Now that you’ve thought about what work your prelims reading list is doing for you it’s time to actually draft the list. Remember that the reading list is a collaborative work between you and your committee, the structure of which Read more…
Welcome back to our February series on preparing for your prelims/field exams. Today we are addressing the first step in the prelim process: creating your prelim reading list. The next post in our series will address some best practices for Read more…
In my program, it is customary for students taking their prelim exams to kick off the blessed event by sending their committee a list of question they, the graduate student, thinks would be good questions for their exams. Some committees Read more…
As with all things related to a humanities PhD, requirements vary from program to program, department to department, school to school, and university to university. The advice contained in this column is not intended as a supplement for your graduate Read more…
We hope this list of resources is helpful to you. Weekly Roundup links are selected by the editors on two criteria. (1) We came across something published this week that we thought would be useful or (2) We came across Read more…
It’s application season! For all of you considering applying to a PhD program we’ve collected advice from around the web aimed at new PhDs. Why not collect advice on how to apply, you ask? Well, because there are other people Read more…
We hope this list of resources is helpful to you. Weekly Roundup links are selected by the editors on two criteria. (1) We came across something published this week that we thought would be useful or (2) We came across Read more…
We hope this list of resources is helpful to you. Weekly Roundup links are selected by the editors on two criteria. (1) We came across something published this week that we thought would be useful or (2) We came across Read more…
There are many things that academics are good at, but that’s not why this site exists. One thing that academics, particularly grad students, are bad at is practical goal setting. In the early days of an academic career, there is Read more…