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Studying for a humanities PhD can make you feel cut off from humanity


Humanities and The “Battle of the University” | Magazine

This perceived binary between the sciences and the humanities continues to have real consequences: it can leave students feeling locked out of ...

Collections: So You Want To Go To Grad School (in the Academic ...

... think that the best advice to give you wrt graduate studies in the humanities is to RUN. Personally, I have a hard time organizing long term ...

Career Exploration for Humanities and Social Science Students

As a graduate student, you have tremendous strengths and transferable skills to offer employers. With advanced training in the humanities and social ...

When are you too old for a PhD? - Chris Blattman

If you're over 35, I think admissions committees will start to wonder how much of a contribution to the field you can make, starting late and ...

Who drops out of the Ph.D.? - A Happy PhD

If you ever faced this kind of thoughts, you are not alone. Not at all. In the research literature about students dropping out of doctoral ...

Humanities at Work

We trust that in turn, we will make work more human. Elizabeth Kimball is Assistant Professor of English at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

What's the Use of a PhD? - The Daily Beast

Can we remake the humanities PhD to have better job prospects ... Many will just think of you as someone who couldn't cut it in academia.

Preparing Humanities Majors for Postgraduation Success

A humanities degree does not require majors to take a vow of poverty. Nor should a humanities degree holder feel as if they're forsaking their ...

Collections: The Practical Case on Why We Need the Humanities

Now I want to note here the standard defense of the humanities, which is that the study of human culture, literature and art enriches the soul ...

Some good and bad ideas for restructuring the PhD - University Affairs

... to direct doctoral students down particular (and more likely) career paths. However, I do not think this particular cohort of young people will ...

(Humanities) PhD horror stories | Ask MetaFilter

In 20-25 years time. You will find someone willing to take you on as a research student. You will do interesting work that contributes to human ...

Dehumanized, by Mark Slouka - Harper's Magazine

... can we hope to make our condition more human, not less. All of which ... The case for the humanities is not hard to make, though it can be difficult ...

So You Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities: Nine Years Later

Our intrepid young English major finally completes her doctoral degree, and is appropriately rewarded.

Truths about an academic career people often don't share (opinion)

“You got this—you have so much to offer. You will get so many job offers.” I heard this over and over in my last years of graduate school and, ...

Why Getting (or Hiring) a PhD in the Humanities Can be ... - LinkedIn

To Graduate Student Faculty... The most important thing you can do is tell your students (with feeling) that it's perfectly okay for them to ...

The Return of Bad Arguments for the Humanities | HESA

First of all, around the world, there are some quite good universities which do not offer programs in the humanities. Last I heard, Imperial ...

UNC Asheville - Where It All Starts - UNC Asheville

At the heart of undergraduate research and hands-on learning? At the center for curiosity and collaboration? Here at UNC Asheville, you never have to ask “What ...

Work hours in humanities grad school? - Ask MetaFilter

Graduate work in abstract intellectual fields is notorious for eating your entire life during the process of the degree for a reason—you're in a ...

Social science - Wikipedia

Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies.

Starving the Beast - - The Professor Is In

... PhD programs and bring in lots of PhD students to build our national rankings. What are they thinking? Reply. Reality is what you make of it ...