tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post2167684276905672315..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: One Last ThingBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-20946046084735939432011-03-18T07:49:04.692-07:002011-03-18T07:49:04.692-07:00Yuk. And double-yuk to the idea that you are bein...Yuk. And double-yuk to the idea that you are being "mean" -- this derides your critique of the syllabus and paints it as stemming not from intellectual or pedagogical concerns, but from bitchiness.Midprofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-55890535228425520822011-03-18T07:21:20.080-07:002011-03-18T07:21:20.080-07:00I am currently teaching a section of a common-syll...I am currently teaching a section of a common-syllabus Western Civ course that makes me gnash my teeth on a weekly basis. In the units on "Religion" and "Science/Philosophy," there are NO women. However, EB Browning and George Eliot do make brief appearances in the "Aesthetics" unit--because, you know, that's ALL that women have contributed in those three areas, from Genesis to the present day.<br /><br />People of color? We do a one-day segment called "An Eastern View." And that is it.<br /><br />AAAAAAGH. I'm just grateful that this is a one-off course for me. (And, frankly, I think that its death knell is sounding in the distance, as Gen Ed reform keeps getting bandied about.)heu mihihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529298049179816825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-18411657563237059812011-03-18T06:26:01.094-07:002011-03-18T06:26:01.094-07:00In my institution, the Literary Theory course (not...In my institution, the Literary Theory course (not in my department) has no women as assigned reading and only two African-Americans (out of 30 total). <br />I had a professor once tell me that my syllabus for a course, where we studied different articulations of the dichotomy civilization vs. barbarism throughout Latin American history, was "political". I just stared at him and asked him how it cannot be "political"?Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-28205820227275463402011-03-18T03:53:18.196-07:002011-03-18T03:53:18.196-07:00Wait, was this within your own department? Or was...Wait, was this within your own department? Or was another academic nightmare, a la Heu Mihi's last post?Dr. Kosharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777054788430587906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-22414278591521913392011-03-17T21:34:24.405-07:002011-03-17T21:34:24.405-07:00*headdesk*. There goes my last book. And all th...*headdesk*. There goes my last book. And all the work on women writers. This is when I do my "We've been doing this work for 30 years, where have you guys been" lecture. (And I've given it at conferences.) <br /><br />You might assign Elizabeth Minnich's Transforming Knowledge.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.com