Job-market discussion thread (2025-26 season) – The Philosophers’ Cocoon
Job market reporting thread (2025-26 season) – The Philosophers’ Cocoon
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks:
Can current & past search committee members weigh-in to explain why, on occasion, a department only advertises a job on HigherEd Jobs and Chronicle and leaves it off PhilJobs? (Assuming there's reasonable guesses)
There's a job that is currently only posted on Chronicle, and has been that way for about a week. Usually at some point jobs at HigherEd Jobs & Chronicle end up on PhilJobs. So this has me wondering if they are intentionally not advertising widely…
I seem to recall noticing this in the past on occasion too.
Do any readers have helpful insights?
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks:
How much weight does publishing a booklet (max 30.000 words) in the Cambridge University Press Elements series carry? Is it like publishing an article in a good/top journal or more like a monograph with CUP or something else? I am junior scholar, working in history of philosophy.
Do any readers have any helpful insights?
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