dr. t
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11 hours ago, thisisnew said:
Would someone with a JD-PhD have a significant hiring advantage in academia (history/political science/law school -- though, i get it, the market is dismal) over someone with just a PhD; or put differently, would it be worth getting the JD along with the PhD (time, cost etc.) if the hope was to teach in academia?
No.
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7 hours ago, gsc said:
You've gotten a lot of good advice and questions here, but to jump in: I think you may be missing a very valuable opportunity to talk about race here.
FWIW, the only subfield I'm still seeing TT jobs listed in this year is either American History with a specialization in the African-American experience or African Diaspora.
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A couple things, in no real order:
Yes, you can absolutely get into a good PhD program off an MLS.
As someone who is on the job market with a PhD and likes being in archives, not having an MLS has hurt my job prospects.
Your sense about the master's program is spot on.
Regardless of the graduate programs you attend, it is unlikely that you can both successfully pursue an academic or academic adjacent career and stay within the Denver area.
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If you want to work in a history dept, get a history degree.
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1 hour ago, xypathos said:
That'll come but for the time being a number of former consulting colleagues have said some of the top private universities are looking hard at Disaggregated Faculty Models of operation.
Ah, a caste system. That'll solve everything.
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2 hours ago, sacklunch said:
In my opinion, this is the time to overhaul PhD programs in the field.
Ah, if only.
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6 hours ago, WanYesOnly said:
I think this simply shows they have the resources for it but competition will be high.
Look at what schools aren't taking cohorts, check their endowments, and then talk to me again about resources with a straight face.
On a related note, learning to differentiate between optimism and wishful thinking is a very useful life skill, in academia and beyond.
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12 hours ago, Sigaba said:
(The short version is, when in doubt, STFU. When you're 100% absolutely sure, STFU. Anywhere else, give STFU a try.)
To quote: In 95% of academic situations, the appropriate response is shutting the fuck up. For the other 5%, it is "that's an interesting idea; I'll have to think about it."
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3 hours ago, thisisnew said:
"Reading between the lines" is certainly a skill imperative for grad school... but I can't quite piece together what you mean here. I see this as either a very spicy take or a modestly encouraging one (perhaps I'm just searching for some good news in 2020). Can you elaborate?
It's not encouraging. Schools who have looked at the current situation and decided to take more graduate students either
1) Have little connection to reality,
2) Can't function without grad student labor, or3) Both.
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On 9/18/2020 at 12:41 PM, Sigaba said:
The craft has almost always has favored those who could afford to think about the past and to gather primary source materials and to purchase secondary works.
Sure, but suddenly having to homeschool your kid, for example, is somewhat different that what came before. That new burden disproportionately affects women (in this example) - from the available evidence, it affects them all the way up the food chain.
So this is new, and if you find yourself able to be productive, as I have, it's one small blessing in a large shitpile.
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On 9/16/2020 at 6:59 PM, Sigaba said:
I agree. And at the same time I augur that there will those students who figure out how to use available, but limited resources and the COVID-19 related restrictions to do excellent work.
This, of course, favors the already-privileged.
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With that many high-quality programs not accepting applicants this year, it's also a good idea to contemplate the fact that others are, and why that might be the case.
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There have been 4 TT jobs posted in my field. 2 are senior hires.
So, quite badly.
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7 hours ago, exitiumax said:
I just heard directly from a potential advisor that Brown will not be admitting a 2021 cohort.
Hmmm. This is news to me. The cohort was supposed to be very small, but extant. Perhaps things have moved on and they haven't bothered to tell us.
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On 8/22/2020 at 6:34 PM, Sagesaga said:
Hello everyone!! Thank you so much for all of your kind words and support. I found that I no longer feel frustrated and hopeless after reading your comments and spending a few days without thinking about it. The inner voice that "you suck" has subdued. I guess this is just the process a graduate student will go through
Time is usually best. It's why I insist on 48h between giving out a grade and scheduling a meeting about it.
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On 8/18/2020 at 9:15 PM, Sigaba said:
It's not a good essay, he said.
"I usually would not recommend someone with this level of writing ability go on to graduate work."
Yeah, that one stuck with me.
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35 minutes ago, LNA said:
I was thinking of applying to Medieval Studies, with the intention of combining that with museum work. My goal is to work in a museum dedicated to Medieval History in some capacity.
The first question is: have you looked at people who are in jobs you want to have? What degrees do they have? I personally love curatorial/manuscript work, but since I don't have an MLS, I have a harder time getting one of those jobs, PhD or no.
36 minutes ago, LNA said:I am worried about narrowing my options too much when it comes to actually finding a job, which is already difficult enough in the Humanities as it is.
Yes, this is a very good thing to be concerned about
37 minutes ago, LNA said:I am trying to decide on a third language to work on, but I haven't decided on one yet.
German.
38 minutes ago, LNA said:I'm hoping to have strengthened my Latin enough by the time to send in applications, but if it isn't where it needs to be at that point then I was going to just keep working on it and apply next year again.
The standard you're looking for is: is your Latin good enough that you can give an admissions committee a writing sample drawing heavily from sources in the original language, buttressed by secondary lit in your research languages?
39 minutes ago, LNA said:Do you have any suggestions as to the best options for MA funding that I could look at?
There used to be a thread in here of funded MAs. I did mine at Harvard Divinity School.
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Are you thinking about applying to History, Art History, or Medieval Studies? An Art History degree will be better than the other two for a museum direction.
For History and Medieval Studies, weak Latin will be a significant millstone on your neck for any of the programs you suggest. For Art History, there will be less emphasis placed on your Latinity, but your total lack of German will be a problem.
I would never recommend an MA as a way to start a language, but it can certainly be a place to improve it. There is also some decent MA funding out there. -
4 hours ago, automatic_peas said:
However, if there are, let's say, three South Asianists at a given school, should I contact all of them?
Just the one you want to supervise your diss.
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2 hours ago, earlycalifornia said:
there is a a difference between saying going to those schools for an MA is a waste of money and saying they don’t have a good placement record
Which is why I said they were fine AND had good placement records, which you then agreed with?
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NB: you're not wed to your prospectus either. Hell, my understanding of my own dissertation changed substantially by just writing my introduction - which is the last part you write.