Query from a reader

MV writes:

Next Fall I’ll be teaching an interdisciplinary humanities honors seminar on 20th Century Intellectual History, which is effectively a broadly humanities-focused course that could be called “Important Works published between 1900-1999 the Professor Wanted to Read this Semester.” The presumption is that we read a book a week, and ideally something that looks impressive sitting on the bookshelf in a Great Works sort of way.

I’ll be teaching 4 or so units on different subject matters, and I’m thinking about doing a unit on feminism. There is obviously an embarrassment of riches of great 20th century feminist texts, whether philosophical, literary, journalistic, or historical. What I’m looking for, though, is some intelligent dissent. I’m hoping you can help me with that because not much is coming to mind. Ideally, the writing would be some Impressive Book, but it need not be. If the best stuff is a series of disconnected articles or other media, that’s fine. The important thing for my purposes is to get the best critical work on the table, regardless of whether it is popular, academic, philosophical, literary, or other.

Thoughts about what I should take a look at?

APA Eastern Division Paper deadline

It’s Feb. 15 & here’s the  online submission page.

You need a 3,000 word paper and a 100 word abstract.  I assume the word length does not include bibliography.

So if you’ve got the extra paper here or there, do think of putting it in, expecially if you are already on the East Coast or have to go to the meeting for the job market (gasp!).

And now back to madness in the UK

The University of Sussex is enacting massive cuts, including the elimination of Early Modern History. Other highlights include closure of the subsidised childcare facility and the sexual health clinic. (H/T Leiter.)

When Philosophers Get Discussed on Late-Night TV

A bit of light relief:

And, for you British readers: I think she meant ‘leather trousers’.

More from UK academia

The fun just never stops over here.

Universities across the country are preparing to axe thousands of teaching jobs, close campuses and ditch courses to cope with government funding cuts, the Guardian has learned.

Do consider joining the Facebook group Save Higher Education (UK).