Sam Spinner
Yiddish, German, literature, art, monuments, museums.
My book about 4 of the above: sup.org/books/title/?id=33157
Associate Professor @ Johns Hopkins.
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- Among other treasures in our new comparative literature issue: an article by Jeppe Barnwell that examines a genre he calls "fictional documentarism"-- texts that imitate or creatively engage with documentary forms while still openly presenting themselves as invented.. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
- One of several articles in our new issue that feel especially timely. Through an analysis of literary texts, Barnwell looks at how information is recorded, represented, and trusted (or not).
- Among other treasures in our new comparative literature issue: an article by Jeppe Barnwell that examines a genre he calls "fictional documentarism"-- texts that imitate or creatively engage with documentary forms while still openly presenting themselves as invented.. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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- Looking forward to tomorrow's 'Come Fill Your Dance Fill Your Dance Card'. Hosted by @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social, @uclhjs.bsky.social and the IJS. We're all booked up, but you can sign up for the waitlist (or let us know if you'd like a similar future event). www.tickettailor.com/events/uclin....
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- All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is a paperweight. Andrzej: Hili, these are very important papers! Hili: That’s exactly why I’m sitting on them. whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/03/t...
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- the painter Asger Jorn refuses a Guggenheim award, after someone else entered his work (1964)
- we use an accession number system for rare book shelving instead of LC numbers (pros and cons, tbh) which means you can find our 1607 Orlando Furioso & 1609 Faerie Queene next to queer pulps like Sucked into Success, Weekend Homo, and Young, Hard Hitch-Hiker
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- Yiddish was spoken by 5 million of the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Yiddish is an absolutely crucial language for Holocaust research. This Holocaust Memorial Day, you can support Yiddish at universities facing cuts to the Humanities, including UCL. 🧵 1/4
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- Sent the book manuscript off to the publisher for consideration. Working title is "Embedded Pedagogies: DH Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change." 59,612 piping hot thoughts on DH pedagogy. Phew - glad to have gotten this out before the baby comes. Table of contents and title page attached!
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- Do you teach/research gender/sexuality w/ German sources? Have you had access issues or needed to translate sources yourself bc English versions don’t exist? Fill in this survey (by 2/15) to identify core texts for an anthology of translations in scientific & literary sexology between 1890 & 1930.
- The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
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- Merry Christmas! Roland Clark's incisive interview of my new book juts dropped. Perfect listening fodder for your digestive run, neat 32 min: newbooksnetwork.com/people-witho...
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