So apologies for a slightly odd and lengthy thread. But I think the time has run out on me just trying to blur into the background without people noticing and this seemed an easier way to explain it all. End/
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Oh and as an additional addendum to this (and please don't take this as grandstanding) but for people wondering how bad the job situation is in academia, here is my list of publications. I couldn't get a job. Neither can lots of my friends with similar. It's not right.
I have several friends who are college professors and the burnout is real. In the US, universities have become factories to churn out businessmen and lawyers who will donate back to the university. The true purpose of a university education has been all but lost. /1
I’ve enjoyed your Great War stuff and your Star Wars stuff. Glad to hear things seem to be working out. A real shame that academia couldn’t find a space for you though.
Ach Chris. You’re a very valued colleague and friend, and I admire you for what you do and bring to our various fields of history. I wish UK HE was a better place.
You deserve better, Chris! You’re a leading light in games/history and public history more generally. I don’t doubt for a minute that the best is still to come for you!
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I know a good few folks, all very competent and doing interesting work, who've left academia for other things in the last couple of years.