I got an email from Oslo University last night, asking if I wanted to teach a course on colonial and postcolonial literature in the spring. I emailed them ages and ages ago, and they said they didn’t have anything at the moment but they’d keep me in mind. I hadn’t expected to hear from them again. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. Much bouncing was involved.
I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to do it, because I will be in Australia for a completely wonderful conference during the first week of teaching, so I’ll need to start a week late. But they emailed back today and said that’s fine. I got this second email at work, during my break. There was more bouncing, to the astonishment of my colleagues.
It’s just two hours a week, so I’ll keep working three days at the kindergarten. But I will teach the entire course by myself, and there will be a mix of BA and MA students. I can’t believe my good fortune.
As the Franzsters would say, “Super-fantastick!” That’s terrific. Mel – well done.
oops that first full stop was supposed to be a comma – makes me sound like a granny.
HURRAY! Time for some big-time celebrating! I hope the commute to both isn’t too bad. I wish I could take your class.
How Exciting!!! and what a great breakthrough back into an academic setting. Congratulations
Wonderful. You are on your way. I can feel it in my bones – something about messages that we deposit here and there and the answer comes back, unbidden, unforced. No obstacles here! Just wonderful.
Clare M here, from Melbourne, we met at Leeds. I just wanted to say that I love your house! I can’t believe you get to live there either. I know it is the wrong country, but you are going to have a lot of bergmann-esque moments there…
Oh Meli that is glorious news, but just as I clinked on the comment link I saw you’d bought a house so I have to race back to look at it NOW NOW NOW
thank you all!
and hello clare – how lovely to hear from you! i never did get around to blogging about that conference – my head was full of many things at that time… there were a couple of posts i meant to write that are still swimming around in my head. can you blog a conference months and months after the event? the nicest thing about the conference for me was a series of serendipitous (and mostly blog related) encounters – yours included!
Absolutely great. It’s so hard to get a foot in the door and you’v done it! New house, new job what next!!
lots of love
xxx