Teresa J PontA tale of two inevitabilitiesAcademically, I came of age around the 2008 financial crisis (yes, looking for an academic job at that time was great fun). These were, of…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Teresa J PontTwo turning pointsThe big turning point in all of this is, of course, the one that, in the space of a few days in March 2020, changed the perceptoin of…Feb 21, 2021Feb 21, 2021
Teresa J PontThe futility of trying to engage with the Covid do-gooders: a personal storyPreface: I have been plunged into severe depression by lockdowns, complete with suicide attempts. If you object “Oh but you might have had…Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021
Teresa J PontScenes from the post-covid university (I)Another series of indefinite length. Originating from this post here but mostly a harmless bit of fun.Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Teresa J PontWhy are most Humanities academics pro-lockdown (VII)I don’t know where the much-touted phrase “lives vs the economy” came from, but I am prepared to be that there’s a high chance it was a…Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Teresa J PontWhy are most Humanities academics pro-lockdown? (V)In this post I discuss two rather obvious reasons; because they are obvious — and one of them is not exclusive to A&H academics — , they…Feb 6, 2021Feb 6, 2021
Teresa J PontRandom dystopian fantasizing on the post-vaccine worldLike many in the lockdown-sceptic community, I sometimes fall prey to reverse doomerism (less often, I must say, since I started a course…Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021
Teresa J PontWhat A&H academics have written about lockdownsSinéad Murphy, a lecturer in Philosophy, published last week an article called “Preliminary materials for a theory of Devi Sridhar”. It’s…Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
