Thread re: W. Warner's ASECS presidential address & what I see as a problematic current of thought amongst Enlightenment scholars, some of whom worry about the state of the field & enrollments but who wrongly conclude that CRT and DEI are somehow to blame.
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Let me be clear: the overwhelming whiteness of Enlightenment studies is a major problem. And when Enlightenment scholars make sloppy assertions about "woke Diversity Radicals" and deride CRT, they are not helping.
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Screeds like this make the field of eighteenth-century studies less welcoming to BIPOC scholars *and that is a very big problem*.pic.twitter.com/Y6ncYtPkJg
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It's not just Warner. P. Cheney's H-France review of A. Lilti's book had this paragraph; where is the evidence for these assertions? I teach courses on the Enlightenment and none of this is familiar. Again, it is *bad for the field* when senior scholars write this stuff.pic.twitter.com/WF5wpGxMZv
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Believe me, I understand the anxiety about falling numbers of majors and enrollments. But the solution is not to blame CRT, DEI, or "cancel culture." It is far more effective to take CRT & multiculturalism seriously, as
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THAT is the future of Enlightenment studies that I want to see.
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Speaking of the future of Enlightenment studies, there should not be a panel on the futures of Enlightenment with this little diversity amongst the panelists. Long-time full professors, elite research institutions, almost all men, all white -- the panel is just too homogenous.pic.twitter.com/YfPVKZlj5t
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*homogeneous, ugh
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