Heimat Historian

Congratulations everyone!

That's tough. Maybe you can continue to work with the adviser in a professional capacity.

So I just got a call from the head of the department at one of the schools I'd nearly written off. He certainly complicated my decisions. Grrr... just when I thought I'd almost made up my mind!

Exciting stuff! Thanks again for the books. I imagine we will be colleagues with very close interests.

That's great! Here are some basic things about the towns and the universities. UT: Big school (often biggest in the country), relatively inexpensive, well-funded. Austin is a great town that is growing at an incredible rate. Traffic is pretty dreadful but the buses are pretty good and they just started running a light rail system a few years back. You'll have lots of resources there for interactions with professors, library holdings, the legislature, state archives, etc. It's also the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World." Texas State: Decent sized school, San Marcos is a very college town. It's only about 20 minutes from Austin and 40 minutes from San Antonio (where I live now) so it's easy to get to bigger cities. I can't speak to the funding but it's a land grant school in Texas so it probably has a lot of oil money as well. Very walkable town with a campus bus system. Far cheaper to live there than in Austin. I can't speak to the quality of either journalism school, though if I had to put money it, I'd almost guarantee UT is ranked much higher. Are you interested only in a master's or would you consider a PhD down the road? If you want a PhD I suggest applying for it now as you can get funded for it. Hope this helps.

Absolutely! Do you know if there is much research on Germans in Latin/Central America or Oceania? Those seem like understudied regions that could yield a dissertation topic.

I do actually. I have several newer books I can recommend to add to this list: 1. Ciarlo, David. Advertising Empire: Race and Visual Culture in Imperial Germany. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. 2. Penny, H. Glenn. Kindred by Choice: Germans and American Indians since 1800. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. 3. Short, John Phillip. Magic Lantern Empire: Colonialism and Society in Germany. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2012. 4. Zimmerman, Andrew. Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. Hope these help!

I think it depends on lots of factors. I'm from Texas and went to my undergrad at UT. I have some questions that may help me give better advice. 1. What program are your interested in? 2. Will you be working on a MA or a PhD (or a professional degree)? 3. Have you been accepted by both or are you looking to apply? 4. If you have been accepted, what type of funding packages are they offering? Please let me help you.

Hello all. I'm reviving this thread because there is a good chance I'll be attending Iowa in the fall. I'm taking a trip out next week to see the city/campus and meet with some professors. What's the job market like these days? My wife is planning on joining me and she is currently a manager of training and development for a major medical school. Are there equivalent positions? We're also looking into housing and will probably buy as the rental market doesn't look great. Has anyone had good success a realtor?

I'm in the process of broadening my historiographical knowledge of my field and am looking for German history books, with an emphasis on colonial or immigration (German diaspora) history? Those of you in this field, or interested in it, what would be your top five recommendations? What about more broadly in the field of Modern Germany? I'm making buying decisions and want some of your favorites.

congratulations brl.

Congrats Tingdeh!

Congratulations anthrohis!

Sorry to hear that Ashiepoo. Hopefully this at least clarifies your choices some.

tell me about it Ashiepoo. I just want to start my program!

I am 99% sure that I've made up my mind for my school. I'm visiting the school in a few weeks and barring any bad vibes, its where I'll be attending. It's exciting to finally make a decision. At the same time these next 4 and a half months are going to be absolutely brutal due to the waiting.

yeah I suppose that's true. You dont' think any of it stands up?

Anyone seen this study? I think it's pretty interesting. I thought it may help people make some decisions. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~gillum/rankings_paper.pdf

And my cycle comes to an end (at least the waiting part) with a rejection from brandeis.

Just received an email from Penn State. I wasn't in the first round of admits, but I'm on the shortlist for those who don't accept. I have other offers but it's not a rejection.

Anyone know about a University of Iowa visit weekend? I'm trying to plan out my trips.

Well, I contacted all my remaining programs. We'll see what happens.

Congrats wacyeah. That's great!

Oh I absolutely will. I'm working on coordinating work leave/ funds to get out to Iowa and Kansas. If Brandeis still comes through (they haven't seemed to announce anything this year in history), I'll probably go up there as well.

Hi all. I just got back from a recruitment weekend at Colorado and was quite impressed with the program. I wanted your opinion on how much the collegiality of the current graduate students themselves should impact your decision? I met a cohort of really excellent, driven scholars while there that would be very nice to work with as well as had wonderful encounters with faculty.