diff --git a/layouts/academia/list.html b/layouts/academia/list.html
index 414eabf..cb771af 100644
--- a/layouts/academia/list.html
+++ b/layouts/academia/list.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     <h2>Selected Presentations</h2>
     {{ $featuredpubs := where .Pages ".Params.featured" "==" true }}
     {{ range $featuredpubs }}
+        {{ .Scratch.Add "showAbstract" true }}
         {{ partial "academia/list-single.html" . }}
     {{ end }}
     <hr />