Today, Toussaint. A festive extranyo, because I get to work. Here I am in my office in a semidesert School. So I have given some thought to my situation: single, mid-thirties, with a life increasingly less espanyola Canadian government and with the job I always wanted, conducting a research on the subject that I like. ..
I leave some more clues, but I've escarmetnado. The last time I did all my students passed through the blog. Fortunately, or not speak espanyol learned too much, because no comment. I also think it was because it was exam time and did not want to risk that their bitter méchant professeur espagnol semester. In any case, I can say that my topic is federalism. To this I devote almost 10 Anyos of my life, with several publications in French and English, because no publisher wanted to publish espanyola (so far) my studies. Parenthesis that "so far" is on purpose. Since the Statute of Catalonia is on everyone's lips have received seven letters from publishers who try to retrieve the editing rights. Too late: I have transferred until 2010, so they will be negotiated with Les Presses de L'Université Laval. Anyway, if you publish my theories about it - I must say that my respected colleagues espanyoles not know at all - I think I attract more hostility than sympathy, and that put me in an uncomfortable middle that I think would be qualified Espanya of "warmth."
Along with these offers editorial, I have received proposals for work in Europe and Espanya. In Europe I have offers from Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and France, arranged according to my own interest. Espanya, I have offers from the Basque Country and Catalonia, which leads me to think that my views are consistent with the force of nationalism in these two communities. That is why I am not convinced: I dread the sectarianism that abounds in college espanyola. I have no intentions to leave Quebec over the medium term. I renewed my contract for another 4 semesters and possibly get a permanent position at the end of this period. However, I think next summer will accept the offer to work in a course at the University of Freiburg.
I read the article in El Pais on mileuristas and reminds me of the situation of many roommates in college with those who remain in contact. It is one of the reasons that prevent me from deciding to go back and try to continue my teaching career in my country. Af I have a good salary, some recognition of my work and my time and money for research. Now working on four research projects (two federal, one provincial and one shared with the University of Harvard) and I love the feeling of being overworked expermentados sharing work with teachers and true "sacred cows" in their respective fields of research . The "syllabus" that my students sharing contain the latest theories about the most recent and I am really proud of it. Nothing to do with the notes sobados and yellow that most of my professors (with two notable exceptions) we "lit up" in the Faculty.
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