heliogabalus

I'm out of the loop, but I'd think Cornell would be a good place. Their program in Latin and Greek linguistics would be able to incorporate IE, Classical Latin and Greek, and their Medievalists could fill in the post-classical stuff. Also UCLA. I would probably go for either classics or German; it just seems like you'd have more options with the job market than if you did Cornell's Medieval Studies program or UCLA's IE program. But again, I'm out of the loop so talk to your professors about it. They'll certainly know more.

It shouldn't be a problem at all. My guess is that most Medieval Studies grad programs will value the Latin you've learned in a Classics program more than they would the history/culture emphasis of most undergrad Medieval programs.

Sorry I sound like such a prick about the MAPH. I'm sure there are some great things about it, and outside of academia the MAPH from U.Chicago is going to look impressive as hell. Inside academia...not so much.

I think people draw big distinctions between the various PhD programs at Chicago and the MAPH. Chicago=prestigious; MAPH=scam.

In the early years of the decade I was in a pretty good Language and Lit PhD program--never finished, still kicking myself--but from what I gathered there a funded MA from anywhere was much more prestigious than an unfunded MA from even the most prestigious universities in a subject as nebulous as "humanities." (An unfunded MA in area studies might have been looked at differently, but I'm not so sure.) Keep in mind that professors in the humanities are underpaid, so they usually are impressed more by the money you got to study somewhere than where you were studying. I remember talking to Classics professors about grad school (probably 10-12 years ago) and they would all say, The top programs are Harvard, Berkeley, Princeton, Michigan with UNC, Cornell, and Texas up there too, but if you can, go to UCLA because they're giving away money. With Medieval studies, the top program in North America was always University of Toronto, but professors pushed Notre Dame because of the funding packages. Go with the money. When you apply for PhD programs, you'll put the name of your MA institution and underneath it you'll put your fellowship/prize/whatever. Kansas or FSU with a fellowship definitely looks better than the MAPH that you shelled out $50,000 for. It would probably be more financially sound to just offer a $10,000 bribe to the head of the department you want to do your PhD at. The MAPH might help you with PhD admissions, because you'll do more work, could pick up another language, and have time to revise your application. But you'll get the same and more from a funded non-scammy MA program. Finally, look at it this way: Kansas and FSU are willing to pay you because they want you to study with them. Chicago wants you to pay them so they can take that money and kick it towards their PhD students: the people they really want to have study with them.

Nothing? Oh well. How about this: Which Classics departments are the best for studying Medieval Latin? (I know UToronto's medieval studies dept. is probably the best regarded, but I'm mainly wondering about Classics depts) My guess would be Harvard, UNC, UCLA and CUA. As far as admission goes, my guess would be all but CUA would be really tough to get into. Any other schools I don't know about?

What are your impressions of various departments? Anybody know anything about UCI's tri-campus program?