Hi there, I’m Emily! 👋 Welcome to Hired Humanities, a biweekly newsletter devoted to helping humanities students build careers on their own terms.
Hey, readers!
I’m taking a vacation from writing and work to spend some much-needed downtime with family.
Enjoy today’s Reading List, and see you in two weeks with a new edition of Hired Humanities.
Cheers,
Emily
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Reading List
A few of my favorite links
📉 ICYMI: Leonard Cassuto recaps Yale’s recent report on the state of its humanities doctoral students’ career prospects. While I hope more schools follow in Yale’s footsteps, we also need to see concrete action.
🔎 This piece about a Soviet-era mystery is just as much about the stories we tell ourselves as it is the science that solved the case.
💔 A heartbreaking example of loving a job that doesn’t love you back.