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Dr Jamie Paris

@jamieparis.bsky.social
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Instructor II at the University of Manitoba. I work on premodern race studies and early modern drama, critical pedagogy studies, and Black and Indigenous literature written in Canada

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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 2h
Like this is obviously a lie, and it is easy to dismiss as an old man saying dumb stuff, it is also exactly the kind rhetoric that led to pizzagate and that could lead to violence against educators who support trans kids
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I have a clear and simple goal in my academic career: I want to create a world where all of the clocks work in all of the classrooms and where every student can sit in a desk that actually fits their body comfortably. These are my hills that I am apparently willing to die on
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
E. McGregor’s What Fills Your House Like Smoke is a very good collection of poems about mourning and grief. I highly recommend it: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/978177187252...
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I got page proofs for my forthcoming article on Black Love and Wake Work in David Chariandy’s Brother. The article is being published by ESC, a journal I have absolutely loved since grad school.
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Erin Weinberg @bardolator.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In today’s exciting bookmail, our departmental reading room has just acquired my awesome friend and colleague @jamieparis.bsky.social ’s latest book! Read it, order it for your library, and attend this afternoon’s online launch!
Jamie Paris’s new book: Clothed Villainy: Acting White in Early Modern Drama”
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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The jury cited Carson for “her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.” Read the full story here: bit.ly/47rJEbP
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m sorry, but the pneumatic plague is back? This timeline is jumping all the sharks
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks! I’m really proud of this little article
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My article on Black Love and Mourning in David Chariandy’s Brother was just accepted by ESC!
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m doing a virtual book launch on Thursday, October 8th, at 2pm with Hayley Cotter. Registration is required. Please consider joining us: ua-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Strode Book Series Launch: Jamie Paris and Hayley Cotter. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Strode Book Series Launch: Jamie Paris and Hayley Cotter. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Academics who publish and exercise: how do you do it?
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My book is apparently available at the University of Manitoba library!?
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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please share!! The Department of English at Arizona State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies position. PhD in literature, rhetoric, media studies, linguistics, or related discipline required at the time of appointment. apply.interfolio.com/194236
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think I may have some extra PDA money by 2030 🤣. Thanks for letting me know about a really cool policy
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We should be compensated!
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I never realized that implementing the four laws of robotics would be this difficult. I think someone needs to write a prequel to I, Robot just outlining the debates over the rules. How many hundreds of people had to die before companies agreed to the no murder robots rule?
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So much of being an academic is learning how to take a loss. I just found out that my SAA seminar was canceled due to low enrolment. It sucks and I’m devastated. It is going to hurt for a few days. Soon, hopefully, it will hurt less and I will be happy I put myself out there. Growth comes from pain
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This book looks incredible. I hope you do an event in Winnipeg. I would love to get your thoughts on Ducks
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think that is a smart reframing. As long as we’re clear with people when we hire them that there is a kind of term limit and we give people who are still young a chance to renew their contracts if they say hit 25 years of service at 60.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And every day there is more Fresh AI Hell. What's worse than polluting the information ecosystem with synthetic text dressed up to look like news? Dressing it up further as the work of fake Indigenous journalists: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC News
The website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t...
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On October 8th, I am doing a virtual book launch with Haley Cotter, sponsored by the University of Alabama. Please consider joining us for what should be an interesting discussion and spreading the word about the book launch within your networks
Poster for a book launch with a link to the event and a QR code
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Has there been any consultation or discussion with Indigenous Peoples about the implications of Canada becoming an associate member of the European Union? I don’t know why but, given the history of Europe, I can’t imagine the Eurozone has strong protections for Indigenous rights
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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
LOVE THIS
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 15/09/2026
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On Saturday October 24 at 7pm, join Jamie Paris for the launch of Clothed Villainy: Acting White in Early Modern Drama, hosted by Kristian Enright. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-19008/... @jamieparis.bsky.social
The cover of Clothed Villainy: Acting White in Early Modern Drama appears on the left. On the right is an image of the book's author, Jamie Paris.
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I won a Joint UM/UMFA Merit Award for Promoting Indigenous Engagement. I am very proud of this award because it takes into account the importance of antiracism and decolonization in my writing (academic and creative), teaching, and service. It is a blessing to be recognized by my peers
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Titus, or Prospero’s Books
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today I am thinking about how the vast majority of my students were not born when 9/11 happened and yet have grown up in a world shaped by ethical compromises made in its wake. 9/11 is to my students what the fall of Saigon was to people in my generation
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is legitimately terrifying stuff. We have seen kings and demagogues who declare that they were chosen by God before in the West. It never ends well for marginalized people
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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here's Fleur Adcock on top form. Her matter-of-fact tone lends a flat starkness to this poem that suits it perfectly and pares it to the emotional bone...
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
AI will not lead to human extinction in a decade. Humans designing and using AI to further exploit our human and non human relatives, however, do represent an existential threat to humanity and they must be stopped by any means necessary
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’m making the choice to teach from a place of critical hope this term. I’m committed to using the classroom to cocreate a better future with my students even if the world is burning around us
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Many of the same administrators and academics who are writing pro AI arguments today are going to pretend they never argued in favour of this new technology once the consequences of deskilling a generation of university students become clear in three or four years
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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
✨We are eager to announce that this year’s Foster Poetry Prize judge is the thoughtful, skilled and talented Hollay Ghadery! ✨
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Someone told me to think of it like doing a treasure hunt through my manuscript and that really helped me to reframe the task
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The physical author copies of my book have arrived. I still can’t believe that I am dyslexic and I wrote a whole scholarly book!
Ten copies of Clothed Villainy by Jamie Paris
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So, does the American president just have the power to rename anything, anywhere in the world, the ______ of America? Does this power derive from a secret part of the Constitution, or an invisible international treaty?
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I wrote about the need for a return of mandatory retirement policies for University Affairs: universityaffairs.ca/opinion/mand...
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Mandatory retirement: the case in favour - University Affairs
Jamie Paris argues that guaranteed employment for life skews the age balance of the professorate while enabling the exploitation of early- and mid-career scholars.
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Stephen Guy-Bray @stephengb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's another tenure-track job. This is for Canadian studies at Western University in London Ontario, the forest city. www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am trying to manifest whatever energy my cat, Othello, has in this photo
A black and white cat wrapped up in a blue towel
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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
UMD's Department of English is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialization in Poetry. Please spread the word. Best consideration date October 15, 2026. If you have any questions about the position, don't hesitate to reach out.
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
Assistant Professor
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The mission of the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) is to prepare versatile and visionary leaders equipped to address the complexities of...
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Josh Reid @joshreid.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My syllabus
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In my Black CanLit class, I want to do a unit on Black music. Is there a best way to share about 20 songs with my students?
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I would like to know how Trump and/or his family is personally being enriched by the tariff deals they announced with Canada? As a Canadian, I want to know if we have directly or indirectly bribed Trump, his family, or his friends to make a deal. He called the deal fair and that makes me suspicious
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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CFP!!! Precarity, Debt, and Control in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Please circulate
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"...professors at my mini-viva questioning my use of the term 'Asian American canon', insisting that 'canon' was the remit of white authors (and reciting names to me as I fought back tears)..." www.vogue.co.uk/article/camb...
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I Aspired To Get My PhD At Cambridge – I Left Because Of The Racism
“I could write a second memoir solely on the racism I experienced at Cambridge University as a Master’s and PhD student,” writes Jill Damatac, a Filipino-American author who was a student at Cambridge...
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
That is very sad to hear. She did important work in the field and it is unfortunate to see her go out this way. I totally agree that someone posting this stuff should not be platformed.
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Are they ok? This feels like such a 180 that I thought they might have been hacked
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Jonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The semester is approaching! If you’re teaching race & premodern contexts, check out throughlines.org - premodernist scholars across fields (including literature & other disciplines) with informational videos, reading lists, classroom activities, and much more! @acmrs.bsky.social
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Throughlines — Race in the premodern classroom
Created by field-leading scholars, Throughlines’ pedagogical approaches offer accessible and critical ways to incorporate discussions of race in the premodern studies classroom.
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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It is so well written and such an interesting use of archival material. Given the state of the world, it is so nice to be reminded of the Black excellence in our field. I am so happy that Folger is hosting/platforming this kind of editorial work
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The fact that there was more white outrage over one Black fabulist in Britain than outrage over the centuries of lies, propaganda, intellectual misconduct, misinformation, propaganda, colonial violence and scamming that built the British empire says it all.
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