Talmid

I'm looking for a graduate classics program in which I'd be able to integrate my interest in Sanskrit for comparative grammar and mythology. I have found that SUNY Buffalo offers some Sanskrit and Indo-European linguistics as part of its classics program. Do you know of any other schools out there? I'm mindful of UCLA's I-E Linguistics program, but that's in Los Angeles, 405 Freeway traffic, education bubble, unaffordable living, Crips, Bloods, MS-13, ughhhh, no thanks! Thanks for your help.

Seeing that California is a bubble, is anybody else reluctant to apply for programs in this state? The more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve come to fear starting a program, and then having it shut down due to budget cuts. Fact is the humanities are always the first to get axed. Your thoughts? Does anybody have insight to share from talking with CA professors about the stability of their classics departments?

"Post-bacc degree," really? Post-baccs are for those lacking undergraduate classics degrees. Your background looks quite fine to get you wherever you'd like to go. Keep up the good work!

I'm about to starting reading on the history of classical scholarship, and I'd like some advice on resources to consider. I've come across Sir John Edwin Sandy's work and R. Pfeiffer's on Amazon--both appear to be classic works for the subject matter, but are there other good resources to consider? Please share your comments if you have insight to offer on the quality of these and other similar works. Thanks.

I had a good boss who used to say, "If you win the rat race, you are still a rat!" Unfortunately "rat racers" are in every career field, and I suspect there is a higher concentration of them in academia because of the political atmosphere on university campuses. When I served in the Air Force, they were despised and deemed as non-team players. We gave them the pejorative nickname of "careerists" -- because they sought to advance their own careers by trampling on others in the process. Whereas being a buddy in the military is essential for saving lives, the careerists or rat racers get promoted by snubbing everyone else. That said, I wonder what your experiences have been dealing with rat racers in the Classics department (if you have any). Tell me you story. Is there a high concentration of them showing off how much they know, or how good they are at parsing verbs? Do your professors despise them? How do they manipulate others to their own advantage? Do their schemes work for matriculation into grad programs? Etc. I hope this will generate some interesting and enlightening discussions. Thanks!

St. John's College in Santa Fe has an "Eastern Classics" graduate program. Students have the option to learn Sanskrit or Classical Chinese. Maybe you'll have luck finding Malaysians there.