“Prometto di non scrivere nessuna storia letteraria, nessun capitolo di storia letteraria, prima di avere letto per intero tutte le opere prese in considerazione e di ignorare tutte le precedenti storie letterarie a meno di essere certo che chi le ha scritte ha letto veramente tutte le opere che ha preso in considerazione”. Con queste parole Remo Ceserani concludeva un suo...

A twentieth century poet once said: "You see the old way wasn't working / so it's on us to do what we gotta do / to survive." A similar tack, which reevaluates the humanities' arguments for their very existence, seems necessary in today's university.

The town hall meeting that was held on May 1^st in Boylston left me with a few things to say that I hope could help our thinking about the debates that surround our department. While we had an agenda that listed diverse topics such as the name of the department, future retirements/hires,...