Contemporary culture

“Resisting McCarthyism: From the 'PC Wars' to the 'New Antisemitism'.” Canadian Sites of Resistance, ed. Weronika Suchacka, Hartmut Lutz, and Anna Krika. TransCanadiana: Polish Journal of Canadian Studies 8 (2016). http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2016/10/21/9jno16s94cjfxh84gr7w7nzt5bcbdu.

“The Honouring: Kaha:wi Dance Theatre Performs at Chiefswood.” Two Row Times (18 June 2014). http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/14/the-honouring-kahawi-dance-theatre-performs-at-chiefswood.

“Lawrence of Arabia and Mythmaking.” http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/10/lawrence-of-arabia-and-myth-making.

“Smear Tactics of the National Post: Correspondence with Paul Russell and Jonathan Kay, February 17-21, 2010.” http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/smear-tactics-of-the-national-post-correspondence-with-paul-russell-and-jonathan-kay-february-17-21-2010.

“Ehab Lotayef’s To Love a Palestinian Woman: Poems in English and Arabic.” The Canadian Charger (25 August 2010). http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/14/ehab-lotayefs-to-love-a-palestinian-woman-poems-in-english-and-arabic.

“Don’t miss this train.” Review of Barry Callaghan, Between Trains. The Globe and Mail (2 June 2007). http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/14/dont-miss-this-train.

“Just What We Needed: A Critic with ‘Duende’.” In Barry Callaghan: Essays on His Works, ed. Priscila Uppal. Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2007. 363-66. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/14/just-what-we-needed-a-critic-with-duende.

“Barry Callaghan and the Invention of Cultural Studies.” In Barry Callaghan: Essays on His Works, ed. Priscila Uppal. Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2007. 452-62. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/10/barry-callaghan-and-the-invention-of-cultural-studies.

“Time to Grow Up?” Review of Marcel Danesi, Forever Young: The ‘Teen-Aging’ of Modern Culture. University of Toronto Quarterly 74.1 (Winter 2004-05): 541-42. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/time-to-grow-up.

“Rooke’s Hooker: Prolepsis, Natural Law, Decentring in Shakespeare’s Dog.” In White Gloves of the Doorman: The Works of Leon Rooke, ed. Branko Gorjup. Toronto: Exile Editions, 2004. 211-35. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/10/rookes-hooker-prolepsis-natural-law-decentring-in-shakespeares-dog.

“Silenced Dissent: Four Short Texts on Israel/Palestine.” http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/silenced-dissent-four-short-texts-on-israelpalestine.

“Revolution Inc.” The Ontarion 134.13 (12 April-2 May 2001): 5. Revised text, http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/revolution-inc.

“Man of the Far Right.” Review of David Frum, What's Right: The New Conservatism and What It Means for Canada. Canadian Literature 156 (Spring1998): 131-33. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/hard-man-of-the-far-right.

“Manichaean Labelling.” Response to Joseph Knippenberg, “Cold Comfort U”: review of Lunar Perspectives, in Books in Canada 26 (February 1997). http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/manichaean-labelling.

“Orange Groves and Drrradio Clásica: Home Thoughts from Andalusia” (December 1996). http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/orange-groves-and-drrradio-clsica-home-thoughts-from-andalusia.

“Hot Button Academic Politics.” Review of Peter C. Emberley, Zero Tolerance: Hot Button Politics in Canada's Universities. The Toronto Star, 24 September 1996. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/hot-button-academic-politics.

Talk for Freedom to Read Week PEN Benefit: The Bookshelf, February 25, 1996.” http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/talk-for-freedom-to-read-week-pen-benefit-the-bookshelf-february-25-1996.

“The Function of English Studies at the Present Time.” Invited paper, Panel on English Studies at the End of the Millennium, in the Symposium Is There a Future for English Studies? York University, 1 February 1996. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/11/the-function-of-english-studies-at-the-present-time.

“John Fekete and Moral Panic.” Review of John Fekete, Moral Panic: Biopolitics Rising. English Studies in Canada 21.3 (September 1995): 347-353. Also available at http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/john-fekete-and-moral-panic.

“'PC' and Privatization.” Invited talk, Finding Our Way: Public Forum on Universities, Corporate Influence and the Future of Post-Secondary Education, University of Guelph, 22 October 1993. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/pc-and-privatization.

“'Political Correctness': An Annotated List of Readings.” Philosophy and Social Action 19.1-2 (January-June 1993): 85-109. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/14/political-correctness-an-annotated-list-of-readings.

“Political Correctness.” Canadian Federation for the Humanities Bulletin 14.2 (Summer 1991): 7-8. Also available at http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/18/political-correctness.

“Strong Shapes.” Review of Milton Acorn, I Shout Love and other poems, ed. James Deahl; The Northern Red Oak: Poems for and about Milton Acorn, ed. James Deahl; Henry Beissel, Poems New and Selected; and The Malahat Review 78 (March 1987): Special Issue on George Johnston. Canadian Literature 119 (Winter 1988): 136-138. http://www.michaelkeefer.com/blog/2015/9/11/strong-shapes.