So far, I’ve tried to make all my posts have a point, even if it’s only (and it usually is) an itty-bitty one. But, I’ve been thinking with all of our posts on the nature of technology, isn’t part of the point of blogging that it doesn’t have to have a point? So here goes [...]
Posts Tagged ‘transatlantic’
self-indulgence
Posted in Karen Bourrier, tagged Luggage, mobility, museum, tourism, transatlantic, travel, Urban Space on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Transatlanticism’s “radical claims”
Posted in Jennifer Esmail, tagged conferences, disability studies, transatlantic on June 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I also attended the fascinating NAVSA session that Connie writes about: a conversation on “New Directions in Victoran Studies” between Amanda Claybaugh, Elaine Freedgood, Caroline Levine, John Plotz, and Andrew Stauffer. I wanted to respond to Connie’s post here because, like Connie, I have also been considering Amanda Claybaugh’s claim that adhering to national boundaries [...]
The Victorian Atlantic
Posted in Constance Crompton, tagged race, transatlantic on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been musing about transatlanticism since last year’s NAVSA conference. At one of the concluding panel discussions Amanda Claybaugh suggested that the Victorians’ orientation towards the United States is hard for us to grasp if we only focus on the literature of the United Kingdom.
