You’ve heard of the gig economy, but what about the Gig Academy? Labor scholar Adrianna Kezar says it has to be resisted in her new book.
As a chairperson of a department, I have struggled with this trend and do relate to the concerns of the author.
Source: You’ve heard of the gig economy, but what about the ‘Gig Academy’?
Schools have been on a mission to reinvent campus libraries—even though students just want the basics. [I long for the basics . . . MS.}
Source: College Students Don’t Want Fancy Libraries – The Atlantic
I am very pleased that, if several factors come together, I will have a 6-month sabbatical beginning in January of 2020. The purpose of this sabbatical will be to pull together and publish in digital format materials for the Northeast Insula Project derived from fifteen field seasons (2002-2016) and the study season in 2019. Look for materials to appear here, on Digital Commons, and on Academia.edu.
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Source: Church of Holy Sepulchre to undergo first major restoration in centuries – Israel News – Haaretz.com
This renovation will be a project to watch. Cooperation is a new thing for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
What a terrible loss . . . for Christianity . . . for the French people . . . for us all . . .
Le feu progresse rapidement à Notre-Dame, où un incendie s’est déclaré vers 18h50. La charpente de la cathédrale est en train de partir en fumée. La flèche s’est effondrée.
