Third Time Hearing of Someone Almost Denied Tenure for Nobel-Winning Work
sokrypton · x · 2026-10-09
sokrypton notes this is the third time he's heard of someone nearly denied tenure for work that later won a Nobel Prize, quipping that if you're not on the verge of not getting tenure, you aren't doing Nobel-worthy work. Context: poet Anne Carson was passed over by Princeton and lost her McGill post when its Classics department shut down.
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