Knowledge Commons | Marc Galdes | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/mgaldes/activity/ Activity feed for Marc Galdes. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:43:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 996945bb66993f81209fb63fc833c34d Marc Galdes wrote a new post, portfolio – ciao, bye, see you, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=133 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:15:44 -0400 I’m very sad that this MA is coming to an end.

Over the past few months, I feel like this blog has developed into a thought bin where I can informally dump anything remotely academic on my mind. Before I get g […]

]]> 3a978d3a86f089082cd7fc2a1f37c9da Marc Galdes wrote a new post, dissertation literary review, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=114 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:50:21 -0400 My dissertation will focus on contemporary refugee literature that reveals Europe’s harsh border policy. The primary texts I shall be discussing are Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini, African Titanics by Abu Bakr K […]

]]> 93ffdd88635e36b581d01920d53931f5 Marc Galdes wrote a new post, climate fiction is terrifying, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=118 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:28:30 -0400 by Ping Zhu. Source: The New York Times

Ok, I’m more than aware that I’m not an expert on American naturalism but Alan Gibb's seminar was so good I had to write about it.

His seminar was titled ‘Co […]

]]> e562901c5dffb8d04038bfa556ea06d5 Marc Galdes wrote a new post, conference reflection - lovely stuff, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=71 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:29:47 -0400 bunch of lovely-looking people at the end of the conference

I think we all deserve a pat on the back. Everybody did what they had to do and nothing catastrophic happened. Since I was the second person to […]

]]> 610c6baf15b2a39cad4e092799a45a9b Marc Galdes wrote a new post, wikipediathon - would recommend it to a friend, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=55 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:13:16 -0500 I wasn't quite sure what to expect during the Wikipediathon and I definitely was not expecting to care too much about the activity, but as I got started I realised how enjoyable it is to give some love to a page […]

]]> 67287043e7c40cb7d0694a0f5bd9df47 Marc Galdes wrote a new post, is the refugee avante-gard?, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=35 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 18:50:46 -0500 Refugees protesting in Hal Safi detention centre, Malta, in 2019. Source: Times of Malta.

Refugees, exile, the passport, human rights, bureaucracy and how this all ties to literature – this sums up my d […]

]]> eb968dd67ab406650369b14b8faba7aa Marc Galdes changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1873759/ Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:52:08 -0500 0 a86e15d62e2d39f0d0946830250bf6bc Marc Galdes wrote a new post, the philanderer is very funny and easy to read, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=31 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:10:27 -0500 Helen Bradbury as Grace Tranfield and Rupert Young as Leonard Charteris in The Philanderer. Source: The Observer

I’m not sure whether Shaw would be pleased that I am writing about this, but I want to fo […]

]]> 9d3670510d521fcb40db70c1f6e174ed Marc Galdes wrote a new post, t.s. eliot would’ve enjoyed playing elden ring, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=26 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:58:41 -0500 Elden Ring. Source. Fromsoftware

Last Wednesday I found myself completely sucked into the RPG gamer world during Dr Ken Rooney’s seminar titled ‘A fine tale, all told, of true chivalric romance’: The medie […]

]]> 83e7c34bf3c159f72b0feb343be31d37 Marc Galdes wrote a new post, I never thought I would be studying AI when I decided to do an MA in English Literature, on the site academic antics https://academicantics.hcommons.org/?p=16 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:37:54 -0400 The Knifegrinder by Kazimir Malevich (1912-13). Source: Wikipedia.

What does AI have to do with literature? Don’t get me wrong it’s incredibly interesting and somehow and I haven’t stopped thinking about […]

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