Good morning, friends. Although I didn’t make it to the Fifteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, my faithful reporter Classy Claude did. (Does this guy get around, or what? Some of you may remember Claude’s other reports of recent AHA and OAH meetings.) I’m back! In light of Historiann’s absence from the Berks – and … Continue reading Classy Claude's report from the Berks
Once again, Historiann’s better-traveled and more in-the-loop friend Classy Claude is at the American Historical Association’s annual meeting, and has volunteered to report back what he’s seen and heard. Here, he updates us on the Doug Manchester/Hyatt boycott, a prominent American women’s history panel, and who puts on the best free reception. Try not to … Continue reading Historiann EXCLUSIVE: Classy Claude at the AHA in San Diego
From the mailbag, again. Some of you may recall Classy Claude’s report from the American Historical Association’s annual meeting in New York in January. Well, Claude is a hyper-prepared, very exacting kind of a guy who is selectively on the market, so he’s already worrying about prospective job talks this winter. Like a Boy Scout, Claude … Continue reading Classy Claude frets about his job talk strategy
In academic hiring, universities are represented by two equally important groups: the job candidates, and the search committees interviewing them. Classy Claude, an American Studies scholar at Hudson University, spent most of last weekend in the Job Register, also known as “the Pit,” or “the Killing Floor.” These are his stories: The wireless miraculously appeared … Continue reading Tales From the Pit, part deux: Classy Claude files his report on AHA 2009
Attending a big conference like the Organization of American Historians is fun, especially when it’s in an pleasant place like San Francisco in the spring in mid-April. What I do is so marginal to the OAH conference that I’ve got lots of free time to attend panels and hear how experts in other subfields talk … Continue reading Wednesday round-up: What I saw at the OAH
Classy Claude writes in with an interesting question: Dear Historiann, I’m just totally curious: Should CVs include lists of places where one’s book has been reviewed? Should CVs include lists of other articles/books that cite one’s own work? Should CVs include lists of articles/media outlets where one has been interviewed? I have seen all of … Continue reading CV etiquette question: how much is TMI?
What is it with what the outbreak of what the “liberal” blogs I used to read call “whiny-a$$ t!tty babies” this week? Honestly, friends, like a cowgirl doesn’t have enough stalls to muck out–and now all of this foolishness busts out everywhere. Well, you know the drill: pull your socks up, smoke ’em if you got ’em, … Continue reading Saturday Round-up: Crybaby Ranch edition
Good morning, friends–today’s post is a front line dispatch from my faithful correspondent Classy Claude, who is in Washington, D.C. at the Organization of American Historians’ annual meeting. Yesterday, he attended a star-studded panel, “State of the Field: History of Women/Gender/Sexuality,” and reports that the panel and the audience ended up discussing the question, “are undergraduates … Continue reading Women's history: we haz it, but does anyone want it?
What’s your pleasure? There are lots of snarling fights all over the place these days: Tenured Radical returns to the U.S. from her travels and mulls over the question, “How Should Graduate Schools Respond to the Bad Job Market,” and gets accused of and blamed for all sorts of crimes she never committed and things she … Continue reading Friday food fights! Plus evidence of my evildoing, with links.
UPDATED BELOW Classy Claude has returned from the American Historical Association’s annual conference in San Diego to the wintry climate were he currently resides. Classes begin tomorrow for Claude–alas, what lessons did the professor learn at the 2010 AHA? You might be surprised! I have now returned from San Diego – and leaving was … Continue reading AHA report part deux, check (it) out now! Hugs and learning for everyone! (Except straight historians.)
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