Jeffrey J Cohen

Hungarian translation of "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)"

I'm big in Hungary!
(thank you Ildikó Limpár)

www.apertura.hu/2025/osz/coh...

it's true

Toronto in two days for #MLA26 is going to be a hard transition

happy new year
may it be brilliant

So much of any year is flammable

Naomi Shihab Nye, "Burning the Old Year"
#everynightapoem

"Emphasizing pleasure and fun" ... two entry affects for expanding the imagination, opening up the possible, and widening the world. What has a better ROI on than that?

every since humans were dwelling in Plato's cave they have been entranced by screen based entertainments

white board end of year rituals

white board
futurelostarchive.beehiiv.com/p/white-board

a neon sign boneyard in Vegas

a neon sign boneyard in Vegas

this essay title 👹🧌

Frankenstein poster

Del Toro, and Del Toro, and Del Toro
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded frame;
And all our Frankensteins have lighted fools
The way to boring films.

"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

finally some sun this morning in PHX

'Merlin's Mound' to be restored and archaeological probe launched Marlborough College has been given the go-ahead to remove 20th Century buildings from the mound.

@stoneclub.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...

terrible if wholly predictable environmental news for Alaska

that's my son @alexcohen.bsky.social with the spot on quote

apnews.com/article/alas...

For a project in progress I’ve had to return to some older writing and this line really hits years later

“Apocalypse is a failure of the imagination, a giving up on the future instead of a commitment to the difficult work of composing a better present.”

An image of a panel of ASU humanities alumni discussing their careers on Oct. 24, in a session moderated by Dean of Humanities Jeffrey Cohen. Photo by Meghan Finnerty/ASU.

ICYMI: ASU English alumni @leahenewsom.bsky.social, Daryn Orr and Sharon Enck along with other grads from The College chatted with Dean @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social about how their #ASUHumanities degrees prepared them for careers and beyond.

Watch: t.co/vSRoG9LOOV

good morning from Phoenix

it’s from an essay reprinted in this excellent collection on zombies 🧟‍♂️

For a project in progress I’ve had to return to some older writing and this line really hits years later

“Apocalypse is a failure of the imagination, a giving up on the future instead of a commitment to the difficult work of composing a better present.”

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE

me after a long day of writing

thinking of making a donation so they can afford to update

I left my former institution in 2018, and yet the department of English there still has me listed, looking dapper in a flannel shirt from maybe ten years before that (c. 2008)

we are going to need a bigger boat

contingentmagazine.org/2025/10/22/a...

Dean Jeffrey Cohen on humanities : Arizona State University (ASU) YouTube video by ASU News

the agitprop continues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92zw...

Three decades later, Monster Theory has never been out of print.