Voit lisätä twiitteihisi sijainnin, esimerkiksi kaupungin tai tarkemman paikan, verkosta ja kolmannen osapuolen sovellusten kautta. Halutessasi voit poistaa twiittisi sijaintihistorian myöhemmin. Lue lisää
...for a while but I had resisted doing it because I was worried how it would look from a hiring committee's perspective. Then in roughly the space of a month, the TT search I was a finalist for went for another candidate, followed by COVID and the spring job market froze over.
That removed both my major objection - I was fairly sure that there wouldn't be many/any jobs available in fall2020 - and provided the final impetus to set it up, as one by one the spring searches got called off and I couldn't be sure I'd have teaching for the 2020/1 year.
(In the event, I got frankly lucky and a university in my area did have a teaching need I could fill but that was raw luck and I know it. Many more talented than me have not been so lucky) Nevertheless, march 2020 was a pretty low point in my academic adventure, to be honest.
I thought when I started it I should be very well pleased to have 30 or so patrons who might cover some academic expenses (journals, society memberships, conference fees, book purchases, etc). As I write this, I have 602 patrons. Y'all are nuts and I can't thank you enough.
That support has enabled me to move forward with confidence, knowing that I can still write, publish, engage the public and generally do history full time, regardless of the job situation. In the event, I do expect to be teaching in the fall (short-term adjunct position)...
...and a permanent academic job remains the dream of my heart (how does one list a patreon on a CV? under 'grants and awards'? Questions for later...). Such things seem unlikely now, but then if you had told me I'd have 600 patrons, that'd have seemed outlandish too.
In any event, thank you to my patrons for supporting my work, such as it is, both scholarly and public-facing. And thanks to my readers, both occasional and regular, for reminding me each week that this isn't pointless and, given a pen to write there are eyes to read.
Addendum: If by any chance you are reading this and wondering if there are other worthy(ier) causes for patronage, may I suggest (in no particular order):
@AncientWorldMag is producing public-facing articles, podcasts and videos about the ancient world (https://www.patreon.com/ancientworldmag )
Sportula (@Libertinopatren ) is a micro-grant fund for Classics undergrads and grads (they have a patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Libertinopatrenatus …) while the Black Trowel Collective (also has a patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blacktrowelmicrogrants …) does much the same but for archaeology particularly.
Also @scsclassics and @WCC_outreach have a relief fund specifically for graduate students and contingent faculty impacted by COVID (https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/scs-wcc-covid-19-relief-fund …).
And @AncientSave ( https://www.saveancientstudies.org/ ) is spinning up an effort to encourage the study of the ancient world.
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