In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

Devastated to learn of the death of Brian McHale, my good friend for over 50 years, from metastatic melanoma. Here are some of Brian’s books. His many articles and books leave a great legacy, but not as great as his friendship. RIP.

Nina Öhman kirjoittaa SAM Magazinessa NAAS-konferenssista (Nordic Association for American Studies), joka pidettiin Turun yliopistolla kesäkuun alussa. www.sammagazine.fi/object/5574b...

Tämä artikkeli useiden Fulbright-stipendiä Suomesta Yhdysvaltoihin hakeneiden tutkijoiden kohtaamista vaikeuksista on jo 10 päivän takaa, mutta on jäänyt jakamatta. yle.fi/a/74-20167333

"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning." www.media.mit.edu/publications...

📢 Tampere University is seeking an Assistant professor, Associate professor or Professor in the field of English linguistics. The closing date for applications is August 18th.

"Tekoälyn kirjoittamilla graduilla haetaan töihin tekemään tekoälyllä kalvoja, jotka tekoäly jalostaa tiedotteiksi, joiden pohjalta tekoäly tekee uutisia, jotka tekoäly lukee ääneen, jotta ihminen voi keskittyä katsomaan tekoälyn tekemiä videoita." yle.fi/a/74-20165616

Happy Bloomsday!

Pitkästä aikaa runouskritiikkiä: yhteisarvio Olli Sinivaaran, Katja Meriluodon ja Anna Tapolan puurunokirjoista! kiiltomato.net/critic/puuru...

#NAASpirations day 3 done. Hanging up my badge. Thanks and good night! #NAASpirations2025

#NAASpirations conference closing by P. & T. Kolehmainen (not related). But there's still the after party, too! Many thanks to @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social who did most of the work and without whom @fasafinland.bsky.social couldn't have done this conference.

#NAASpirations conference keynote by Julie Sze. #NAASpirations2025

Day 3 of #NAASpirations. Panel on Activism, Right, and cultural narratives with Panteleimon Tsikos, Kaisa Ilmonen and Olli Saukko. #NAASpirations2025

Race, classic and cultural expressions panel at #NAASpirations with Sarah Gleeson-White, Justin Parks and @kolehmaistuula.bsky.social

Day 2 of #NAASpirations. Nordic plenary with Nina Öhman from @fasafinland.bsky.social and Randall J. Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social, with Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social as chair. #NAASpirations2025

I also gave my own paper on Sally Wen Mao's Oculus, hyperreality, transmodernity and racism. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025. Photo by Tuula!

Keynote by Elisabeth Anker: ”fight dirty for democracy, it is time to go low” #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

”Limits of Representation” with Elina Siltanen, Tereza Jiroutová Kynčlová, and Hải Nguyễn. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

#NAASpirations conference opening with Prof. Benita Heiskanen from @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social

So it begins! #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

Looking forward to the NAAS - Nordic Association for American Studies conference that starts tomorrow in Turku, Finland. Mentally preparing for three intense conference days by enjoying the silence! #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

Doing research and academic writing on poetry sometimes leads to surprising directions. Today I have read about the structure of fern leaves, for instance. #academiclife

Tällaista ensi viikolla!

At the Finnish Literary Research Society's conference, I presented today in a panel called Mirrors after Humans: Posthuman approaches to reading. Interesting perspectives offered by Lena Gottelier on Finnish poet Sirpa Kyyrönen's Talviunia, which has some similarities with the poets I looked at.

The keynote by Timotheus Vermeulen at the Finnish Literature Research Society's conference in Joensuu. "Taking sides" - opened interesting ways to view many phenomena in contemporary life

A Finnish researcher was denied entry into the US and her Fulbright grant was revoked because her intention was to study racism. Academic freedom at risk. www.hs.fi/suomi/art-20...

Today I was irritated enough that I sent feedback to ProQuest Ebook Central on their (probably new?) ebook format which has started to appear for many books. It is simply insufferable to read books like that - small text by default, two pages displayed side by side, have to click to turn page.

Welcome to Turku! If you want to see this fascinating plenary session, register for the conference here: sites.utu.fi/naas2025/reg... #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 #MeetTurku #VisitTurku @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social

Tämä oli kiinnostava jakso Yhdysvaltojen yliopistomaailman myllerryksistä. Kannattaa kuunnella myös mitkä terveiset prof. Benita Heiskanen lähettää lopuksi Suomen hallitukselle. areena.yle.fi/1-74216013?u...

Muistakaapa tämä apuraha - hakuaikaa 9.5. saakka.

Love this - winner of the Dance your Ph.D competition, Sulo Roukka from the University of Helsinki

Yliopistojen työehtoneuvottelut jumiutuivat www.juko.fi/ajankohtaist...

Jos olet väitöskirjatutkija, joka on menossa Yhdysvaltain tutkimukseen liittyvään konferenssiin Euroopassa tai Yhdysvalloissa, voit nyt hakea FASA:n ja Suomi-Amerikka-yhdistysten liiton konferenssiapurahaa www.samsuomi.fi/konferenssia...

Jos olet väitöskirjatutkija, joka on menossa Yhdysvaltain tutkimukseen liittyvään konferenssiin Euroopassa tai Yhdysvalloissa, voit nyt hakea @fasafinland.bsky.social ja Suomi-Amerikka-yhdistysten liiton konferenssiapurahaa www.samsuomi.fi/konferenssia...

If you're going to the NAAS conference in Turku, the deadline for this prize has been extended to May 10.

Hyvä kääntäjän näkökulma siihen miksi tekoäly ei ole hyvä juttu ammattimaisessa kääntämisessä kaantajankammiosta.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/v...

Hyvä kirjoitus akateemisen maailman yleisestä ongelmasta: "Akateemisessa maailmassa opetukseen liittyviä meriittejä on vaikeaa kartuttaa mutta ne ovat silti vaatimuksena" - joskaan en ole varma menisikö tarjottu ratkaisu läpi. 😀

Interested in the academic study of the United States in Finland? Join FASA! The FASA Board is elected in the annual general meeting on February 25, 2025, at 2 p.m. (online). All members are welcome to join!

Osaako joku suositella yksinkertaisia älypuhelinsovelluksia, joilla voisi treenata muistia? Saisi olla suomeksi eikä liikaa hämmentäviä mainoksia (varmaan kyllä mahdoton vaatimus).

I love the idea of this conference "Railway Aesthetics. Experiencing Locomotion across Media and Cultures", which will be organized on a train! research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

While reading this (mostly) 19th century literature joke thread, I tried to think about what kind of a joke Stephen Crane would write, since I have a lecture on his work next week, but his joke about bars would probably be super grim so...

Top 5 poems being read on poets.org, an American poetry website.

New publication: Ambivalent Laughter: Conceptual Poetry’s Humor and Metamodernism (open access), included in a small collection edited by Bruno Ministro and João Paulo Guimarães ilclivrosdigitais.com/artigospdf/l...

As a member of any of the Nordic Associations for American Studies (including @fasafinland.bsky.social), European Association for American Studies, or American Studies Association, you can register at the members rate!

Why would Instagram do this? Do they not understand that quite a lot of non-Americans will eventually start to boycott their services if they keep up this kind of nonsense? (And can someone please build a better version of Facebook and Instagram soon?)

Registration for NAAS2025 is now open! Don't forget that as a member of any of the Nordic Associations for American Studies, European Association for American Studies, or American Studies Association, you can register at the members rate. So join @fasafinland.bsky.social now!!

Join the FASA Board! The FASA Board is elected in the annual general meeting that will be held on February 25, 2025, at 2 p.m. (online). All FASA members are welcome to participate in the meeting! You may also express your interest by sending us an email at [email protected].

If you're coming to the NAAS conference, registration is now open! It is also worth joining your local NAAS or EAAS affiliated association so you can pay the lower member fee.

A chilling (but well-written) article on Alice Munro www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Kyllästyitkö Twitterin myrkylliseen ilmapiiriin? Oletko muuten kohdannut verkkovihaa — tai jopa tuottanut sitä? Kerro vihapuhekokemuksistasi kirjoituskeruussa, vastausaika tammikuun loppuun. Kirjoitukset arkistoidaan ajankuvana ja niitä tutkitaan. Anonyymiys turvataan. www.finlit.fi/ajankohtaist...