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Thanks everyone! From a global perspective, it seems like many of these people know one another through conferences. It seems to be the same professors from the same schools (these included) that go every year and they're all from the USA and Europe. It doesn't seem like Americans would be all that excited about doing conferences with European schools if they think their school systems are "a joke" (as I've actually heard people refer to European degrees). Plus, I've been trolling my alma mater and local schools to see where faculty earned their PhDs...each school has at least 2 European PhDs, some have as many as 7 or 8.

Money isn't an issue...I'm just speaking about everything else.

Hey everyone. So here's my question. I'm planning on studying the Holocaust in Mass Media, a topic that is really not very popular here in the USA yet. I've spoken to several top universities in Europe (who, according to world ranking are in the same level of schools I was looking at in the US) who are interested in my work and would like me to enroll as a student there. I am very excited, as the school I'm really considering has set up their program with their government and are really working hard to make a well-rounded program. Very few programs in the US seem to be interested in my approach, as it is very interdisciplinary. The schools I'm looking at are well-known and I've looked at a few conferences at the schools that have professors from the top Holocaust Departments in the USA. It seems like this section of academia is so small and specific that people know one on another on both sides of the pond--if that makes sense. The professors I would like to work under have been educated at either top schools in their countries or the US (many from Harvard). I haven't made a concrete decision whether or not I want to "settle" forever in Europe or the US. I could see myself working in both places and would love to develop history programs on this subject with European institutions/work with the governments to implement programs like the one at University of Amsterdam. The whole situation will depend largely on where I am in life when I finish, who I will marry, etc., but let's just say that I'm open to the idea of living and working in the US OR Europe (or even Canada). The issue is that I've seen a lot of people online (never in person) who act as though a foreign PhD is academic suicide. But to me, it seems bizarre to go to Los Angeles to study an event that happened in Europe.... I've also spent time abroad studying at a couple of European institutions, and they seemed very good. What do you guys think? Is it academic suicide to get a PhD in Europe for Holocaust history? Does it matter? Again, I'm not married to the idea of living in the US OR Europe...

Makes sense. This is what my page says verbatim: "You will receive notification of your admission decision soon via postal mail. Please note the Office of Admissions provides final decision notification by mail only. We do not disclose admissions decisions via e-mail, telephone, or any other means."

I just looked at my USC account and it says a decision has been made and I will be notified via mail soon. The message also stated that USC does not inform people of decisions via e-mail or phone calls, but a ton of people on the results board have said they have been notified this way. Any insight?

I am interested in studying it as well. I am very interested in theater and France, so I'm looking to write a dissertation on the Holocaust in Film and theatre in France. Clark was 100% not interested in me because I'm not totally researched based. In addition, I feel like staying in the US to do a PhD on the Holocaust seems bizarre. I'm really hoping to go to Europe, but it will all come down to $$$, scholarships, etc.

Hey all, I was accepted to two foreign institutions that I am very interested in attending for a PhD program. I spoke with the advisers, and we've decided it's best for me to, instead do an MA program and then go on to the PhD program. I'm planning to do that and then would like to enter in the fall of 2012 as a PhD candidate. I know deadlines are something like a year in advance, but do I have to have already been formally accepted by the school to apply? I don't mind reapplying, however I haven't really ironed out my dissertation, which I'm planning to do during my MA year. Is it possible to apply to Fullbright without having been unconditionally accepted to the school's PhD program? I was accepted conditionally for 2011, but, as I said, my dissertation wasn't ready and we're pushing it back a year.