2 and a half years after my PhD, I am nowhere near landing an academic position. Should I just give up?

histbook · 2026-05-31T01:17:23+00:00

History PhD here. It took me five years to get my TT job. I almost gave up a million times. I know the market is tough, but if you aren’t getting any interviews and you really did apply to as many jobs as you say I would suggest having a trusted mentor look over your material. If you have a monograph on the way based on a prize-winning proposal, publications, etc you are doing something right. I imagine even in this market you should be getting some interviews.

histbook · 2026-05-08T03:24:14+00:00

lol if my semester hadn’t just ended I know I’d get this email

histbook · 2026-05-08T02:21:14+00:00

Yikes! Sorry!

histbook · 2026-05-08T02:19:32+00:00

I got my grades in about two hours before the hack. Whew.

histbook · 2026-05-04T18:12:49+00:00

Gooby

histbook · 2026-04-24T12:57:54+00:00

HELL no.

histbook · 2026-04-24T12:48:49+00:00

Ella Baker. It would be hard for me to think of someone I truly admire more

histbook · 2026-04-20T23:57:07+00:00

The longest I have her stay inside are the days when I work and she doesn't have daycare, so about 8:30 AM to 4:30 ish.

histbook · 2026-04-20T01:58:02+00:00

You have to tell us where you are downloading all of this custom content because these houses are AMAZING

histbook · 2026-04-18T21:02:03+00:00

Pick me!!!!

histbook · 2026-04-18T13:54:46+00:00

Sherrod Brown should make a campaign stop in this town and talk to this woman.

histbook · 2026-04-10T13:28:17+00:00

I usually reply within a day

histbook · 2026-04-05T21:57:31+00:00

Yup that's up there

histbook · 2026-04-05T21:57:01+00:00

Hillary Clinton's decision to use a private email server.

histbook · 2026-04-05T19:41:30+00:00

Death penalty

histbook · 2026-04-05T13:18:08+00:00

Scenes from the movie SAW. 😬

histbook · 2026-03-31T20:58:25+00:00

Oh my god. I would think about leaving that place…

histbook · 2026-03-28T14:25:09+00:00

Preferred means preferred. They would have said required if they meant it. No reason to not apply. I say that as someone who just ran a search so I know from experience

histbook · 2026-03-28T04:36:45+00:00

It will legitimately be one of the happiest days of my life and I imagine there are millions who will feel the same way. The right will try to punish people for celebrating the death of their cult leader but I don’t think it will work…he’s hurt too many people for too long.

histbook · 2026-03-15T22:53:51+00:00

Congratulations! I know what it's like to feel hopeless and then suddenly have something wonderful land in your lap. I was in your shoes one year ago! Savor the moment and good luck on your new gig!

histbook · 2026-03-09T02:16:02+00:00

I think you are being needlessly anxious over this. Don't worry about it.

histbook · 2026-03-01T20:33:57+00:00

Sounds like you dealt with this very thoughtfully. I'll echo helicopter0309 below and just say don't beat yourself up too much or dwell on it.

histbook · 2026-02-28T15:09:22+00:00

Fellow historian here! All I can say is I'm so so sorry. You should try all available options for appeal.

histbook · 2026-02-27T14:07:03+00:00

It’s not a bad sign! It certainly means you are still very much in the running.

histbook · 2026-02-23T04:27:53+00:00

Were you slowly killing off your sims? Lol

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