graduate school

Should You Go to Graduate School?

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 22, 2017

Let's talk about graduate school. I've spent this year as the Interim Director of Graduate Studies in my department as the usual director is on sabbatical. Speaking of which, I have one more week of teaching until I start my sabbatical. Yes, I am going...

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The Graduate Program

By Erik Loomis

On April 22, 2015

Should people in History Ph.D. programs stop taking students because of the job crisis? American Historical Association president Vicki Ruiz is making that decision: I remain hopeful that our efforts.

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The Eleventh Commandment of Graduate School: Be Nice to People!

By Erik Loomis

On August 26, 2013

Claire Potter has her Ten Commandments of Graduate School, all of which I recommend highly. Thou shalt not rack up unnecessary credit card debt. You may need to take out.

I gather that you are a freshman here, eager for an upperclassman’s counsel. However, just at the moment, I have drinking to do.

By davenoon

In Uncategorized

On March 3, 2008

News flash: Great writers often partake of the sauce:Prudent writers learn to take more out of drink than it takes out of them. Kingsley Amis, in a 1975 interview, prescribed a glass of Scotch as an "artistic icebreaker." John Mortimer told the New York Times...