Gabriel Hankins
@gabrielh.bsky.social
Modernism, digital studies, psychoanalysis, horror, literary color. Asheville / Clemson. Literary and Cultural Studies feed here: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:m22fqufavn4t3bpxa6y53jqz/feed/aaajitqeisltw .
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Gabriel Hankins
@gabrielh.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Thread on contributors and contributions to Digital Futures of Graduate Study in the Humanities (which doesn't argue that all such futures are "digital"): this book is an examination of the plans, institutions, successes, and failures of DH graduate training, broadly understood. (1/14)
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I’d beg to differ. I would say that many books in the New Testament, countless martyrdom texts, Philo, and Josephus are all extremely direct, ancient critiques of Roman Imperialism. Don’t just stick to Tacitus or Suetonius. Roman literature is much broader than just a few imperial historians.
The most famous ancient critiques of Roman imperialism today are those written by the Romans themselves and put into the mouths of their victims (eg Tacitus “make a desert and call it peace”); Revelation is a critique of Roman imperialism *by* its victims in their own idiom. Underappreciated IMO!
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I’d beg to differ. I would say that many books in the New Testament, countless martyrdom texts, Philo, and Josephus are all extremely direct, ancient critiques of Roman Imperialism. Don’t just stick to Tacitus or Suetonius. Roman literature is much broader than just a few imperial historians.
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I have a new #DH essay out in a German journal called Archiv, as part of a special issue on "Archives and the Global Turn." The title is: "Anthology, Archive, Corpus: the Design and Implications of _African American Poetry: a Digital Anthology_."
Here's a thread about it in plain English:
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Here's a thread about it in plain English:
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November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I have a new #DH essay out in a German journal called Archiv, as part of a special issue on "Archives and the Global Turn." The title is: "Anthology, Archive, Corpus: the Design and Implications of _African American Poetry: a Digital Anthology_."
Here's a thread about it in plain English:
1/
Here's a thread about it in plain English:
1/
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I read an essay recently which implied that we're in a fallow period for children's media. Your Bluey mileage may vary, but there's *so much* exciting contemporary children's literature to be found! The great American I Can Read book did not die with Frog and Toad! Re-upping this thread— buy local!
PUPPETS OF SPELHORST // I don’t need to tell you about Kate DiCamillo. Either she lives in your heart or she doesn’t. Even for her, this is special. A dreamy tale about regret, but also a sharp, whirligig metafiction. So much fun, so much real feeling. 2/x www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737603...
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I read an essay recently which implied that we're in a fallow period for children's media. Your Bluey mileage may vary, but there's *so much* exciting contemporary children's literature to be found! The great American I Can Read book did not die with Frog and Toad! Re-upping this thread— buy local!
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Friends! My book is 50% off today—only $12:48. I’m grateful for your support! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-paratex...
Paratextuality in Anglophone and Hispanophone Poems in the US Press, 1855–1901
Paratextuality in Anglophone and Hispanophone Poems in the US Press, 1855–1901
edinburghuniversitypress.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Friends! My book is 50% off today—only $12:48. I’m grateful for your support! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-paratex...
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Hier eine kleine Fabel re: eure Pläne bis Ende des Jahres.
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Hier eine kleine Fabel re: eure Pläne bis Ende des Jahres.
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We have over 5 million of Augustine’s words. A larger portion than you might think center on slavery. Probably my favorite book that I read this year. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Slaves of God
A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine’s religious, ethical, and political thought
press.princeton.edu
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We have over 5 million of Augustine’s words. A larger portion than you might think center on slavery. Probably my favorite book that I read this year. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Weird how they make this float look smaller than the original
Thankful for all of the writers, translators, and readers who still believe in the possibilities of literature.
Here is the SCHATTENFROH balloon from the Macy’s parade this morning. Slightly smaller than the real book, but what can you do?
Here is the SCHATTENFROH balloon from the Macy’s parade this morning. Slightly smaller than the real book, but what can you do?
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Weird how they make this float look smaller than the original
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Thankful for all of the writers, translators, and readers who still believe in the possibilities of literature.
Here is the SCHATTENFROH balloon from the Macy’s parade this morning. Slightly smaller than the real book, but what can you do?
Here is the SCHATTENFROH balloon from the Macy’s parade this morning. Slightly smaller than the real book, but what can you do?
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Thankful for all of the writers, translators, and readers who still believe in the possibilities of literature.
Here is the SCHATTENFROH balloon from the Macy’s parade this morning. Slightly smaller than the real book, but what can you do?
Here is the SCHATTENFROH balloon from the Macy’s parade this morning. Slightly smaller than the real book, but what can you do?
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If you are waiting for holiday events, why not take a moment and read this excellent Jonathan Beecher Field piece from the Commonplace catalog. It looks at the widening gap between academic and popular understandings of early American topics like #Thanksgiving. 🗃️ commonplace.online/article/come...
Come On, Lilgrim - Commonplace
The gap between academic and popular understandings of early American topics is an enduring challenge for early Americanists. In the case of Thanksgiving, that gap is widening.
commonplace.online
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you are waiting for holiday events, why not take a moment and read this excellent Jonathan Beecher Field piece from the Commonplace catalog. It looks at the widening gap between academic and popular understandings of early American topics like #Thanksgiving. 🗃️ commonplace.online/article/come...
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This feels like a timely prompt to announce that I have a new book out, The Women of 1922 (ed. w/ Sascha Morrell). These really superb essays each consider the stakes of women’s writing in 1922, #modernism 's miracle year, across different global contexts link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #modwrite
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This feels like a timely prompt to announce that I have a new book out, The Women of 1922 (ed. w/ Sascha Morrell). These really superb essays each consider the stakes of women’s writing in 1922, #modernism 's miracle year, across different global contexts link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #modwrite
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If you’re pondering holiday gift ideas, you may be interested to know that my little book is 30% off! Though it strangely doesn’t seem to have made any Best Books of the Year lists (yet) it is small and cute and might bring some joy to someone in your life.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you’re pondering holiday gift ideas, you may be interested to know that my little book is 30% off! Though it strangely doesn’t seem to have made any Best Books of the Year lists (yet) it is small and cute and might bring some joy to someone in your life.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
Brian Phillips is just a ridiculously fun writer: www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brian Phillips is just a ridiculously fun writer: www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
It's great that we can now have skull pancakes for Thanksgiving, just what we all wanted
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's great that we can now have skull pancakes for Thanksgiving, just what we all wanted
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This is a great review! @theobserveruk.bsky.social @kittyempire.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Is Taylor Swift a great poet? | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is a great review! @theobserveruk.bsky.social @kittyempire.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Ironique, pour une figure de référence comme danah boyd – et un bon indicateur des dérapes de confiance (et remises en question d’authenticité) induites par l’IAg, sans même qu’elle soit impliquée. Sans compter le miroir sarcastique que cela constitue sur la rhétorique universitaire/savante...
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ironique, pour une figure de référence comme danah boyd – et un bon indicateur des dérapes de confiance (et remises en question d’authenticité) induites par l’IAg, sans même qu’elle soit impliquée. Sans compter le miroir sarcastique que cela constitue sur la rhétorique universitaire/savante...
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Our department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in Digital Humanities. Review of applications will continue till December 17. I am not on the search committee. Please help us spread the word. Thank you! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/309...
Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities
The Department of English & Comparative Literature at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities with an anticipated sta...
unc.peopleadmin.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in Digital Humanities. Review of applications will continue till December 17. I am not on the search committee. Please help us spread the word. Thank you! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/309...
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Get them, MacArthur Fellow Jeffrey Miller
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Get them, MacArthur Fellow Jeffrey Miller
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But being on leave every three years really took the edge off! academic-appointments.fas.harvard.edu/c-leaves-abs...
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
But being on leave every three years really took the edge off! academic-appointments.fas.harvard.edu/c-leaves-abs...
Agree—and Kasia really appreciate the rec, will likely assign as capstone for modern fic
🥰🥰🥰
(I also really enjoyed Intermezzo and think it’s probably her best book)
(I also really enjoyed Intermezzo and think it’s probably her best book)
I just finished Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and enjoyed it the most of her books. Also just read @kasiaiskasia.bsky.social ‘s little book on reading and enjoyed it very much too.
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Agree—and Kasia really appreciate the rec, will likely assign as capstone for modern fic
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🥰🥰🥰
(I also really enjoyed Intermezzo and think it’s probably her best book)
(I also really enjoyed Intermezzo and think it’s probably her best book)
I just finished Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and enjoyed it the most of her books. Also just read @kasiaiskasia.bsky.social ‘s little book on reading and enjoyed it very much too.
haven't asked in awhile. what's something you read lately that you loved? A book? An article? A poem? A message written across the sky composed entirely of crows?
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🥰🥰🥰
(I also really enjoyed Intermezzo and think it’s probably her best book)
(I also really enjoyed Intermezzo and think it’s probably her best book)
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2025 marks the centenary of A.N. Whitehead’s Lowell Lectures, Science and the Modern World; 2026 the centenary of the first British edition.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
2025 marks the centenary of A.N. Whitehead’s Lowell Lectures, Science and the Modern World; 2026 the centenary of the first British edition.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on SMW, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
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wtf
Working on a presentation and...JFC, we need to shut down the pulpy "[Thing] of Auschwitz" machine until we can figure out what's going on.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
wtf