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Should I Think of My Job As My Calling?
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Should I Think of My Job As My Calling?

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Chris Gehrz
Feb 20, 2024
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Let me start this week by coming back to something I published this time last week, part of how I answered students who asked me (for a course interview assignment) what history means to me:

…[history is] my profession, paid labor within an academic discipline that requires specialized training, permits participation in a community of scholars, and place…

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