Damn I feel for all these people. My employment is similarly predicated on contracts & grants; I know how easy it is for that to just be quietly not renewed and you never know why. I’m in an academic field that predominantly owes its foundation to Jewish scholars, and israeli Jewish scholars at that, so I do self-censor and worry about personal politics influencing whether my modest but cozy little niche will continue to exist for another year.
Damn I feel for all these people. My employment is similarly predicated on contracts & grants; I know how easy it is for that to just be quietly not renewed and you never know why. I’m in an academic field that predominantly owes its foundation to Jewish scholars, and israeli Jewish scholars at that, so I do self-censor and worry about personal politics influencing whether my modest but cozy little niche will continue to exist for another year.