Is History dying?
A summary of dozens of conversations with historians about the state of the profession
This year, as I continue my job search, I’ve spoken with dozens of historians on both sides of the Atlantic about the state of the humanities.
Other than my essay about turning in my corrected dissertation, The Sorrow of a Rite of Passage, I haven’t ended up writing about it. The twists and turns are constant and yet also somehow repetitive: a potential…