“The home of lost causes and forsaken beliefs”. Rogue primate and the Professor of History at Stellenbosch University.
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Joined November 2019
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Referee reports on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched revise and resubmits glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those articles will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to write.
The dog is really getting in to Mayor of Kingstown!
I’m just surprised because he’s not normally a Taylor Sheridan fan
I reminded my History students that at about their age another historian called E. P. Thompson was serving as a tank commander in North Africa and Italy during World War II. So could they please not call their sit-down blue book exam “traumatic”. They took it in a good spirit.
Sure but the call is coming from inside the building too. We academics are ASTONISHINGLY cowardly. (Bafflingly so given our job security once tenured.) We self censor preemptively!
🔎 Where does the pressure on professors to avoid "controversial" topics come from?
In a new survey of HxA members, many gave the same answer: other professors.
In collaboration with @Hartz_PhD and @epkaufm, this new survey identifies which topics feel off-limits on campus and why.
Huge huge huge news, fellow South Africans! I JUST GOT SOMETHING FROM THE POSTOFFICE ! Literally sent from Australia and it actually ARRIVED! 🇿🇦
Lecturer: this university isn’t marketing itself terribly well…
University in question: HOLD MY BEER
Academic @RobotTheory, who criticised universities’ marketing efforts as “bad”, is under investigation by his institution after fellow staff members raised complaints #highered #freespeech #marketing
timeshighereducation.com/new…
Make coffee! ☕️ listen to this!
Michael Glover (@animalhistorian) talks about what it takes to write animal history that treats cows as sentient subjects while still meeting the standards of rigorous scholarship. He unpacks how fieldwork with cows in the Karoo affected his writing.
theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-…
Wore my HFM T-shirt today, and despite being swamped with writing, I truly miss our HFM sessions. More than just academic gatherings, they challenge us to grow through rigorous feedback. HFM is a DNA test for every Dragon! @WildPasts_
But not TOO much imagination as Raymond Dart taught us by accident.
From the SAPIENS.org archive. An archaeologist studying 1,000-year-old dog burials reflects on the need for imagination in archaeology. buff.ly/kSF79vG
Honoured to live in such a beautiful town that cares so much @StellMun Huge shout out to these hardworking and talented gardeners! (Forgive the laughing - we made some jokes)
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Huge relief reading that the dinner party is dead. I thought people had just stopped inviting ME
Adults have stopped visiting one another, and it's threatening the state of American social life, @DKThomp writes. He examines four explanations for what he calls "the great disinvitation": theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
