdoc in this program in 2023-24…
Jewish Studies director replacement ‘unprecedented,’ students and faculty say
Dean Rick Van Kooten later held a nomination process one faculty member called “symbolic.”
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 21d
yoooooooo go get books from @bookshop.org

the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!

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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 21d
Sums it up well.

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Mar 28
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Russian HMS Researcher Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility After Visa Revocation | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova is detained at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana after her research visa was revoked last month for inadverten...
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Feb 2
Not sure how we decided to end the first day with this panel, but boy did we do great here #Farbindungen25 @farbindungen.bsky.social
justineodashs.bsky.social Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · Feb 2
If you aren’t at #Farbindungen2025, you’re missing the Yiddish history of Crisco, Yiddish erotic lesbian poetry, and Yiddish as a fandom 🔥
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A streengrab of a PowerPoint cover slide discussing Yiddish and crisco The first slide of a PowerPoint that says “I want her so bad”—writing Yiddish lesbo-erotica Text that says “akh, my bagel baker woman”
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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 31
#Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish kicks off this weekend! From Sunday February 2nd - Monday February 3rd come and hear some of most exciting new research in the world of Yiddish Studies! Register at the link in our bio, and we can't wait to see you all there!
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Feb 2
Day 1 of the best conference there is, the Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social is rounding out in the most *us* way possible - extremely *not* casual presentation, and readings, of Yiddish lesbian erotic poetry.
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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 21
#Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish is in just two weeks!

Take a look at the full schedule below to learn more about this year's panels, workshops, and keynote. The conference runs February 2-3.

Register here - bit.ly/registerfarbindungen25
Full-text schedule - bit.ly/Farbindungen...
Graphic of schedule for Farbindungen 2025, day 1. A text-only schedule is included in the post above, which includes one line of Yiddish text in Panel 1, but is otherwise written in Roman characters. Graphic of schedule for Farbindungen 2025, day 2.
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 29
Why’s the traditional one so FAST??
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 10
k I just read a like 45pg article about Merovingian & Carolingian hair politics just to learn, finally, that Charles the Bald got his nickname…

“somehow, dunno, 🤷🏽‍♀️” (paraphrasing)

Just in case anyone else asks the big questions after reading @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social new book
A copy of Oathbreakers by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry with a post-it note that reads “Charles the bald = not bald??? (Nobody knows??)”
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 10
More post-its = more good. Great book, highly recommend!!
Picture of the Oathbreakers book sitting on a table + the many l post it note flags I made as I was reading
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 8
Sometimes it’s even nice stuff — and few feelings are better than getting to introduce a friend to some weird part of the world/internet they didn’t know before.
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 8
I always like this approach instead of their weird flexes
Ten Thousand
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 8
The only possible challenger for the top spot would be Nicole Krauss’ utterly sublime “Zusya on the Roof”
Zusya on the Roof
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 8
If anyone sees this I’d love to hear lit or pop culture things that were surprise successes in your classes ( or surprise flops that you’re still committed to bringing back!)
ssidky.bsky.social Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 8
Joyfully reminded today of probably the least accessible text I’ve ever tried to share with my students (based on their responses). Adore it though

“The Last Day of Betty Nkomo” — Young
-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
THE LAST DAY OF BETTY NKOMO
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 8
Joyfully reminded today of probably the least accessible text I’ve ever tried to share with my students (based on their responses). Adore it though

“The Last Day of Betty Nkomo” — Young
-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
THE LAST DAY OF BETTY NKOMO
www.yhchang.com
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 7
Thank you!!
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 7
New coffee?? 👀
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 7
Sitting in a cafe overhearing *another* older white dude arguing for making a Great Books curriculum mandatory.

Not uncommon but it feels increasingly ominous at this moment.
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · Dec 6
FYI, Indiana University Press is currently offering 40% off through 12/20 with code UGIFT24. Which means it's a perfect opportunity to #BuyMyBook. A perfect gift for any religion nerds, sex nerds, or people who appreciate #LostGirl shoutouts!
When We Collide
When We Collide is a landmark reassessment of the significance of sex in contemporary Jewish ethics. Rebecca Epstein-Levi offers a fresh and vital exploratio...
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Dec 5
This is a bad decision. The time I’ve spent writing, talking about, and helping others with diversity statements. theirs has done more to improve my teaching, relationship to teaching, and care for students than any formal pedagogy training I ever had.
strongman.bsky.social SE Strongman @strongman.bsky.social · Dec 5
Just announced ahead of the regents’ meeting today: “The University of Michigan will no longer solicit diversity statements as part of faculty hiring, promotion and tenure.” As far as I can tell, units won’t even have the option of soliciting them anymore.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · Dec 4
holy fuck

"Sorry about that complication in your by-pass surgery. That last hour of anesthesia is on you."
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Nov 29
writing is reading one book and three articles to achieve one subordinate clause
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · Nov 25
🧵I want to engage with Snyder's On Tyranny but first want to express my admiration. It's an extraordinary distillation of a century of lessons that remain largely unlearned about democracy & fascism into a rigorous & actionable primer on recognizing & confronting American tyranny. Please read it.
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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Nov 27
In the summer of 2011, a New Yorker told me off because I called a subway train “a train”.

“That’s not a train, it’s the subway,” they said, as if that was an ok thing to say out loud.