Courtney Naum Scuro

What happens when a scholar trying to write about serious stuff…also has children…

Too good not to share…to all my fellow writers out there who are anxiously waiting to hear what other people think about some new article, proposal, book, or any other written thing that you’ve poured your soul and mind into, just remember THIS:

I wrote a little thing about timekeeping anxieties in Henry VI, Part I! Available open-access for a limited time in postmedieval (along with lots of other cool pieces in this special edition)!

Academic article proofs: does anybody else experience intense terror-laced-regret about your decision to write anything about any topic ever…with just a whiff of joy/relief mixed in… upon receipt of these things? Or just me?!

Meritocracy | Dr.Daniel Markovits | Author of The Meritocracy Trap | Professor at Yale Law School | Clip from a public interview/ talk.

#shax2025 —wonder what it’s like to work in the corporate world while still endeavoring to actively research & publish in the field? I’m doing it (admittedly imperfectly) and happy to talk. Let’s connect in Boston!

GOOD morning! 🦋☀️ A little levity to lift your sprits... The Macbeth!

#shax2025 PSA: flying United? Ralph Fiennes as Macbeth is on the in air entertainment. 😱 Please watch. And then find me in Boston so we can break it down with the kind of exhausting granularity only a couple of Shakes-nerds would enjoy.

As if Jeffrey Cohen hasn’t given us enough reasons to admire him as a scholar and academic leader, now this! Love the honesty…as I read his post right after I started a list of words from my earlier writing I hope never to catch myself using again! #1 : concomitant What’s on your list???

Universities are in crisis. We have forgotten that the only way to prepare for the future is to imagine the human in situations yet unknown and to explore the boundaries of the human condition. A focus on economic gain loses sight of all that might be possible.

This has to be one of the coolest things I’ve heard of

Need some reading this weekend? Highly recommend the inaugural issue of PUBLIC HUMANITIES -- and especially "The Necessity of Public Writing" by @devoney.bsky.social emphasis on NECESSITY #humanities www.cambridge.org/core/journal...