Global Rankings and the End of the Humanities
In an earlier post, I wrote about the ways in which journal rankings systems can make it difficult for people in small specialized fields to meet the “key performance indicators”…
“Gia Long” Does NOT Mean “Gia Định + Thăng Long”
I keep coming across references to this idea that in 1802, Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, the founder of the Nguyễn Dynasty, to quote Wikipedia: “crowned himself emperor, under the reign name…
University Rankings, Publishing, and the Future of Knowledge Production and Academic Employment
The world of academic knowledge production today is very different from what it was just 5-10 years ago and it will continue to change rapidly in the years ahead.I will…