April 2007
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Did Nietzsche Use a Typewriter? (Leiter)
Nigel Warburton (Open U) reports my skepticism about a contrary account. Those with more information should post there. UPDATE: So two informative comments at Warburton’s site reveal that Nietzsche did, indeed, have a typewriters, and did type some odds and ends with it, though not, it appears, any of his philosophical work. But did Nietzsche…
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Solum’s Entry-Level Hiring Report for 2006-07
MOVING TO FRONT FROM MARCH 21 Professor Solum has begun collecting the information here. Please be sure to follow his format for reporting the data. Larry is a saint to do this each year, but make it easier on him by following the instructions! And note that this year he is asking for the hires…
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Revolt of the Big Firm Associates
Details and links here. Lower salaries are going to have to be part of the equation if this effort is to get anywhere, as the organizers recognize.
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Virginia Tech Shooting
In view of the horrific mass murder at Virginia Tech today, I invite members of the philosophical community there to post any pertinent information pertaining to the status and safety of its students and faculty. I hope you are all safe! UPDATE (1:13 PM Central Standard Time, so 2:13 pm East Coast time): Kevin Klipfel,…
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Some Questions about Philosophy Department Hiring Practices and the Role of Race and Gender (Leiter)
A new assistant professor writes: PGR has now guided me through grad school and two market cycles. Thanks for the all the hard work. I wanted to mention that I’d witnessed/heard of a lot of discussion-worthy practices related to demographic attributes of candidates, especially gender and race. (Demoralizing example: office assistants in the cubicle next…
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Martin Lin to Rutgers
Martin Lin, currently Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, has accepted a tenured position as an Associate Professor in the department of philosophy at Rutgers University. Lin works in Early Modern Philosophy, and has already contributed a substantial body of distinguished work on Spinoza.
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Thoughts on Measuring Student Quality by LSAT Score
From Gordon Smith (Wisconsin en route to BYU), who is reacting to that guy Brian Leiter.
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Friday Poem: “I Remember”
I Remember Beating the pillows on the open sill Sheets billowing above the street Look out down there we’ll smother you But the bed cool from airing Laundered fresh by daylight and breeze – – – – – The wooden bridge across the bay I fearless nightly crossing My innocence left in lamplight With fisherman…
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Hynes from William & Mary to Virginia
Rich Hynes (bankruptcy, corporate law, contracts), Associate Professor of Law at the College of William & Mary, has accepted an offer from the law school at the University of Virginia.
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New AAUP Report on Faculty Salaries; Gap Between Law and Other Disciplines Grows
Professor Caron has the details.
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Davis from North Carolina to Wash U/St. Louis
Adrienne Davis (legal history, property, Critical Race Theory) at the University of North Carolina School of Law has accepted a senior offer from the law school at Washington University, St. Louis. We had the good fortune of having Professor Davis visit at Texas several years ago, and so I can report that, in addition to…
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Yale Law Journal Pocket Part Pulls Link to Notorious “Autoadmit” Board from Its Web Site
Dan Markel (Florida State) has the details, including the response of Anthony Ciolli, the Penn law student involved in running the site. YLJ’s explanation for the move is here. The first comment here (from a Penn law student) is also telling.
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Molot from George Washington to Georgetown
Jonathan Molot (civil procedure, professional responsibility, federal courts, and administrative law) at George Washington University Law School has accepted a tenured offer from the law faculty at Georgetown University. Here’s a question: has a GW faculty member ever turned down an offer from Georgetown? (Let me know, and I’ll add an update.) Georgetown, it seems,…
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New Book on Yale (J. Stanley)
Here is a review of The Power of Privilege: Yale and America’s Elite Colleges, by Joseph Soares. I haven’t purchased it yet, but the review makes it seem like it is good companion reading to Daniel Golden’s excellent The Price of Admission: How the Ruling Class Buys Its Way Into Elite Colleges — and Who…
I never met Alan, sadly, but his work leading the charge in making philosophy of sex “a thing” in contemporary…