cantthinkofagoodusername Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'm 90% sure I'll be accepting my offer from Ohio University. Full-funded MA in history Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior3 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Not for history, but I'm considering accepting my MA offer to their phil program. But I have a couple hesitations...like the hard to get to location and the cold weather. What do you think about those sorts of things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meep15 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I attend Ohio University right now, and being in Southern Ohio, the weather really isn't bad (I can only compare it to Cleveland weather though). On average, it's about 10-12 degrees warmer than Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantthinkofagoodusername Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 I live in mid-Michigan right now, so Athens is warmer than I'm used to! I'm totally fine with that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior3 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I attend Ohio University right now, and being in Southern Ohio, the weather really isn't bad (I can only compare it to Cleveland weather though). On average, it's about 10-12 degrees warmer than Cleveland. I would be coming from Texas, so it might be a big change. Athens seems like a cool town though, do you like it and the university and everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtack&coffee Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Cantthinkofagoodname, The history department here is superb. Might I ask what you study and who your potential advisor might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantthinkofagoodusername Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 hardtack&coffee: Glad to hear it! I'm very excited to meet the faculty and students and start researching. I study modern German history, but I'm kind of at a crossroads- I studied Nazi Germany as an undergrad, but I'm considering making the switch to German Cold War history, preferably from a social angle. I was thinking Dr. Zakic or Dr. Curp might be good potential advisors. I also listed Dr. Trauschweizer as a potential advisor on my SOP because I did my undergrad thesis on Jewish-American POW's of the Third Reich. I haven't contacted any of them yet though; I should probably get on that... Is there anyone else you can think of that might be interested in what I'm doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtack&coffee Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Dr. Trauschweizer is an excellent scholar, as are the other two (though I have no experience with Drs. Curp or Zakic). Dr. Trauschweizer has an extensive command of the Cold War and (obviously) Germany. He is also an excellent lecturer and runs great graduate seminars (having taken a few of his graduate-level courses as an undergraduate tutorial student). I would advise contacting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantthinkofagoodusername Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thank you for the advice! I definitely will contact him then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meep15 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I would be coming from Texas, so it might be a big change. Athens seems like a cool town though, do you like it and the university and everything? I love Athens. There are quite a few national/state parks within a 10 minute drive, many of the restaurants are locally-owned and even get their ingredients from a 30-mile radius, and we have a cool international film festival each spring. I also like the university a lot. I have a history minor and even work in the history dept.. The history classes I took were focused on Nazi Germany/the Holocaust, and the USSR as a whole and during WWII specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meep15 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 hardtack&coffee: Glad to hear it! I'm very excited to meet the faculty and students and start researching. I study modern German history, but I'm kind of at a crossroads- I studied Nazi Germany as an undergrad, but I'm considering making the switch to German Cold War history, preferably from a social angle. I was thinking Dr. Zakic or Dr. Curp might be good potential advisors. I also listed Dr. Trauschweizer as a potential advisor on my SOP because I did my undergrad thesis on Jewish-American POW's of the Third Reich. I haven't contacted any of them yet though; I should probably get on that... Is there anyone else you can think of that might be interested in what I'm doing? OU has great faculty for German, Russian, WWII, and Cold War history. Dr. Miner teaches and does research on the USSR. Dr. Zakic is amazing. One of my favorite professors here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior3 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I love Athens. There are quite a few national/state parks within a 10 minute drive, many of the restaurants are locally-owned and even get their ingredients from a 30-mile radius, and we have a cool international film festival each spring. I also like the university a lot. I have a history minor and even work in the history dept.. The history classes I took were focused on Nazi Germany/the Holocaust, and the USSR as a whole and during WWII specifically. Have you happened to have taken a philosophy course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meep15 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Just intro. to ethics. Not my cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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