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• a quick website update

  2 min read   ·   August 20, 2025

  2025

• This is the last academic conference that I will ever go to

  7 min read   ·   December 08, 2018

  2018   ·   Adjuncts (guest posts)

• The Fourth Annual Academics with Cats Awards 2017 - Winners!

  1 min read   ·   December 29, 2017

  2017   ·   Academia Obscura

• 13 Great Gifts for Academics

  6 min read   ·   December 09, 2017

  2017   ·   Surprisingly Helpful

• The Fourth Annual Academics with Cats Awards

  2 min read   ·   November 25, 2017

  2017   ·   cats   ·   Academic Humour   Misc.

• Academia Obscura book - out now!

  2 min read   ·   November 16, 2017

  2017   ·   book   ·   Misc.

• 404 - Buffalo not found

  1 min read   ·   November 14, 2017

  2017   ·   Academia Obscura

• 52 Books You Might Not Like

  1 min read   ·   September 20, 2017

  2017   ·   Publications

• Oops!

  3 min read   ·   September 15, 2017

  2017   ·   errors   funny   mistakes   publications   retractions   scandals   ·   Academic Humour   Publications   Publish/Perish

• The Story Behind a Moving Academic Acknowledgement

  9 min read   ·   August 28, 2017

  2017   ·   acknowledgements   mental health   publications   ·   Surprisingly Helpful