Episode 21: Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique: Changing the Narrative on Research and the Humanities

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and the fight for its survival. Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an historian of early America, early modern Europe, and the British empire whose research and pedagogy explores the role of collecting, managing, and using knowledge to the history of state formation and governance.  He received his PhD from Columbia University, his Master’s from the University of Oxford and his Bachelor’s from Princeton University. His work has been featured in many scholarly publications and he has also written for public facing outlets such as The Daily Beast, Inside Higher Ed, and Teen Vogue.  This episode was sparked by Asheesh's piece for the North American Conference on British Studies entitled Toward a Strategy for the Future of British Studies in North America. And his recent tweet, which asked “When did we decide to value disciplines in terms of how many undergraduates decided to major in them?”. This is a lively conversation about how to make academic institutions and academic communities better for students and faculty of all types while acknowledging the importance of curiosity and knowledge building in every subject. Asheesh discusses his own academic and professional background as well as his aspirations for higher education. Follow the show and Dr. Siddique on X: ⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠ @AsheeshKSi Instagram: @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson