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Scott McLemee

Intellectual Affairs

Scott McLemee

Biography

Scott McLemee is an essayist, critic, and digital feuilletonist (rather like being a blogger, only it sounds more distinguished somehow).

In 2008, he began a three-year term on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle. From 1995 until 2001, he was contributing editor for Lingua Franca. Between 2001 and 2005, he covered scholarship in the humanities as senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2005, he helped start the online news journal Inside Higher Ed, where he serves as Essayist at Large, writing a weekly column called Intellectual Affairs. His reviews, essays, and interviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Nation, Newsday, Bookforum, The Common Review, and numerous other publications. In 2004, he received the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle. He has given papers or been an invited speaker at meetings of the American Political Science Association, the Cultural Studies Association, the Modern Language Association, and the Organization of American Historians. A selection of his work is available at his website. He is also a member of two group blogs, Crooked Timber and Cliopatria.

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Most Recent Articles

Analyze This

June 10, 2009

'The Sopranos' left viewers with an aporia they couldn't refuse. Scott McLemee looks beyond the irony.

The Tension Point

June 3, 2009

Is the digital future inevitable for university presses? Scott McLemee goes to Book Expo to ask around.

Kass Backwards

May 27, 2009

The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities was held in Washington last week. Scott McLemee experiences "the wisdom of repugnance."

Cartoon Conservatism

May 20, 2009

Is "Little Orphan Annie" the key to understanding Obama-phobia? Scott McLemee interviews a scholar in the field of comics studies.

Communication Breakdown

May 13, 2009

Mobile technology changes the way we interact. Scott McLemee looks into the sociology of the cell phone.

The Monster at Our Door

April 29, 2009

It's a stew of man, bird, and pig -- and Mike Davis warned about it four years ago. Scott McLemee catches up.

Stop the Insani-Tea!

April 22, 2009

A recent study shows surprising support for redistributing the wealth. Scott McLemee dips in cautiously.

Every Fury on Earth

April 15, 2009

John Summers' work has shed light on C. Wright Mills and other anarchists. In an interview, Scott McLemee shines a light on Summers himself ...

Print or Byte?

April 8, 2009

Won't digital publishing destroy the old-fashioned book? Scott McLemee reads up on "the hidden revolution"....

Members Only

April 1, 2009

All the dark secrets of university life are known to insiders who subscribe to AcademoList. Scott McLemee reports, you decide...

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Greatest Hits

Cafeteria Style

February 3, 2005

 

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