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		<title>How to Survive the First Week of Term</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Winter Semester is upon us! Tomorrow I start teaching and I feel that I am not as prepared as I should be. I have been dealing with the administration and rewriting of modules for the past three weeks but everything seems to be half finished. A sense of inadequacy and fear lurks somewhere in the deeper folds of my soul, as the students are arriving for their lessons. Even before teaching starts, I am already overworked, tired and anxious about the outcome. And I am probably not the only one. Here I give a few tips on how to survive this very first week of the new term: • Hang on to the excitement of teaching your favourite topics. Remember that the majority of the students will be interested in learning. After all they are paying very high fees for the dissemination of your knowledge! So, keep the passion for teaching alive! • Do not get caught in the intricate web of your administrative duties. Teaching should take precedence. Even if you cannot finish all your administrative tasks by the evening, do not despair. There is always tomorrow. • If your duties are too many, ask for help. There is no shame in turning to your colleagues for assistance. • Try to have proper meals at regular intervals. Do not follow my example! Last Friday I completely forgot to have lunch. I became aware of the problem only at 6 in the evening, after I arrived home. By that time my stomach was complaining bitterly for the neglect. • Hit the gym! When the stress rises, make time to visit your local gym for a few swimming rounds. Alternative go for a walk, even if it is snowing! Exercise and fresh air have undoubted therapeutic effects. • Go to bed early. There is no point in staying up late trying to finish your work, because the next day you will be exhausted and less than efficient. If you cannot sleep, then read a non-academic book, drink a chamomile and listen to some relaxing music. And a piece of advice for the students: As the term starts, bring with you the excitement for learning! That is the one thing yours teachers need to keep them going during such a difficult time.]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Requirements to get an Academic Job.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[constantinakatsari]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ancient Historians are struggling to get their first post after they finish the PhD. The qualified candidates are too many, while the available jobs are always scant. In a previous article I insisted that the one prerequisite for getting a placement in a university is that the applicant should be a “good fit”. Even if this is essentially true for all cases, we should not forget that the competition is stiff and that the prospective candidates should meet also a set of other requirements. 1)      Publish or perish! Although this rule is not a strict prerogative, it would be advisable that the applicant has already published a couple of reviews and a couple of articles. The most prestigious the journal, the more chances s/he has to be noticed. Publishing in edited collections is also acceptable, if the editor is a well known scholar. 2)      In addition, a contract with a university press to publish the thesis could be very helpful. Be careful not to get contracts with vanity presses! They can do more harm than good! 3)      Teaching experience is a must. A few lectures as a visiting scholar, or a tutorial as a PhD student may prove your abilities as a teacher and give you adequate experience that will allow you to face the burden of full time teaching later. 4)      You need to prove that you can network and organize events. Therefore, you should volunteer to co-organize the Ancient History or Classics Seminar in your department, in which you can invite scholars from other universities. Alternatively, you should co-organize a conference on a topic of your choice. If all goes well, you may even manage to put together an edited volume. 5)      The ability to raise funds is probably one of the most important assets you can exhibit. Any type of scholarships, grants or fellowships you acquired over the years should be highlighted. Departments are especially interested in candidates who can bring regular revenue; thus compensating for their salary. Excellent scholars tend to underestimate the power of money and focus only on their publication record. I am certain, though, that hiring committees will take a different view. Do not forget that universities are also business organizations with annual budgets, accountants and managers. 6)      In the current climate you will need to prove your ability to become a competent administrator. Once you have acquired a permanent post in any university, you will be asked to perform administrative tasks. These may involve compiling grades, or organizing the teaching schedule, or arranging for exchanges with the Erasmus program, or coordinating modules, or…. anything really. As the amount of time we spend administering the department increases, so do the job requirements. Therefore, if you manage to hold a part time job as a clerk or administrator in any organization (even for the briefest of times), it will be considered an asset. 7)      In addition to the above, you will need to develop a pleasant personality to match your new position in life. A long list of publications is not the only prerogative to get the much desired post. You will definitely need excellent communication skills, a charming disposition and an ease in making new friends. In order to achieve this you should stop reading blogs, stop commenting on facebook photos and abstain from your continuous string of tweets. Get out of the house and go to the nearest pub! As most academics are also perfectionists, I should offer a word of caution. Try not to get overqualified, while you attempt to meet the above requirements. If you end up having more publications than your future Head of Department or you gain more grants than senior scholars, you will probably be rejected.]]></description>
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		<title>Online Archaeology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my Ancient History Competition, the right answer did not come from the archaeology headquarters. Instead, an outsider claimed the coveted and yet non-existent prize. Scott Hurst, a photographer from Texas, recognized accurately the Rampin Rider from the Acropolis museum. Without any previous archaeological knowledge he used the google search engine in order to find statues in museums. He employed various terms until he realized that the statue resembled closely the sixth century kouroi. After that the identification of the Rampin Rider was inevitable. The whole research took him 10 to 15 minutes. Scott Hurst’s success triggered some thoughts I would like to share with you. In most European universities the identification of specific statues and ancient buildings has been for decades an uncontested part of the curriculum. Undergraduate students exercise their memory and their visual abilities for years in order to learn vast catalogues of archaeological material. I remember that when I took my exams in numismatics at the Greek State Foundation of Scholarships I must have learned by heart the exact provenance and date of more than 2000 coins. In the best of the cases, students are taught how to look at specialized catalogues, so that they may locate the artifact in question. Given the efficacy of internet search engines, should this mode of teaching become redundant? Instead, should we not teach our students how to use online resources, so that they may be able to identify the objects? Once this hurdle is overcome, they can focus on the more significant aspects of archaeology and history; that is the analysis and synthesis of the material.]]></description>
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