[On the Street Where You Live Tobias Kratzer clearly said Trans Rights: Michèle Losier (Siebel) in Tobias Kratzer’s new staging of Gounod’s “Faust”, Paris/Opéra Bastille 2021]
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In A Time Of Ancient Gods
Clearly, I am working in the wrong field.
(there may be no gayer place than theatre, but there definitely isn’t a place more lesbian than hardcore humanities)
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Post-Doc Notes: Faking It?
Last night, news broke that German Secretary of Research & Education, Annette Schavan, is about to have her Ph.D. title revoked on accounts of plagiarism. The accusations first started 9 months ago, still in the maelstrom of government colleague zu Guttenberg (Secretary of Defense) having to step down from his post due to a completely plagiarized Ph.D.
Ph.D. Madness: Postscriptum
So – after over a month – the aide of the secretary of the Dean finally called (yes, you can see waht kind of priority Ph.D. diplomas have around here. But she was much nicer than the other two, and seemed much smarter, too, so I was content with that).
She asked whether I’d like to pick up my diploma at the office. Or whether they should just mail it over.
Ph.D. Madness: scena ultima
Yesterday, I was supposed to finally receive my Ph.D. diploma.
As you can imagine, that didn’t work out quite as planned because when would things inside the Ivory Tower ever go as planned, let alone happen speedily?
Queer Lorgnette 