A podcast about taking the study of all things literary out of the institutional space of the classroom and into the world.
Salon Evocations
Claim This Podcastby Sophia Basaldua-Sun & Kim Coates
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7 episodes
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Podcast Overview
A podcast about taking the study of all things literary out of the institutional space of the classroom and into the world.
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Publishing Since
6/10/2020
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Recent Episodes
August 5, 2020
6. The Graduate School Episode
<p>In this episode, Kim Coates and Sophia Basaldua-Sun discuss their experiences in graduate school focusing on their time as doctoral students in Comparative Literature. They cover major milestones in the Ph.D. student journey such as Coursework, Comprehensive Exams, Dissertation Defense, and Conferences. They also cover the social, emotional, and psychological side of being a Ph.D. student focusing on the mental health crisis facing graduate students and ways to cope and thrive within this atmosphere. Finally, they turn to the future of humanities degrees and various ways to utilize a graduate degree in the humanities.</p> <p><br></p> <p>LINKS</p> <p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048733317300422"><u><strong>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048733317300422</strong></u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/03/graduate-students-need-more-mental-health-support-new-study-highlights"><u><strong>https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/03/graduate-students-need-more-mental-health-support-new-study-highlights</strong></u></a></p>
July 29, 2020
5. The Literary Canon Episode
<p>In this episode, Sophia Basaldua-Sun and Kim Coates discuss the literary canon. They cover what is a canon? A canon is a body of agreed upon important works that make up foundational knowledge in a particular field. They discuss how canons are always plural, for example, every discipline has their own canon; there is no one canon. They discuss the popular conception of the canon and what books we ought to be reading, how the canon is outdated, what has been added in the last century, and how forms of knowledge are curated.</p>
July 22, 2020
4. The Queer Episode
<p>This week in the Salon, Kim and Sophia discuss queer literature. They discuss the definition/indefinition of the term "queer" and how specific writers have used the concept of "queering." Kim and Sophia also review their experiences teaching queer fiction and queer theory in the classroom and how their own research projects are related to queer studies. Some authors discussed in this episode are Judith Butler, Paul B. Preciado, Hanif Kureishi, and Henry James.</p> <p>READING REC:</p> <p>The Preface and Introduction to "This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color" edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa.</p>
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