I have a new essay on David Perry’s blog, How Did We Get into This Mess?, called “What Is Education For? – To Kill a Mockingbird and Medieval Literature.” It’s about Biloxi School District’s decision last month to ban (then partially unban) To Kill a Mockingbird.
there is no such thing as ‘the digital humanities’
I have an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the symbiotic but asymmetrical relationship between knowledge and institutions.
what’s the point of learning?
I have a guest blog post at Fair Field out today, on the challenges of higher education as a social and ethical project, in the fourteenth century and today. It’s called “What’s the point of learning? Piers Plowman and education today.”
statement of support for Dorothy Kim
The International Piers Plowman Society is circulating a petition expressing support for Dorothy Kim, who became the target of racially inflammatory blog posts by Rachel Fulton Brown and Milo Yiannopoulos this week. The petition is a collective statement of solidarity with Dorothy Kim, with medievalists who are people of color, and with untenured scholars.
All medievalists and friends of medieval studies are welcome to sign.
Eric Weiskott 
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