Humanities occupations - Topics

Do teaching awards count in a humanities promotion file? What does it mean when one scholar wins every prize in a field? Is it fair to assign a five hundred page novel in a ten week term? Should an undergraduate humanities course be graded on essays or exams? Is a national fellowship a career maker or a line on a CV? Should a first book prize go to a revised dissertation? How many books can a humanities seminar honestly assign in one term? Why do lifetime achievement medals arrive too late to matter? A registrar's week: loan conditions and condition reports nobody reads Casting a sculpture in bronze costs so much that most artists only do it after a commission Dramaturgs do research nobody sees and get blamed when the script does not work Local history societies are run by retirees and almost nobody in their thirties is joining What does a provost's office actually do to a humanities programme? Is it worth paying annual dues to three humanities societies at once? How do you choose between a specialist journal and a flagship one? Should graduate students referee for journals they hope to publish in? Are special issues a shortcut or a trap for junior scholars? Is a postdoc worth two more years when tenure lines keep shrinking? What does a historical consultant produce for a preservation tax credit application? What do alt-ac employers actually want from a humanities PhD? Companies hire historians to write anniversary histories their own board can live with What does the humanities job market look like outside academia? What happens to a small society when its volunteer treasurer burns out? How early should you book travel for a conference on another continent? Why do humanities departments keep losing tenure lines to new STEM buildings? Adaptive reuse of a textile mill: what the heritage consultant argues and what the developer wants How much should a graduate seminar prepare students for the job market? What does a humanities PhD do when the tenure track never calls? Should a humanities faculty be led by a dean who never taught in one? Do graduate students get a vote when a department hires new faculty? What is the point of a required survey course nobody wants to take? How long can someone survive on adjunct pay before leaving the field?