It’s nice to have my “eminent medievalist” status recognized by this elite group. Perhaps when I go up for tenure, you can all write letters to that effect. It would help if you would all gratuitously cite me in your papers. It might be tricky for Kent to include my exemplary insights in his work on Peruvian poetry, but I'm sure it could be done with a little effort.
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I see it this way: if we want a certain reputation, we have to start one ourselves. If we are consistent, it will catch on and it will eventually become habitual for others to preface our names with "the well-respected Colonialist" (in my case), or "the ground-breaking Golden Age specialist" (as in the case with Eric), and so forth.
"Eminent" and " well respected" are nice but might be a tad too grave. Maybe we should aim for something like "the flamboyant and iconoclastic Bay Area medievalist Mike Hammer" or "the in-your-face, envelope-pushing colonialist Damian Bacich."
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