CONGRESS CANCELED Academic Labor Justice in Medieval Studies (A Roundtable)
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This roundtable takes as its topic the inequities that organize academic labor in medieval studies—and what we might do about them. Such inequities are, of course, not unique to research and teaching on the Middle Ages: the recognition, remuneration, and precarity of work have long been distributed unevenly across higher education. But there are also labor contexts unique to medieval studies now, like the burden placed on medievalists of color, or queer scholars, to educate the field and commentate controversies. How can we as medievalists respond to such labor conditions with tactics of solidarity, mutual aid, and practical awareness? Panelists are encouraged to explore how labor conditions affect the field of medieval studies and how one might respond best to those conditions. Keywords: labor, justice, recognition, solidarity, work, precarity. Julie Orlemanski
CONGRESS CANCELED Academic Labor Justice in Medieval Studies (A Roundtable)
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This roundtable takes as its topic the inequities that organize academic labor in medieval studies—and what we might do about them. Such inequities are, of course, not unique to research and teaching on the Middle Ages: the recognition, remuneration, and precarity of work have long been distributed unevenly across higher education. But there are also labor contexts unique to medieval studies now, like the burden placed on medievalists of color, or queer scholars, to educate the field and commentate controversies. How can we as medievalists respond to such labor conditions with tactics of solidarity, mutual aid, and practical awareness? Panelists are encouraged to explore how labor conditions affect the field of medieval studies and how one might respond best to those conditions. Keywords: labor, justice, recognition, solidarity, work, precarity. Julie Orlemanski