02218oam 22004094a 450 991031523210332120210915045047.01-947447-55-610.21983/P3.0205.1.00(CKB)4100000007823980(OAPEN)1004671(OCoLC)1100490720(MdBmJHUP)muse77041(EXLCZ)99410000000782398020180404d2018 uy 0engurmu#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Ballad of the Lone MedievalistKisha G. Tracy ; [edited by] Kisha G. Tracy, John P. Sexton1st edition.Santa Barbara, CA :Punctum Books,2018.©2018.1 online resource (380 pages) illustrations; PDF, digital file(s)1-947447-54-8 Includes bibliographical references.Are you a Lone Medievalist? Working medievalists are often the only scholar of the Middle Ages in a department, a university, or a hundred-mile radius. While working to build a body of focused scholarly work, the lone medievalist is expected to be a generalist in the classroom and a contributing member of a campus community that rarely offers disciplinary community in return. As a result, overtasked and single medievalists often find it challenging to advocate for their work and field. As other responsibilities and expectations crowd in, we come to feel disconnected from the projects and subjects that sustain our intellectual passion. An insidious isolation even from one another creeps in, and soon, even attending a conference of fellow medievalists can become a lonely experience. Surrounded by scholars with greater institutional support, lower teaching loads, or more robust research agendas, we may feel alienated from our work — the work to which we’ve dedicated our careers.Electronic books. 940.1072Tracy Kisha G1022643MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910315232103321The Ballad of the Lone Medievalist2429212UNINA