Each year, on the day after Christmas, scholars and teachers of Modern Languages convene for their annual North American conference.
At that conference, countless job interviews take place
— an early step for some toward achieving a coveted academic position.9interviews.com documents the progress of nine such scholars, each one committed to attaining a place among the professoriate. —9 Interviews
Via Culturecat. I haven’t had the chance to view them yet (not over my slow home modem, that is.) Still, they look very promising.
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I just spent the first lazy bit of my Monday morning watching most of these clips. Painfully funny.
Reality TV for academics?