hanbran Posted February 2, 2013 Author Posted February 2, 2013 Damn, now I've yet again begun to check the results board.
Canator Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 UCLA sent out interview requests, according to a friend.
hanbran Posted February 2, 2013 Author Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Ok, maybe he's not terrible, but he's far more interesting as a politician than he is as a poet. Sorry that I'm not more philological, rsmease . Edited February 2, 2013 by hanbran
kaloskagathos Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 Yeah, I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone say they wished there were more philologists in the room. But maybe that's because I don't hang out with enough non-historians? (Don't get offended: some of my best friends are philologists!)
hanbran Posted February 2, 2013 Author Posted February 2, 2013 In my opinion, the best ancient historians are also philologists, so I certainly have nothing against philology. For me and my interests, though, it's a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Fockatar Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 Depends on what you're after I guess, plus what you're calling Philology, there tends to be a difference between the UK, Greece, Europa Propria and the US from what I've seen, not to mention the new world in general. I mean Greece has a very wide remit for philology in that its language based criticism, the UK has a division between hard line philology (historical/comp) and proper work with Greek and Latin texts e.g epigraphy, textual etc rather than just literary. Very few people here seem to deem themselves philologists. Basically you'd expect them to have the typical skills, but also some auxiliary languages and dialects too. This is why I tend to prefer the term Classicists. I also dislike the typical Oxonian "Literae Humaniores" since its kinda chauvinistic.
kaloskagathos Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 I don't mean to say that ancient historians shouldn't have strong language skills, hanbran. That's definitely not true! I think I'm just tired of being surrounded by people who work on literature. Sorry for not being clearer!
hanbran Posted February 2, 2013 Author Posted February 2, 2013 I understand. Most of my comrades completely ignore the historical backgrounds of ancient literature, which leads to some incredibly inaccurate opinions (to my great annoyance ).
ciistai Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Seems I'm in the opposite boat. There are pretty much no lit people in my undergrad program right now. The Program in Classical Studies offers two degrees, one in Classical Studies (some language but mostly history and humanities courses) and another in Classics (mostly lang/ lit). I don't think we currently have any Classics majors in the program... and a lot of the Classical Studies students are jumping ship over to History, sadly. Edit: Also, interview-related question! I'm freaking out a little bit. The director of IPCAA is going to be contacting me via telephone this weekend, ahead of my attendance at their recruitment weekend in March. I am not really sure what I should say! I feel like I should avoid sounding over-eager but I also have no idea what he's going to ask me, or what he's going to expect me to ask. I suppose it's much too early to be asking about funding... and that's a bit of a silly question anyway, since I know IPCAA students are well-funded. Do I stick to talking about the recruitment weekend and then ask my more important questions at that time? Help! Edited February 2, 2013 by ciistai
kaloskagathos Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 I interviewed with IPGRH, so if you want to talk about what they asked in specific (not IPCAA but kind of close), feel free to message me. You're in rather a different situation, though, so I'm not sure how much help I'd be.
hanbran Posted February 3, 2013 Author Posted February 3, 2013 I interviewed with a history department last month, and they asked me what I was currently researchng, what I would like to work on if admitted, why I applied to that particular school, what I was looking for in a department, and what books/classes/historians have been most influential in shaping my interests. I asked about funding (it never hurts to ask), job placement rates, predictions/plans for departmental development and changes, and what made their department a great place to study. My interviewer seemed to like those questions. Well, he didn't seem to be offended, at least. poliorkein 1
Nomothete Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 I just read some of Solon's poetry. My God, he's a terrible poet. I wouldn't say terrible, his Greek verse greatly outshines mine. I do agree that he is much more interesting as a political figure.
hanbran Posted February 3, 2013 Author Posted February 3, 2013 He reuses phrases and he transitions poorly and often quite suddenly into new thoughts, but not in a charming way.
Malomalomalomalo Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Hello all! New here. Is anyone else out there attending the Berkeley prospectives weekend this March, or done so in the past? If so, do you know if international airfare will be reimbursed?
visendus Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Hello all! New here. Is anyone else out there attending the Berkeley prospectives weekend this March, or done so in the past? If so, do you know if international airfare will be reimbursed? I would expect so, but you've scared me a bit--has Berkeley sent out their admits? No one's reported this, and you have the odd feature of being marked as a 'spring 2013' applicant, which confuses me. Do tell.
Malomalomalomalo Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Sorry, I am applying for Fall 2013. I must've selected in error. I have heard from Berkeley, but I don't know if the other programs (Archaeology, Joint Program in Philosophy) have sent out their admits, or even if all the admits have gone out (I think that the university vs. departmental funding decisions at Berkeley in particular stretches out their notification period). Good Luck!
fredred Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Has anyone heard anything back from Stanford Classics?
Conscia Fati Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Congrats to all who are posting their interviews/acceptances on the results board! Very exciting stuff.
ciistai Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Wow, lots of new results! Who got invited to recruitment weekend at Ann Arbor for Classical Studies? I wonder if it's the same weekend as IPCAA! Might see you there if it is!
kaloskagathos Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) Has anyone heard anything back from Stanford Classics? Word on the street [read: department gossip] is that no one has heard back formally. And congratulations to everyone who's gotten good news lately! Edited February 6, 2013 by kaloskagathos
Malomalomalomalo Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 I am not the poster, but I am attending the Michigan Classical Studies recruitment weekend. It's at the same time as IPCAA (and IPGRH), so I'll see you there!
fredred Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Word on the street [read: department gossip] is that no one has heard back formally. And congratulations to everyone who's gotten good news lately! Thanks for the reply. I saw on the results board that Harvard has already sent out interview offers, and I haven't received one. So I guess I can take Harvard off my list.
Fockatar Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks for the reply. I saw on the results board that Harvard has already sent out interview offers, and I haven't received one. So I guess I can take Harvard off my list. Yep same. Guess we wait for the physical letter.
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