I've been on Mastodon for a bit; realized I should check thigs out here: An #introduction. I'm a scholar of #medieval and #renaissance #spain, particularly interested in perceptions of the #ottoman empire and #constantinople / #istanbul as framed by #literature #history and #art

CW: Self-promotion at the RSA Testing out my Mastodon to twitter set-up: Come listen to things on reptiles and dragons at the #rsa2023 rsa.confex.com/rsa/2023/meeti…

CW: #DonQuixote and #homoeroticism, as told by chatgpt "In Don Quixote, there is a subtle undercurrent of homoeroticism between the main character, Don Quixote, and his squire, Sancho Panza. Many critics have interpreted the relationship between… hcommons.social/@Dmreher/10950…

CW: dumb science question is it REALLY just me, or have some other labs managed to produce energy from fusion before? I've been trying to figure out the context of the recent ignition labs break-through, and all I can… hcommons.social/@Dmreher/10950…

CW: academic writing group Hello! I´m hosting an academic writing group tomorrow at 10 AM EST--message me for link!

When you're trying to persuade, via email, that a certain manuscript cannot be too damaged to be digitized and the nice - and very patient librarian - sends you a picture ⬇️ Maybe they are right😅

That main difference between my profile here and on Mastodon, is that 60% of my followers here are bots.

CW: Twitter Heard journalists and Mastodon were booted from twitter... My waning thought this morning while trying to drag myself out of bed was wondering if this is a weird play to lay a foundation for a political power--seizing control… hcommons.social/@Dmreher/10952…

CW: Hist v lit Is it just me, or do EM historians do a lot more networking then literature people?

CW: Scandalous grading humor I probably shouldn´t share this, but it just struck me as too... bizarre? not to. The worst part is that the student WROTE panecillos in their first draft and, with NO PROMPTING, uhm... Edited it.

CW: Teaching statement help I've changed it a good deal since the last time I asked--any and all help is appreciated! 1drv.ms/w/s!AjMPwif_js…

Writing group tomorrow Thursday at 10:30 EST! Message me if interested!

CW: TV I just found out about Ziwe, and have been watching her stuff on youtube, and, if you haven't watched it, its awesome--hilarious, a great study of the nuance of how complicated belonging to a racialized society is, and also a great reminder… hcommons.social/@Dmreher/10968…

!!!!reuters.com/lifestyle/oddl… !!!

It´s all his fault. Ignore the angelic face.

Perhaps this is a silly question, but what is everyone's attitudes towards Bibliographies in articles? Do you include all sources that you know of, all that you've read, or all that you've cited? does this change with texts that are more or less canonical?

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