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oapen-20.500.12657-254242022-07-21T14:40:11Z The Ballad of the Lone Medievalist Tracy, Kisha G. Sexton, John P. intellectual life medieval studies marginality university studies pedagogy bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: classical, early & medieval Are you a Lone Medievalist? Working medievalists are often the only scholar of the Middle Ages in a department, a university, or a hundred-mile radius. While working to build a body of focused scholarly work, the lone medievalist is expected to be a generalist in the classroom and a contributing member of a campus community that rarely offers disciplinary community in return. As a result, overtasked and single medievalists often find it challenging to advocate for their work and field. As other responsibilities and expectations crowd in, we come to feel disconnected from the projects and subjects that sustain our intellectual passion. An insidious isolation even from one another creeps in, and soon, even attending a conference of fellow medievalists can become a lonely experience. Surrounded by scholars with greater institutional support, lower teaching loads, or more robust research agendas, we may feel alienated from our work — the work to which we’ve dedicated our careers. 2019-03-26 23:55 2020-01-23 14:09:07 2020-04-01T10:38:49Z 2020-04-01T10:38:49Z 2018 book 1004671 OCN: 1100490720 9781947447554 9781947447547 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25424 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 1004671.pdf punctum books 10.21983/P3.0205.1.00 10.21983/P3.0205.1.00 979dc044-00ee-4ea2-affc-b08c5bd42d13 9781947447554 9781947447547 ScholarLed 388 Brooklyn, NY open access
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Are you a Lone Medievalist? Working medievalists are often the only scholar of the Middle Ages in a department, a university, or a hundred-mile radius. While working to build a body of focused scholarly work, the lone medievalist is expected to be a generalist in the classroom and a contributing member of a campus community that rarely offers disciplinary community in return. As a result, overtasked and single medievalists often find it challenging to advocate for their work and field. As other responsibilities and expectations crowd in, we come to feel disconnected from the projects and subjects that sustain our intellectual passion. An insidious isolation even from one another creeps in, and soon, even attending a conference of fellow medievalists can become a lonely experience. Surrounded by scholars with greater institutional support, lower teaching loads, or more robust research agendas, we may feel alienated from our work — the work to which we’ve dedicated our careers.
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