Anybody know anyone who controls an endowed guest professorship or annual lecture (series)? One that could be manned with a fun and lively Swedish archaeologist? Please put my name forward! I know French and German.
academia
I'm involved now and then in hiring our department's sessional instructors (adjuncts, in the southern North American dialect). While there are always a few applicants who really have no business even thinking they could teach the course (often the same who argue they are "uniquely qualified"), a good chunk have CVs that are as impressive or more than many tenure-track colleagues. This isn't surprising (we all know the score), just always more than a little discouraging.
#duke #university is firing 10% of all staff across the board.
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Lovely people of Mastodon! You can now register for the Scientist Responsibility Summit. This interdisciplinary 1 day conference takes place in Berlin on Saturday, 11th Oct 2025. We will discuss the role of scientists in the context of the polycrisis with experts from different fields.
On-site attendance in Berlin is free but registration is mandatory.
You can register here: https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/ (it will also be livestreamed, no need to register for that)
📊First results from our #research project on the role of #Mastodon in #academia are in. n=346
1️⃣94.7% say they would increase their professional use of Mastodon if more academic peers from their field joined the platform
2️⃣71.4% report a lack of institutional support for using Mastodon
3️⃣66.1% indicate their professional Mastodon use would increase if their organizations were present on Mastodon
Stay tuned for more results.
If you hear about a job where it helps to have over 200 publications in academic and popular #archaeology, plus 20 years' experience as a journal editor, plus a solid record as a popular teacher, then please give me a nudge!
We’re so sorry to hear that Guppe Groups have shut down.
@FediTips/115164286964463451
Guppe was a really big influence on us when we first joined the Fediverse and served communities across the Fediverse.
Fortunately, conversations and communities can continue! Here are 3 ways how:
1/3 Keep the conversation going by hopping over to Newsmast Channels:
Bookstodon 👉 Follow @books & use #books
Histodons 👉 Follow @history & use #history
Academic Chatter 👉 Follow @academia & use #academia
Photography 👉 Follow @photography & use #photography
Latest comic on the convenience of making less ethical choices
Hey academics - if you have colleagues in the USA on a H1-B (or a J1 where the next step would be a H1-B): reach out! These are scary times, not just for people's work but also for their whole life (imagine suddenly having to leave the country you built a life in - or not being able to leave to see family).
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