I'm in the humanities. I completed my PhD and postdoc in the US, but I've been working as an Assistant Professor in a European country for a few years. I came here because jobs were scarce during covid, with the idea of waiting out the dismal job market. I finally landed a TT position at an R1 beginning in the fall.

I'm leaving my institution in Europe on good terms, and my boss (with the support of the rector) is floating the idea of maintaining a dual affiliation between my current and future institutions. The expectation is that I would publish with both affiliations. The way that this would benefit me and my future institution is that I would be able to access grants from the US, the country I'm currently working in, and the EU. Compared to the US, there are many more opportunities for funding in the humanities in this country and the EU, and in the years that I've been working here I've begun to build a track-record in this regard. I'm an EU citizen (as well as a citizen of the US), but without an affiliation with an EU institution these grants are off limits.

I'm planning on bringing this up in a meeting with my chair when I start my new position. I've heard that dual affiliations are more common in Europe. Has anyone here that's from the US held a dual affiliation, or heard of something similar among their colleagues? I can't think of any examples among colleagues in the humanities, perhaps because there is very little grant culture in the humanities in the US. Does anyone have any advice on this?