January 19, 2001
Notes From Underground: the Job Fair for Historians
In the 'Pit,' would-be professors beg for positions that they don't really want
The historian has just left his third and final job interview, and now he wants to get out of the room fast. He needs to find a place where he can sit down and take off his overcoat. He'd forgotten to do so during the interview, and the room was hot.
He'd been doing these interviews for three years while he taught without tenure at a community college -- but today, with his coat on and the room so
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