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Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:41:43

Jobs for Historians: Approaching the Crisis

To go along with the #MLA12 discussion of the jobs crisis, here is a discussion from the #AHA12.

  1. 126th Annual Meeting (January 5-8, 2012): Jobs for Historians ...
    Jobs for Historians: Approaching the Crisis from the Demand Side. AHA Session. Friday, January 6, 2012: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM. Chicago Ballro...
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  2. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    I'm at Jobs for Historians: Approaching the Job Crisis from the Demand Side. Very interested to see what happens. #aha2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 10:57:30
  3. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Tony Grafton: @AHAhistorians has been reconfiguring itself lately to enter into more direct conversation with the job market. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:03:25
  4. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    (I've noticed this new position, and it's directly responsible for me renewing my membership.) #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:04:15
  5. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Jesse Lemisch wants AHA to advocate for high-quality academic jobs. It's a "dead end" to tell grads to look outside academe for jobs. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:07:33
  6. rogerwhitson
    Roger Whitson@rogerwhitson
    @miriamkp That's interesting. Why is it a dead-end? #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:08:46
  7. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Lemisch: It's dead-wrong for the AHA to accept a contracting academy. We're losing a generation of historians. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:08:46
  8. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Jobs outside academe also don't exist, says Lemisch. @AHAhistorians should reject a contracting academy, not accommodate it. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:10:00
  9. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    The theme here seems to be "submit to the marketplace," rather than create anew, says Lemisch, urging us to look to #ows for models. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:11:16
  10. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    "This is just plain deck-chair stuff while the academy and the profession steam toward the iceberg." --Lemisch #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:12:26
  11. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Museum and archive jobs are disappearing, too, notes Lemisch. "I'm asking for a new WPA." #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:13:46
  12. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Lemisch's "new WPA" would involve digitizing and making accessible libraries and archives, thus providing more jobs for historians. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:16:06
  13. m_abel
    mabel rosenheck@m_abel
    love this! RT @miriamkp: Museum and archive jobs are disappearing, too, notes Lemisch. "I'm asking for a new WPA." #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:18:38
  14. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Lemisch: @AHAhistorians should begin now to collaborate w other scholarly societies to endorse a plan for a new WPA. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:18:46
  15. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Now Edward Balleisen, Duke U. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:20:22
  16. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Balleisen begins by pointing out where Grafton/Grossman and Lemisch are in agreement; namely, the crisis facing the profession. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:21:30
  17. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    In some respects, this argument seems to reflect New Dealers' disagreements about how to handle the Great Depression, says Balleisen. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:23:02
  18. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    I'm inclined toward "both/and" approaches, says Balleisen. We should also ask some deeper questions abt history's relation to society #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:24:26
  19. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Balleisen: Historians suffer from "policy amnesia," declining to involve ourselves in contemporary policy debates. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:26:13
  20. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Balleisen: Historians need to cultivate expertise to contribute to policy debates, a "sustained reengagement" with modern governance. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:28:26
  21. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Balleisen: We need to reexamine the basic functions of the AHA, including promoting collaboration within and outside academia. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:29:39
  22. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    Now John Dichtl, National Council for Public History. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:30:15
  23. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    I'm here to represent the 22% of the profession that are public historians, says Dichtl. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:31:05
  24. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    I'm here to represent the 22% of the profession that are public historians, says Dichtl. #aha12
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:27:50
  25. miriamkp
    Miriam Posner@miriamkp
    The profession has been through this debate before, says Dichtl: Do we wrestle internally or do we rally to take political action? #aha2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 11:34:22

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