Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I really enjoyed presenting a paper today at the American Studies Association Meeting as part of the panel “Julia Alvarez: Histories of Lives(Un)lived” 010
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Bad Bunny’s headlining the Super Bowl half-time show of 2026 will be his 2nd appearance on the Super Bowl stage. In 2020, he shared the stage with co-headliners Shakira and JLo. For my close reading of the 2020 show, read Chapter 6 of my book, ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...ohiostatepress.orgCaribbean American Narratives of BelongingAnalyzes an archive of contemporary cultural artifacts to show how Americans of Caribbean heritage narrate and celebrate their contributions to politics, art, and activism. 000
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranSmall Axe Project @smallaxeproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2025"On Bad Bunny's Residency" 🐰🇵🇷 by Wilfredo José Burgos Matos smallaxe.net/content/1361...smallaxe.netThe Fragile Joy of Staying – If Only in Song: On Bad Bunny’s Residency 082
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranDr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Game on. “The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday urged parents to get their youngest children vaccinated for covid, part of a broader effort by medical organizations to bypass Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his criticism of broadly administering coronavirus vaccines.” apple.news/As3JsZG1xSYm...apple.newsDefying RFK Jr., pediatric group urges covid shots for young kids — The Washington PostThe American Academy of Pediatrics recommends all children ages 6 months to 23 months old receive a coronavirus vaccine as federal officials move to roll back recommendations. 25122
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranChronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 15/08/2025Opinion | The art-history classroom is a place where divergent worldviews are brought into a kind of mutual coexistence and productive tension. chroni.cl/4oK0Qkbchroni.clOpinion | Want to Save Democracy? Teach Art History.Visual comparison cultivates thinking skills that are vital to political life. 2429
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Happy Summer Solstice! poets.org/poem/summer-2poets.orgTo SummerO Thou who passest thro’ our vallies in 010
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Tomorrow evening, Executive Dean Rick Van Kooten and I will do a faculty talk-back after this dramatic reading of Cat’s Cradle. Hope to see some of you there! 030
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Trans rights are human rightsapnews.comThousands gather in London to support trans rights following UK ruling over definition of womanThousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London, days after the U.K.‘s Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from... 540985
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Images from my time in Kokomo, IN yesterday with Stellan the dog. 010
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Made me think of Wordsworth’s poem www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45521/... 000
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranDurham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025🌍 👀 An interactive map of global medical & health humanities institutes, centres & networks! We are excited to launch this new resource to help raise the visibility & connectivity of researchers in the field. medhumsplatform.org/global-medic...medhumsplatform.orgGlobal Medical Humanities MapAn accessible database of the world’s medical and health humanities research organisations, institutions, and centres. 088
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Happening this evening! A timely and relevant public humanities event. 000
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranNational Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 15/01/2025#ICYMI this #NEHgrant-supported exhibition was named one of the best of 2024 by The Washington Post. Organized by The Clark Institute in partnership with the Louvre in Paris, Guillaume Lethière sheds light on Caribbean artists in France during the late 18th & early 19th centuries. ow.ly/mQsm50UGSHv 042
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranNational Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Today at 1:45! Getting Funded in the Humanities: An NEH Workshop ow.ly/4QE350UB0oG #MLA25 043
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025"The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is working with government agencies, nonprofit and faith-based partners and others to respond to the fires throughout Los Angeles County."lafoodbank.orgGreater Los Angeles Wildfires Update | LA Regional Food BankRead updates about the Greater Los Angeles Wildfires that began in January of 2025. 04114
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranMaria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Reminder that we are looking for papers using LLMs for humanities research, for a special issue of the Computational Humanities Research Journal. Deadline January 31st! #NLP #DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalyticscambridge.orgExpanding the Toolkit: Large Language Models in Humanities ResearchCall for Papers: Expanding the Toolkit: Large Language Models in Humanities Research. 510558
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025And so manye cheeres for kyndenesse and decencye and people just tryinge to helpe: www.latimes.com/food/list/lo...latimes.comL.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first respondersThese L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther... 014322
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/01/2025These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph... 7825167814112
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 08/01/2025The College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington promotes and supports professional development in AI and encourages College faculty to consider participating in the ICHE's 2025 Faculty Leadership Conference which will take place on our campus on February 7th. www.linkedin.com/posts/iche_r...linkedin.comIndiana Commission for Higher Education on LinkedIn: Registration is now open for the 2025 Faculty Leadership Conference on…Registration is now open for the 2025 Faculty Leadership Conference on Friday, February 7, at Indiana University Bloomington. The 2025 Faculty Leadership… 000
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranJorell Meléndez-Badillo @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Working on the revised paperback edition of “Puerto Rico: A National History” coming out later this year with @PrincetonUPress. 061
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 03/01/2025As a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, I'd like to remind folks of the Jan. 15 deadline for article submissions for the Spring volume on the theme Solidarity: www.midwest-mla.org/current-call...midwest-mla.orgCurrent Calls for Submissions 000
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranPeetieWheatstraw @peetiewheatstraw.bsky.social · 01/01/2025www.axios.com/2025/01/01/p...axios.comMost Puerto Ricans have power restored after massive New Year's Eve blackoutAround 85% of Puerto Rican customers had their power restored as of Wednesday morning. 517022
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranNews Breaking LIVE @newsbreakinglive.bsky.social · 31/12/2024NEWS: “A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power.” - APapnews.comNearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year's EveA blackout has hit nearly all of Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory prepares to celebrate New Year’s. 59219
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranNational Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 30/12/2024New funding opportunity: #NEHgov has issued a call for proposals to produce K-12 curricular and educational resources on the history of government-sponsored boarding schools for Native American children in the U.S. Deadline is Jan. 15, 2025. For more information, visit ow.ly/ZnZ850UvXwN 011
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Just watched Wicked with two die-hard L. Frank Baum fans: my daughter and mom in law. I’m halfway through the Wicked novel. The spectacle was great but it made me want to go back to reading. 000
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranNational Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Feeling more “Bah, Humbug” than ever? Festivus is here, and no one would enjoy airing their grievances better than Scrooge himself! “A Christmas Carol” was not Dickens’ favorite holiday book. Read about four more options in this #HumanitiesMagazine article: ow.ly/5n7550UuYusow.lyA Christmas Carol Was Not His Best Holiday Novel, Charles Dickens Thought 031
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranNational Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Applications for NEH’s Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions program are open through Jan. 9, 2025. This #NEHgrant program helps small and mid-sized organizations preserve and manage humanities collections. Learn more: ow.ly/jPU850UmoPV 042
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Little things giving me life in Jacksonville, FL. November, 2024. 000
Reposted by Vivian Nun HalloranThe Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · 21/11/2024“With all the garbage talk from 45 about the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, it’s imperative to learn the truth about it from the people themselves.” — @karlajstrand.com includes @patriciacoral.bsky.social’s new memoir in her November roundup! msmagazine.com/2024/11/05/b...msmagazine.comNovember 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. MagazineThe best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in November 2024. 0158
Vivian Nun Halloran @vivianhalloran.bsky.social · 22/11/2024As I was setting up my email bounce-back, I realized this presents a wonderful opportunity to share the gift of poetry. I can’t believe it took me this long to do so! Here’s what I picked: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/...poetryfoundation.orgPerhaps the World Ends HereThe world begins at a kitchen table. The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here. Perhaps the world ... 000