Nostalgia Trap - Episode 164: School's Out Forever w/ Brendan O'Malley
Nostalgia Trap · David Parsons
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Show Notes
Brendan O'Malley is a historian and teacher whose experience with his school's abrupt closure was the subject of a fascinating, wrenching piece in Contingent Magazine this summer. He joins us to talk about his background in history, earning his Ph.D. at the CUNY Graduate Center, and his particular path through a rapidly collapsing academic job market. Brendan's story is ultimately a hopeful one, reflecting how a generation of young historians is finding our footing as teachers and scholars in ways none of us expected.