Paul Vierthaler
@vierth.bsky.social
Chinese Lit, DH, Machine Learning, Dad of twins
Assistant Prof of late imperial Chinese literature and interdisciplinary data science at Princeton University
Assistant Prof of late imperial Chinese literature and interdisciplinary data science at Princeton University
I do like to keep an eye on things via @paularcurtis.bsky.social 's incredible jobs data project (prcurtis.com/projects/job...), which paints a dismal picture.
East Asian Studies Job Market Data in Progress 2025-2026
prcurtis.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I do like to keep an eye on things via @paularcurtis.bsky.social 's incredible jobs data project (prcurtis.com/projects/job...), which paints a dismal picture.
Ugh, how depressing. That's about it as far as what I am aware of, but I wasn't paying super close attention. I think there were a few language-focused TT jobs (Emory), but there was basically nothing.
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Ugh, how depressing. That's about it as far as what I am aware of, but I wasn't paying super close attention. I think there were a few language-focused TT jobs (Emory), but there was basically nothing.
Also, LinkedIn clearly not at all designed for the vagaries of the academic job market. There were maybe been four TT jobs in my field this year. And no, LinkedIn, just because the job title is the same, I am NOT qualified to teach marketing at a business school.
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Also, LinkedIn clearly not at all designed for the vagaries of the academic job market. There were maybe been four TT jobs in my field this year. And no, LinkedIn, just because the job title is the same, I am NOT qualified to teach marketing at a business school.
It is originally a PS4 game, but Journey runs on PS5 and a magical experience.
February 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
It is originally a PS4 game, but Journey runs on PS5 and a magical experience.
The dude was a convicted sex offender and famous as a pedophile as of 2008! It wasn’t a hard thing to know! Shunning him was easy!
February 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The dude was a convicted sex offender and famous as a pedophile as of 2008! It wasn’t a hard thing to know! Shunning him was easy!
450mg of Benadryl????? I would sleep into the 2040s
February 1, 2026 at 2:16 AM
450mg of Benadryl????? I would sleep into the 2040s
Instead of taking all afternoon to refamiliarize myself with opencv and futzing around until I got everything structured correctly, it was 20 minutes of easy work.
January 31, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Instead of taking all afternoon to refamiliarize myself with opencv and futzing around until I got everything structured correctly, it was 20 minutes of easy work.
This is where I am at. It cuts through so much stuff that I would otherwise put off for taking too much time in such a satisfying way. The other day I needed a script to preprocess some images from a strangely formatted scan of an old woodblock edition.
January 31, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is where I am at. It cuts through so much stuff that I would otherwise put off for taking too much time in such a satisfying way. The other day I needed a script to preprocess some images from a strangely formatted scan of an old woodblock edition.
I second the welcome at Princeton CDH!
January 31, 2026 at 4:06 AM
I second the welcome at Princeton CDH!
I get WAY fewer complaints from students when I give them a bad grade because they simply didn't do the work. If they get a bad grade because they got something wrong, then I really need to be prepared for a discussion.
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I get WAY fewer complaints from students when I give them a bad grade because they simply didn't do the work. If they get a bad grade because they got something wrong, then I really need to be prepared for a discussion.
Even as someone trained in the US system, teaching in Europe for three years completely borked my approach to grading. It took a few semesters back in the US before I was able to get back into the swing of things.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Even as someone trained in the US system, teaching in Europe for three years completely borked my approach to grading. It took a few semesters back in the US before I was able to get back into the swing of things.