I’ve been dealing with these issues as I try to update old courses and create new ones. I obviously knew that I couldn’t actually teach a GMA course on my own, but I do want to get beyond Western Europe.
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I get that! My concern is less with the teaching one-off courses problem and more with the publishing and hiring.
dec 13, 2024, 5:34 pm • 7 0 • view
Specifically, you can likely source better work from actual specialists for your syllabus than from “GMA” dabbler europeanists.
dec 13, 2024, 5:35 pm • 16 0 • view
(Though this work will therefore not be tagged “global,” and almost certainly not “medieval” either—happy to help if you need MENA/Islam focused ideas!)
dec 13, 2024, 5:38 pm • 8 0 • view
I appreciate that! It’s one thing to assign e.g., Ibn Fadlan as a “globalizing” figure or touch-point, but quite another to get up to speed on where the field/s is/are.
dec 13, 2024, 5:41 pm • 3 0 • view
Indeed. In my case, I “get to” become a dabbler Europeanist, which I’m not quite sure how to handle.
dec 13, 2024, 5:37 pm • 1 0 • view