Resources for Graduate Students
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Are All Graduate Student Conferences Created Equal?
Viewpoints
Paul Braff | May 6, 2019
They can be great tools for professionalization, but organizers should play to their own strengths. -
What I Wish I’d Known Then
From the President
John R. McNeill | Jan 11, 2019
The fear of asking for help can hold you back. -
Townhouse Notes: FAQs about Where Historians Work
From the Editor
Allison Miller | Sep 4, 2018
We’ve got answers to your questions about our careers database. -
Searching for Jobs outside the Academy?
Perspectives Daily
Christina Copland | Jul 30, 2018
There’s no one, direct route to getting a nonacademic job.
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Teaching Career Diversity through Informational Interviews
Purnima Dhavan | Jul 16, 2018
Informational interviews form the core of Purnima Dhavan's graduate professionalization seminar. -
Every Historian Counts
Emily Swafford and Dylan Ruediger | Jul 9, 2018
We broke down employment trends by gender, field specialization, department, and more. You can too. -
Making Historians in the Archive
Christina Copland | May 14, 2018
Archival research, which often requires visiting depositories around the globe, plays a major role in shaping our identity as historians.... -
Spring Cleaning Tip #1
Christina Copland | Apr 9, 2018
Success in academia, writes Christina Copland, is often unrelated to the merits of one's scholarship. Yet, the meritocracy myth encourages graduate students to think otherwise. -
Letter to a Prospective History Graduate Student
Christina Copland | Mar 5, 2018
Christina Copland advises prospective history graduate students to think carefully about what they can do from day one to get...
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