Yes, in the 1960s. Universities were expanding rapidly to respond to the influx of baby boomers, and humanities majors were much more popular, so it was relativ

Yes, in the 1960s. Universities were expanding rapidly to respond to the influx of baby boomers, and humanities majors were much more popular, so it was relatively easy to get hired.[0] It's pretty much been varying degrees of bad since then, but as the first chart in [1] shows, it got a lot worse after 2008. [0]: https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/april-1997/precedents-the-job-crisis-of-the-1970s https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/pers... [1]: https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/february-2016/the-troubled-academic-job-market-for-history https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/pers...