Greg Barnhisel

Jan 16, 2025 | newrepublic.com | Greg Barnhisel

About a year after I completed my Ph.D. in modern literature, during which time I’d had no luck landing employment, I approached a well-known literary scholar for his counsel. “Greg,” he said conspiratorially, “have you ever thought about working for the company?” “Doctor, I don’t really want to go into private industry.” “No, Greg; I mean the company. I can get you in.” Gobsmacked, I thought to myself, This guy doesn’t know his audience. Neither our politics nor my skills. Hard pass.

Jan 16, 2025 | yahoo.com | Greg Barnhisel

About a year after I completed my Ph.D. in modern literature, during which time I’d had no luck landing employment, I approached a well-known literary scholar for his counsel. “Greg,” he said conspiratorially, “have you ever thought about working for the company?” “Doctor, I don’t really want to go into private industry.” “No, Greg; I mean the company. I can get you in.” Gobsmacked, I thought to myself, This guy doesn’t know his audience. Neither our politics nor my skills. Hard pass.

Oct 14, 2024 | chroni.cl | E. Gordon Gee |Kent Syverud |Michael Roth |Greg Barnhisel |Len Gutkin

Why so many emails? That’s the question Silke-Maria Weineck, a professor of German literature at the University of Michigan, asks in her latest essay in our pages. The emails are from Santa Ono, the university’s president. Here’s an excerpt from one: Late last night, a group of Jewish students had gathered for dinner at the Southfield home of a local rabbi when, shortly before 11 p.m., an armed individual entered through an open backdoor, stole a bag, and fled.

Oct 14, 2024 | chronicle.com | E. Gordon Gee |Kent Syverud |Michael Roth |Greg Barnhisel |Len Gutkin

Why so many emails? That’s the question Silke-Maria Weineck, a professor of German literature at the University of Michigan, asks in her latest essay in our pages. The emails are from Santa Ono, the university’s president. Here’s an excerpt from one: Late last night, a group of Jewish students had gathered for dinner at the Southfield home of a local rabbi when, shortly before 11 p.m., an armed individual entered through an open backdoor, stole a bag, and fled.

Oct 8, 2024 | chronicle.com | Greg Barnhisel

The influence of Norman Holmes Pearson on 20th-century American culture was profound, although it has remained stubbornly invisible. Pearson midwifed the field of American studies, helped build its dominant program, and then nudged the infant discipline to serve U.S. interests in the Cold War. He used his position at Yale University, and his extensive connections with writers like Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, to shape the public’s understanding of literary modernism. And he was a spy.