Mark Celeste
@markceleste.bsky.social
assistant professor of English
blue humanities | 19C British lit | network theory | inclusive pedagogy
https://sites.google.com/view/markceleste
blue humanities | 19C British lit | network theory | inclusive pedagogy
https://sites.google.com/view/markceleste
[1/3] For their final reflection of the semester, I had students pretend to be me and write a short letter of recommendation about their overall work in the course.
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
[1/3] For their final reflection of the semester, I had students pretend to be me and write a short letter of recommendation about their overall work in the course.
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there are a rabble of uncertain, fugitive, half-fabulous whales, which, as an American whaleman, I know by reputation, but not personally
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
there are a rabble of uncertain, fugitive, half-fabulous whales, which, as an American whaleman, I know by reputation, but not personally
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Beards don’t compromise military effectiveness, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Alex Wagner argues. Pete Hegseth’s policy proves he’s failed “to align military policy with evidence, fairness, and the diverse composition of the nation”:
The Origin of Hegseth’s Anti-Beard Obsession
The fierce opposition to facial hair is less about policy and more about memory.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Beards don’t compromise military effectiveness, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Alex Wagner argues. Pete Hegseth’s policy proves he’s failed “to align military policy with evidence, fairness, and the diverse composition of the nation”:
The second sentence: a blue Christmas indeed -- Dickens's oceanic imagination at work.
“Business! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.
The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The second sentence: a blue Christmas indeed -- Dickens's oceanic imagination at work.
snow on the dogwoods this morning
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
snow on the dogwoods this morning
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A BLUE HUMANITIES job: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Assistant Professor, Blue Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor, Blue Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
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November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A BLUE HUMANITIES job: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
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Another highlight of #NAVSA2025: “Ends of the Earth” with Mark Celeste, Briony Wickes, Gunja Nandi, & Aaron Rosenberg.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Another highlight of #NAVSA2025: “Ends of the Earth” with Mark Celeste, Briony Wickes, Gunja Nandi, & Aaron Rosenberg.
Test driving Bluesky -- just in time for #NAVSA2025!
Come hear me talk about Victorian cryofiction -- human entanglements with Arctic ice in literary responses to the Franklin Expedition: panel 11G, "The Ends of the Earth," Nov. 15 @ 4:00PM.
Come hear me talk about Victorian cryofiction -- human entanglements with Arctic ice in literary responses to the Franklin Expedition: panel 11G, "The Ends of the Earth," Nov. 15 @ 4:00PM.
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Test driving Bluesky -- just in time for #NAVSA2025!
Come hear me talk about Victorian cryofiction -- human entanglements with Arctic ice in literary responses to the Franklin Expedition: panel 11G, "The Ends of the Earth," Nov. 15 @ 4:00PM.
Come hear me talk about Victorian cryofiction -- human entanglements with Arctic ice in literary responses to the Franklin Expedition: panel 11G, "The Ends of the Earth," Nov. 15 @ 4:00PM.