Career Paths
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From the Lecture Hall to the Office Suite
David Merkowitz | Sep 1, 2015
Once, I was offered a ream of paper instead of an office. Once, I encountered my students while on t... -
A Historian in a Professional School of Politics
Matthew Dallek | Jan 1, 2015
Credit: John BrandtMy career path is one that I could never have envisioned when I began graduate sc... -
From Academia to a Think Tank: Reflections on How to Be Lucky
Ted Bromund | Dec 1, 2014
I wanted to be a professor. It wasn’t so much a goal as an assumption. My father was a professor, so... -
History as Preparation for a Career in Business
Jack Cumming | Nov 1, 2014
My career illustrates an opportunity that historians and humanists often overlook by leaving the pre... -
Launching Pad—PhD, Target—TBD
Robert Oxnam | Oct 1, 2014
In the late 1960s, when I was wavering about my Yale doctoral studies in Chinese history, my mentor,... -
The Edges of History
Clifford Adelman | Sep 2, 2014
Was I a good history student as an undergraduate? Yes. Did I major in history? No, English. Was I a ... -
What I Do: Historians Talk about Their Work
Staff | May 1, 2014
For the past nine months we have been talking to historians who work outside the academy and posting... -
What I Learned at AHA 2014
Lauren Apter Bairnsfather | May 1, 2014
I was an official participant in two organized activities at the annual meeting in January: Intervie... -
A Historian in the World of Investments
Chris McNickle | Mar 1, 2014
The typical career for a history PhD is presumed to be a university-level teaching job, but I ended ... -
A New Course
Joshua Wolff | Jan 1, 2014
I first discovered my passion for history when studying the Civil War in the sixth grade. The causes...
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