Updated June 2020
Well, lockdown continues...I am trying to remain productive and focused as far as possible (while giving myself licence to dig in the garden, read classic detective fiction and re-watch superhero films). Over the next few weeks, I am hoping to turn towards my research notes on Ernst Toller that I have been collecting over the past two years in readiness to write my chapter for our edited collection on modernism on the contemporary stage (currently under review at Edinburgh UP). I am excited to begin work on Toller; I have wanted to write about him since my PhD!
I also continue to work on the new book project: Muscular Modernisms. It is a very eclectic study, examining everything from office penmanship to trapeze artists, wood cut prints to ju-jitsu suffragettes (and everything in between). After some wonderfully useful feedback on initial drafts from some of my kindest and most insightful academic buddies, I am going to spend July reworking the introduction and chapter 3 in readiness for submission to the press. I am also applying for a couple of fellowships to fund some research trips and provide a little time for writing. We are awaiting the results of a couple of other grant applications. I am also working with an amazing team of sports studies scholars on a project about wrestler health and wellbeing which, after so many brave folks have told their stories about the horrors of the wrestling business (and so many others understandably struggle to articulate what they have experienced), feels more important than ever.
And, at the same time, we are looking towards the new academic year and trying to work out the best way to support our students when they return in October.
Well, lockdown continues...I am trying to remain productive and focused as far as possible (while giving myself licence to dig in the garden, read classic detective fiction and re-watch superhero films). Over the next few weeks, I am hoping to turn towards my research notes on Ernst Toller that I have been collecting over the past two years in readiness to write my chapter for our edited collection on modernism on the contemporary stage (currently under review at Edinburgh UP). I am excited to begin work on Toller; I have wanted to write about him since my PhD!
I also continue to work on the new book project: Muscular Modernisms. It is a very eclectic study, examining everything from office penmanship to trapeze artists, wood cut prints to ju-jitsu suffragettes (and everything in between). After some wonderfully useful feedback on initial drafts from some of my kindest and most insightful academic buddies, I am going to spend July reworking the introduction and chapter 3 in readiness for submission to the press. I am also applying for a couple of fellowships to fund some research trips and provide a little time for writing. We are awaiting the results of a couple of other grant applications. I am also working with an amazing team of sports studies scholars on a project about wrestler health and wellbeing which, after so many brave folks have told their stories about the horrors of the wrestling business (and so many others understandably struggle to articulate what they have experienced), feels more important than ever.
And, at the same time, we are looking towards the new academic year and trying to work out the best way to support our students when they return in October.
