Considering dropping out of 1st year humanities PhD program. Terrified of starving on the streets. Help?
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posted by anonymous
on May 12, 2013 -
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I have inherited my grandmother's writings. I'm scanning them, doing OCR and in some cases retyping them so that I can have them digitized. I'd like to know, is there a format for text that is best for archival purposes? I was thinking of .rtf, since so many applications can open it. Is it considered "archival quality"?
posted by dylan_k
on May 6, 2013 -
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In March I will be starting my PhD (humanities - gender, fan culture and writing) but I have been out of academia for a long time. I finished my Honours in 2002, completed a Masters but since it was coursework (librarian coursework at that) it doesn't really count as far as the rigours or the demands of a PhD goes. I've started trawling Jstor and a couple of other databases I can access through the State library while I ease into it all and I was wondering:
what are some of the crucial humanities texts that I've probably forgotten/missed in the past ten years?. The ones that are expected to be referred to in any thesis about gender, writing and identity, or humanities in general. I'm building my reading list/book list but don't have uni library privileges yet so I'm stuck with online/non-academic library access - unless it's something I should buy (aka Strunk and White, Judith Butler etc).
posted by geek anachronism
on Jan 11, 2013 -
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Should I change my major? Drop out of school to become a plumber or electrician? I need some advice.
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posted by bookman117
on Oct 14, 2012 -
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What qualifications do I need to teach humanities, beyond the normal education teachery qualifications? Victoria, Australia, to be specific. I am a Spanish/English methods teacher, but would love some more advice on applying for all those English/Humanities jobs out there.
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posted by titanium_geek
on Oct 4, 2012 -
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Is there an equivalent of "Nature" for the humanities and social sciences? I'm looking for a magazine or blog that curates notable scholarly papers from non-STEM disciplines (philosophy/sociology/psychology/cultural studies/etc) for a wider audience.
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posted by dontjumplarry
on Sep 17, 2012 -
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I'm about to begin a job search. Help me think of as many different jobs/fields/careers I could do. Special snowflake details inside.
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posted by Partario
on Aug 13, 2012 -
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In my last year of college I took a seminar course at my school's "humanities center," a small interdisciplinary program that mostly focused on continental philosophy. Some of my fondest memories of college are from that course. Where and how can I recapture something of that fantastic mindstorm?
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posted by Nomyte
on Jul 1, 2012 -
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Has anyone come across a Really Big List of [Author-/Poet-/Filmmaker-/Artist-/Musician-] Librarians?
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posted by activitystory
on Mar 27, 2012 -
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Is there an online community or forum for engineers (or engineering grad students) who majored in humanities in college?
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posted by elucydate
on Jan 23, 2012 -
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How the heck can I get a cool job in New York with (almost) a graduate degree and (almost) no professional experience?
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posted by Mooseli
on Nov 20, 2011 -
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What did you do the summer before you went on the academic job market? What do you wish you had done?
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posted by gerryblog
on Apr 21, 2011 -
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Who are some film directors, screenwriters, and TV showrunners who went to grad school in the humanities, or taught in humanities departments before going into show business?
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posted by Beardman
on Apr 7, 2011 -
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I have a good job as an academic that benefits my career each day that I am there. I am hooked into a pretty cool network of scholars. Yay... but my commute is a nightmare. I am interviewing for a full-time faculty position that I will like and that will make my commute enjoyable and that will allow me to do the kind of scholarship I want to do.... but it may stain my resume. Yes, it is a for-profit school, but I get the sense that it is "one of the good ones," to the degree that that is possible. (It's not a chain, it has been around for many decades, they are moving in the right direction in terms of best practices.)
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 25, 2010 -
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I'm looking for historic or documented examples of significant research discoveries that occurred as a product of serendipity–specifically in the humanities. Wikipedia's listing on
serendipity primarily lists scientific examples. Surely serendipitous discovery occurs in the humanities. What are the best examples?
posted by Toekneesan
on Aug 17, 2010 -
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QuarterLifeCrisisFilter: I've been thinking about my future career and considering going to grad school. I only have a vague idea of what I might like to study, but I know I want an advanced degree (preferably sooner rather than later). Is this a bad idea?
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posted by funfetti
on Jul 13, 2010 -
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So I'm trying my hand at an extra credit paper for a humanities class. It's about hunter-gatherer tribes that are in existence today. I've tried searching for them everywhere and all I've found are the Spinefex People of Australia, in which there is absolutely no information on. I also tried the freeganism movement until realizing that isn't what I'm supposed to be doing at all. So, the question is: do you know of any hunter-gatherer tribes that are in existence today?
posted by amiableamy
on Jul 9, 2010 -
24 answers
How common is it for competitive liberal arts applicants to
enter graduate school with outside scholarships?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 6, 2010 -
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Have you managed to turn an undergrad degree in the humanities/liberal arts into a satisfying and intellectually challenging career? Please tell me about it.
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posted by mellifluous
on Nov 25, 2009 -
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What should an extended abstract (in the humanities) look like? This is for philosophy in particular, though I assume it might be a similar style for other disciplines.
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posted by JoshSmith
on Sep 20, 2009 -
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Do American institutions of higher education collectively grant more doctorates annually in the arts and humanities than in the "hard" sciences (that is, biology, chemistry, physics, and for this discussion, mathematics)?
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posted by Prospero
on Apr 28, 2008 -
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How can I do well in my required college humanities class, despite serious motivational challenges?
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posted by lunchbox
on Oct 23, 2006 -
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I can graduate in a year with a BA in literature. That would make it 2.5 years start-to-finish. Should I double major and stick around longer, or can I move onto grad school with just this?
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posted by rfordh
on Mar 8, 2005 -
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