CONGRESS CANCELED Expanded-Ac and the Medievalist (A Roundtable)
Description
The term “alt-ac” is often used to describe those employed outside of the traditional professoriate. However, increasing numbers of medievalists are turning to these “alternate” occupations as fewer tenure-track positions are available with each passing term. With initiatives like the MAA’s popping up to support contingent, unaffiliated, and academic-adjacent medievalists, it is time to reframe the discussion. When those who have successfully branched out are given a voice it becomes clear that these occupations are not “alt-ac”, but “expanded-ac”, broadening the reach of academic history through the unique and fulfilling careers held by medievalists who love it.
Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge and Christine J. Caccipuoti
CONGRESS CANCELED Expanded-Ac and the Medievalist (A Roundtable)
Fetzer 2030
The term “alt-ac” is often used to describe those employed outside of the traditional professoriate. However, increasing numbers of medievalists are turning to these “alternate” occupations as fewer tenure-track positions are available with each passing term. With initiatives like the MAA’s popping up to support contingent, unaffiliated, and academic-adjacent medievalists, it is time to reframe the discussion. When those who have successfully branched out are given a voice it becomes clear that these occupations are not “alt-ac”, but “expanded-ac”, broadening the reach of academic history through the unique and fulfilling careers held by medievalists who love it.
Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge and Christine J. Caccipuoti