I've just submitted Ph.D. applications and have started hearing back with invitations to interview (which is both exhilarating and terrifying). Of these, the 2 opportunities that most interest me are: 1) 3-year PhD fellowship at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, doing what looks like fairly groundbreaking work in my field—but very narrowly focused. 2) Normal 5-7 year PhD at the University of Chicago, which has one of the oldest and most renowned religious studies departments in the world and will give me excellent, broad training in the discipline.
I know I might be jumping the gun a bit as the interviews are still to come (and who knows, I might totally bomb them), but my mind is going round and round trying to figure out which is the better opportunity career wise, especially since I know very little of how European PhD's work. Any insight is appreciated. Thank you!
