Category Archives: End of the Year wrap Up

Saying Goodbye to 2022

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

While it was most definitely not all happiness and sunshine and glitter and rainbows, on the whole 2022 brought more positive than negative in our lives, for which I am grateful. Continue reading →

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New Year’s Thoughts

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

It’s already 2022 in some parts of the world; here, it is still 2021 and I’ve just heard that Betty White died, after (on my part) a long day of difficult revision work on an essay that as of midnight … Continue reading →

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It’s Been a Hot Minute, Hasn’t It?

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Hello, Blogosphere! So, I just logged in to this space for the first time in . . . a while. Reading through my last post, written in July of last year, I find it truly resonates with me, and I … Continue reading →

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2018 End-of-the-year review (Or, “And I thought 2017 was busy!”)

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

It’s December 31; time for another “Year In Review” post! Here’s what I managed to accomplish professionally this year: Publications Article “‘Compassion and Benignytee’: A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Canacee and the Falcon in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Squire’s Tale.” Medieval … Continue reading →

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2017 Redux: A Busy, Productive Year

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

It’s December 31; time for a “Year In Review” post! Here’s what I managed to accomplish professionally this year: Publications Essay Collection: Melusine’s Footprint: Tracing the Legacy of a Medieval Myth (edited with Misty Urban and Deva Kemmis). Leiden: Brill, … Continue reading →

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2016 End-of-the-Year Wrap-Up

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Professors–particularly professors who are contingent (non-permanent and adjunct faculty). permanent but not tenured, and tenure-track but not tenured–are regularly asked to perform acts of self-assessment, filling out performance evaluations, maintaining an updated CV, and responding to our supervisors’ assessment of … Continue reading →

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