fanon_fanatic Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Hi all, I have a few programs I'm applying to that don't fit neatly into any other category so I made one up. They include Emory's ILA program, UC-Irvine's Visual Studies program, Berkeley's Performance Studies, and Duke's Literature Program (I know, I know, check Literature. But I think Duke's program is a little bit unique). Anyone else applying to interdisciplinary programs for Fall 2012 and waiting to hear back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clou12 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I am applying to Emory ILA. I made a thread but no one posted, so I thought I might be the only one! What are you planning to study? Good luck to you. On another note, just reviewing the results survey page from previous years, the ILA should be notifying us sometime this or next week it seems to invite us to interviews because typically interview weekends have been the first weekend of February. I am going to assume if I don't hear back by the end of January, I didn't make the cut. This is my #1 choice because it is my hometown, the flexibility of the program and outstanding financial support. I will be hurt if I don't interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanon_fanatic Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 @Clou12, I hope that things work out for you! I'm just trying not to be too anxious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clou12 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Good luck to you too! I thought I would not be checking my email so much, but I can't help it! What school is your first choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanon_fanatic Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Mmmmm, I haven't actually officially "picked" or spoken a first choice because I'm really superstitious and trying not to jinx myself. But I have also been checking my email a lot and also the results board (cursed board). I tried to only apply to programs that I would be really happy to go to, so that kinda meant eliminating all of my "safety" schools. It's a little risky but I'm hoping that it pays off in the long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clou12 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Totally understand. None of my programs I applied to are the same. I am applying for education, sociology, interdisciplinary, american studies and social policy PhDs! I was only going to apply to two schools, because I also don't believe in safety schools and had a strong sense of what I wanted to study and live. However, I was cajoled into applying to some more and actually found a third program that I am super excited about, the other two are great as well but the most ideal? Not so much. I am also checking that results board often and being on this forum has been cathartic at times. I will let you know about USC and Emory, looks like we are both applying there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clou12 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 FYI fanon_fanatic and viewers on this post. As of today, Emory ILA is still reviewing apps according to the email response from them when I asked about interviews. So keep hope alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolherc Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 hey guys. i applied to: berkeley rhetoric, stanford MTL, duke lit, USCS HistCon, Minn CSDS, OSU's cultural stud, and john hopkins' intellectual history. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanon_fanatic Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 @koolherc, welcome to the forum! I also applied to Duke Lit, though I think my chances are pretty slim. What do you want to study? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanon_fanatic Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 hehehe, it works beautifully. I study the visuality of race. So my studies look like race+epistemology+ontology+media+performance. Or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolherc Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 hehehe, it works beautifully. I study the visuality of race. So my studies look like race+epistemology+ontology+media+performance. Or something like that. ahhh... cool stuff. Have you studied Emory Douglas (the Black Panther Party graphic artist)? he had some great work. also, I grew up big on graffiti. are you into anything in that vein? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanon_fanatic Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 OMG. Emory Douglas is one of my faaaaaaaavorite artists. I've not done a paper on his work yet, but I'm obsessed with his pieces. This is why I want to go to graduate school!!! I would like to look at graffiti too, but i haven't figured out what aspects/to what end yet. Oh, the places I want to go! You mentioned your interest in phenomenology, I suspect we have an admiration for philosophy in common? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolherc Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Probably not, to be honest. Not Hegel/Kant/etc, for sure. I probably shouldnt use that word among crit theory people because it gets people thinking certain things. Given my linguistic background, it would have a diff meaning, emphasizing the entities (or whatever) that we have in our consciousness and how language informs/constitutes them. How does the fact of the word "apple" make us imbue further thinghood onto certain world phenomena? And words like "blue" or "running" or "3" or "sadness," which do not seem to refer to concrete entities? At the same time, I am an epistemological skeptic, which would make most phenomenologists gasp in horror. But yeah, Douglas is way underappreciated. lol @ your "OMG" fanboy response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanon_fanatic Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Very interesting. I don't automatically think of Kant and Hegel when I think of philosophy, but rather about the questions philosophy engages, and yours are certainly along those lines even if it's from a linguistic lens. What, exactly, is an "epistemological skeptic"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolherc Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) epistemology - study of knowledge, what it is, how we can have it, etc. epistemological skeptic = socrates "All I know is that I know nothing." long story short congrats on your 3 acceptances! is that 1 interview Duke Lit?? Edited January 29, 2012 by koolherc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanon_fanatic Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Thanks. My interview is with Emory ILA. Good luck with your programs! I hope things turn out well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuredso Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 There's an acceptance posted for UMN CSDS. Anybody wanna share info. on that? I was really hoping for that one.... (Also, forgive my lack of info.--picture, location, schools to which I applied, etc.--I'll put all that together soon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachmuz Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm also super curious about the acceptance posted for UMN CSDS! It's one of my top choices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaw53 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 anybody heard from stanford modern thought and literature? or know when they tend to get back to applicants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pynchonette Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Anybody apply to Brown's Modern Culture and Media program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillium Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Last year MTL started letting people know mid-February, so soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickelnhammer Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 aNyone heard back from emory ILA post interview? sickelnhammer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapienasinum Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) aNyone heard back from emory ILA post interview? Only an email from Jay. And from some of the Profs. that I thanked for their time via email. Nothing official. Edited February 14, 2012 by sapienasinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figuredso Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 There's an acceptance posted for Brown's Modern Culture and Media. Any news on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nix Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) There's an acceptance posted for Brown's Modern Culture and Media. Any news on this? Around 4 slots (as far as I know?). Not sure if everyone was notified at the same time or if all decisions have been made. The call came at night — for some reason I think that might be important in terms of figuring out where they are in the process and how things are going? But I'm not sure what it means. Edited February 15, 2012 by nix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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