BLOG | Roger Maioli

I use this space to blog in English and Portuguese on a variety of topics: my research, academic life, the experience of living in the United States as a Brazilian, trivia, languages, guinea pigs.

I write some of these posts with an academic audience in mind; others are designed for the general reader curious about fun things.

Wildlife photography is one of my hobbies. I share some of it on Instagram:

Roger Maioli

Feb 7
4 min

Should you get a guinea pig?

A guide to help you decide My wife and I have had guinea pigs for eight years now. They have been the joy of our lives, and we...

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Roger Maioli

Jun 15, 2022
1 min

Inheriting Longbourn: the entail in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Modern readers of Pride and Prejudice often wonder why the Bennet sisters cannot inherit Longbourn, their father's estate. One common but...

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Roger Maioli

Jun 15, 2022
3 min

Uma visita a William Shakespeare

Visitar a casa de William Shakespeare, em Stratford-upon-Avon, é diferente de visitar as casas de autores ingleses como Jane Austen ou...

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Roger Maioli

Nov 16, 2020
3 min

One pleasure of reading Austen

Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors in any language. There are many reasons for loving her work, but one is her confidence that not...

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Roger Maioli

Nov 6, 2020
8 min

Jane Austen e o leitor moderno: Uma entrevista com Roger Maioli

Hoje fui entrevistado por Raquel Sallaberry, conhecedora de Austen e autora do site Jane Austen em Português, que recomendo muito a todos...

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As obras-primas da literatura universal: uma ótica brasileira

Roger Maioli

Sep 14, 2020
4 min

As obras-primas da literatura universal: uma ótica brasileira

Todos conhecemos aquelas listas das obras-primas da literatura universal — os poemas, peças e romances que constituem leitura obrigatória...

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A guide to research in English literary studies

Roger Maioli

Aug 17, 2020
8 min

A guide to research in English literary studies

This guide introduces you to basic resources for doing research in English literary studies. Some of these resources are geared towards...

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Did Schrödinger think that a cat can be dead and alive at the same time?

Roger Maioli

May 11, 2020
6 min

Did Schrödinger think that a cat can be dead and alive at the same time?

Schrödinger’s cat is one of the most popular thought experiments in the history of science and philosophy. Proposed in 1935 by the...

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Guinea pigs are neither pigs nor from Guinea. Then why are they called that in English?

Roger Maioli

May 9, 2020
8 min

Guinea pigs are neither pigs nor from Guinea. Then why are they called that in English?

The guinea pig’s name has a complex and enigmatic history. Guinea pigs are originally from South America, where they were locally known...

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Does Locke say that secondary qualities are just ideas in the mind?

Roger Maioli

May 6, 2020
2 min

Does Locke say that secondary qualities are just ideas in the mind?

Like philosophers both before and after him, John Locke distinguishes between different qualities in objects. Those that account for...

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Roger Maioli

Apr 28, 2020
13 min

In defense of the humanities

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Roger Maioli

Apr 26, 2020
8 min

Como fazer doutorado em humanas nos EUA

Meus amigos brasileiros com frequência me perguntam como é que se ingressa numa universidade americana para fazer doutorado em áreas como...

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