So I largely stopped posting on Facebook and Twitter for a variety of reasons, and I especially ceased posting anything related to my research. So I am going to change that here, partially in the hopes it will help me devote more time to research again, returning to that unique affective space where one gets lost in and excited about ideas again.

To that end, let me begin by highlighting a book I keep returning to in mulitiple contexts, Nick Estes's Our Country is the Future (link posted below). Parts of my second book and an essay for another project intersect with indigenous studies, and Estes keeps challenging me to move away from settler epistomolgies through his study of indigenous resistence.

In Estes's book, Standing Rock in 2016 flows into a long history of colonialism and resistence that is less about perserving a clacificed past and more about imagining new futures. Much more could be said, but I'll let him say it:

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2953-our-history-is-the-future

#c19studies

#introduction

I'm a #c19studies teacher and scholar at #umiami who is currently working on finishing a book on #c19 #americanlit insurrection #lit. I have a short piece from that project appearing in Democracies in America (OUP, 2023; eds. Emerson and Laski). I am also part of a NSF funded team researching the spread of online conspiracy theories. Other interests include local politics organizing, and #F1 (a recent interest much to my own surprise).

It seems an introductory post (with hashtags) is par for the course here on Mastodon, so here goes …

I’m a 50yo #academic with a specialisation in #c19studies, esp #history & #literature from #Scotland & #Ireland. I love #folklore, and was a regular contributor to #WyrdWednesday & #FolkloreThursday in the “other place.”

I’m a #bookworm, reading #althist, #scifi, #fantasy & #crime #fiction.

I’m a researcher for #LegaliseCannabisWA in our state #parliament, and a bowel #cancer patient to boot.

Hey Mastodon! A bit by way of introduction, you might know me from other places as MillyKateH. I’m a #PhD student at #LoughboroughUniversity working on #WeirdFiction, but also broadly in #LitStudies, #QueerStudies, and #VictorianLiterature. I’d love to make some connections on here! #Victorian #C19Studies #PhDChatter 🎓