Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Publication Title
New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy & Profession
Keywords
Medieval studies, literature studies, humanities, department, faculty, social value, higher education
Abstract
The Introduction sets up the professional context, the extremely difficult job market for new medievalists, that motivated the creation of this cluster of articles. It then reflects on the typical position allocation process and underscores the importance of adding qualitative arguments, especially those highlighting the social value of Medieval Studies, to the quantitative data usually required in official position requests. The cluster, then, seeks to help individual faculty members, chairpersons, and deans to articulate those qualitative arguments. It includes six essays offering six different approaches to defining or illustrating the social value of Medieval Studies. The Introduction concludes with a summary of the contributors’ major insights.
Recommended Citation
Sadlek, G. M. (2023). Introduction: Cluster on the Social Value of Medieval Studies. New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession, 4(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/NC34262331 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4507d6f4
Original Published Citation
Sadlek, G. M. (2023). Introduction: Cluster on the Social Value of Medieval Studies. New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession, 4(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/NC34262331 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4507d6f4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5070/NC34262331
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