I'm in Kalamazoo, pretending to be a bit of a medievalist.
And, I got really good news today. Back in 2011, I did a semester of teaching abroad at a place I called the Abbey; well the person in my department who was scheduled to go there in the fall doesn't want to go, for a very reasonable reason. So my chair reached out to me and asked me if I wanted to go. But, you'll remember, I'm scheduled for a sabbatical this coming year.
Well, it all worked out. I'll go to the Abbey this fall, teach at NWU as usual in spring, and then the next year, will take my full year deferred sabbatical! Things couldn't be better for that!
Except... I'll be teaching a course in Victorian Literature. Uh huh. I mean, I can pretend to be a medievalist, sure, but a Victorianist? Fortunately, one of my colleagues offered to help me put together the course and prep for it.
I'm thrilled!
And now, back to pretending to be a medievalist!
Wow, how cool! Totally worth it to defer a sabbatical for a semester abroad -- exciting!
ReplyDeleteOh my god!!! So cool! Congrats. I wish I were going to the Abbey. My colleagues go every summer. I sort of hate them. One of these years, I'm going. (If I get tenure and stick in academia.)
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