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Melissa McLeod
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Teacher, researcher, writer on Victorian literature, culture, and politics; hot takes my own
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Same for literary studies. Non-tenure-track lit studies scholars I know you're out there and publishing articles and books. And if you're tenure-track and know NTT authors, let me know about their work! I can reach out and confirm that they're cool with being listed.
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Bumping this back up. Thoughts? ideas?
I’m a new director of undergrad studies in my English dpt Thinking of creating a GroupMe for the English majors to push out info b/c they don’t do email. How do you communicate with your majors?
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m a new director of undergrad studies in my English dpt Thinking of creating a GroupMe for the English majors to push out info b/c they don’t do email. How do you communicate with your majors?
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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He's on a mission from God
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
What are your favorite Louise Gluck poems?
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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#earlymodern #arthistory or #architecture: a professorship at the University of Pittsburgh. #academicsky
🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨

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William S. Dietrich II Professor of Premodern Arts and/or Architecture
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminisms. Read more about the position and apply at https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Closing date for this is Wednesday 29th October.
**Job opportunity**

Deputy Head of Archives and Libraries

Starting salary: £48,448
Contract type: Permanent
Location: John Sinclair House, Edinburgh

Full details and how to apply can be found here: rb.gy/ta6q44
Deputy Head of Archives and Libraries
Here at HES, we are welcoming applications for the role of Deputy Head of Archives and Libraries, which is a Grade 5 Permanent position working full time hours, based in John Sinclair House, Edinburgh...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The ACIP vote was tied 6-6 for requiring everyone to get a prescription for the COVID19 vaccine.

The chair broke the tie by voting NO.

Prescriptions will NOT be required.
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Watch til the end so you catch him lean to the left for a better look
timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning
September 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Dear students,
If you promise not to submit genAI writing, I promise not to submit genAI feedback
Blackboard update - can’t be bothered to read a student’s work? AI has you covered!
September 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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📣We're into the FINAL WEEK for applications for two Editorial Fellowship positions 2025-27!📣

Deadline is midnight 15th August (that's this Friday!), and the fellowships are open to any early career historians. See the post below for the full details:

www.historyworkshop....
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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We are currently seeking submissions for the 2026 NeMLA panel “(Re)generating Dickens Studies” on social media. Link is here: cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S...
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August 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The struggle is real
I have measured out my life with Outlook Calendar requests
August 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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New theme for 2026-27 fellowships @ Davis Center for Historical Studies “Property and Poverty.” history.princeton.edu/news-events/...
Apply Now: Davis Center Fellowship for Property and Poverty – 2026–27
The deadline for receipt of applications and letters of recommendation for fellowships is December 1, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET
history.princeton.edu
July 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Serious question: wouldn’t it take as much time to get the prompt right for AI to write your memo/email as it would to write the memo/email yourself? Haven’t tried it b/c it seems like extra work.
July 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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We're recruiting for a permanent part-time Exhibitions Officer at @rcpmuseum.bsky.social. Come and work with me and some other, much cooler, people. rcp.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Exhibition Officer - London
Are you enthusiastic about history, objects, and storytelling, with a commitment to creating inclusive, creative and meaningful experiences for museum audiences? The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)...
rcp.current-vacancies.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Am I the only one who thinks Powers’s The Overstory is overwritten or am I late to the party?
July 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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2 tenure-track Asst or Assoc professor jobs in History/Anthropology of Science, Technology & Medicine at
Carnegie Mellon U to begin in August 2026. Tech & social change or environmental & social impacts of STM; time period & geographic specialization open.
#HPS #HistSTM #STS
Deadline: Sep 15, 2025
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July 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Business professor here — Whenever parents ask me if I’d recommend my discipline, I’m honest with them. My undergrad is a double major in English Language & English Literature and I know I got more out of it than I would’ve a BBA.

Now a humanities-informed b-school, that would be ideal!!
July 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Embarrassed to confess I hadn’t thought of this
July 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Daniel Deronda is turning 150 in 2026. Help us observe this milestone by submitting a short, op-ed style essay to an upcoming forum, guest edited by Ilana Blumberg, on George Eliot's world-changing novel. See our blog for details: victorianreview.org?cat=217
July 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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it's always a good day to talk about HUMANITIES WORKS

humanitiesworks.org
HUMANITIES WORKS – posters, postcards, and handouts to support the humanities
humanitiesworks.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. The scheme provides exceptional UK-based early-career researchers with the chance to enhance their research and teaching experience within an academic setting. Learn more and apply: buff.ly/McS8lRk
July 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM