Narrative of my experiences with the American war in Vietnam and the consequences of war by Teresa Mei Chuc

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Insights into my experience as the Editor-in-Chief: a recap to close an unforgettable chapter by Luis Martí-Bonmatí

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Messenger RNA in differentiating muscle cells—my experience in François Gros’ lab in the 1970s and 80s by Buckingham, Margaret

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International Studies at UTS: A Personal Perspective by Maja Mikula

“…By combining language, culture and contemporary society studies with global partnerships, the program fostered adaptability and global citizenship. My experiences at UTS, and later in the UK and China, affirm the enduring value of intercultural education. …”
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Mentoring While Black: A Testimony by Alford A. Young, Jr.

“…After briefly exploring my experiences with being mentored, this short essay highlights how I strive to manage the politics of graduate student mentoring. …”
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TEI, the Walt Whitman Archive, and the Test of Time by Brett Barney

“…“Diachronic Markup and Presentation Practices for Text Editions in Digital Environments,” a 2014–15 transatlantic collaboration funded jointly by DFG and NEH, provided an occasion to test TEI’s relatively new provisions for encoding temporality. My experiences in attempting to apply these provisions to Walt Whitman manuscripts led me to conclude that chapter 11 of the TEI Guidelines should be significantly revised and that the basic dichotomy it introduces between and deserves renewed scrutiny. …”
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Some Personal Reflections on the “Mentorship Paradox” by Mike Savage

“…I draw on my experiences of mentorship to reflect on a paradox that whilst bureaucratic organizations (such as universities) need effective mentorship to nurture new generations of scholars, the most valued kinds of mentorship necessarily run orthogonal to formalized management structures. …”
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The Global Classroom: ‘We are the Dreamers of Dreams’ by David S. G. Goodman

“… This reflection explores my experiences with the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) International Studies program, emphasising the transformative power of The Global Classroom initiative. …”
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The Red Frock by Ilaria Vanni

“… In this reflection, I recount my experience supervising a UTS student in Milan during her In-Country Study, where I became a luxury fashion faux buyer as part of her research on luxury shopping. …”
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Deux mois à la Légion : une autre vision de la forêt by François-Michel Le Tourneau

“…Besides describing the running of the course in the manner of a field book, I compare the teachings received on this occasion with others from other contexts, including with my experience among Native Americans. In taking stock of the contributions of this adventure for the practice of geography in the Amazonian forest, I finally answer a question that Molière would not have disowned: "What the Hell would he be doing in this galley?".…”
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A self-reflexive analysis of Communicare by Keyan Tomaselli

“… This partly autoethnographical account of my experiences as an author, editor and researcher offers an experiential framework with which to make sense of publishing in the contemporary era, governed as it is by neoliberal managerialist principles that tend to reduce activities to measureable units so as to render academic disciplines comparable. …”
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Not quite an academic, not quite professional services: supporting students’ wellbeing and development in the ‘third space’ as a peer-mentoring coordinator by Emma Norman

“…This case study focuses on my experience of this and how my role in delivering personalised support to the students involved, developing and delivering teaching materials, and coordinating with staff puts me in the ‘third space’. …”
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Teaching American Media and Popular Culture: Expansion, Inclusion, Interdisciplinarity by Joel Frykholm

“… This is a reflection on my experiences in teaching American media at the Swedish Institute for American studies from 2015 to 2021. …”
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Resituating the Sketch/ Bitacora in the Production of Knowledge and Anthropological Meaning by Catalina Cortés Severino

“…From these points of departure, the purpose of this article is to illustrate, articulate and share some of my experiences in the “how to” of ethnographic research on everyday life as a narrative and visual practice.…”
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[In] Searching Our Mothers’ Archives by Su'ad Abdul Khabeer

“…In this article, I describe my experience curating, preserving, and presenting the archive and how that became a process of de-disciplining myself, turning to intimacy and mourning to learn from Black women by searching in my Umi’s archive. …”
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The Art of Storytelling in Science: A Personal Journey by Bruno Bezerril Andrade

“…Storytelling is a crucial yet often overlooked skill for scientists, essential in seminars, manuscripts, grant applications, and professional interactions. Drawing from my experiences across Brazil, the United States of America, India, and South Africa, I explore how crafting compelling narratives enhances scientific communication, increasing the likelihood of publishing, securing funding, and building collaborations. …”
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The Last Word by Jan Boessenkool

“…It gave words and meaning to many of my experiences during long stays in different parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in Kenya by Dorcas Wepukhulu

“…The paper focuses on Kenya, drawing on my experience as the ASb Partner Development Coordinator and from ASb partner reports. …”
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Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche by Sergio Marchetti

“…In this essay, from my experience as an ethnographer-mariner in the Ermenautica project, I initially propose a perspective on the reduction of the dimensions of the sea by comparing wet ontologies (Steinberg, Peters 2019), the reflections on the subjective signification of the oceans (Helmreich 2010, 2019) and the discourse on planetarity regimes in the humanities (Chakrabarty, Latour 2020). …”
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Debating Student as Producer by Katie Strudwick

“…The paper provides an account of my experiences embedding and adopting Student as Producer within my own research and teaching at the University of Lincoln, an institution which is recognised as being a pioneer in research-engaged teaching. …”
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