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<nowiki>----</nowiki>This is very interesting, especially given such a high profile department/hire. Following this thread for future updates... |
<nowiki>----</nowiki>This is very interesting, especially given such a high profile department/hire. Following this thread for future updates... |
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| − | —- Agreed! Very strange. The job ad wouldn’t suggest that they were interested in someone working on Europe, and from what I heard (which, granted, came from a grad student, not a search committee member), the department was pretty united in wanting to branch out into different, “non-Western” (whatever that means) areas. They could certainly use someone working on Africa, India, or, well... lots of places. I wonder if the definition of “critical theory” that the search committee was working with was a bit too traditional and narrow. |
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- What a shame. I knew three of the finalists and was one myself. Two of the three worked substantially on South America, and Spanish/Portuguese were mentioned as desired languages by a committee member. Also from what I know, this is not the first time this search has failed, assuming it does. Would have loved a job at Berkeley, of course, but based on the atmosphere in the department and what they are looking for, the fit would not have been good. |
- What a shame. I knew three of the finalists and was one myself. Two of the three worked substantially on South America, and Spanish/Portuguese were mentioned as desired languages by a committee member. Also from what I know, this is not the first time this search has failed, assuming it does. Would have loved a job at Berkeley, of course, but based on the atmosphere in the department and what they are looking for, the fit would not have been good. |
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