re: Hopping the Pond by lsuknight

September 26, 2006 09:50 AM

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dear internet,

When I finish my PhD in medieval studies, should I stay in the UK and try and find a job here, where I feel more at home, and in closer proximity to the primary sources of my research, or return to the US, so that I can be closer to my family, and hope for generous grants to do short research trips and attend conferences in the UK?

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Stay you daft bloke (42 votes)
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Go home, yankee (1 vote)
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Forget Britain and America, move to _______ (comment) (3 votes)
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Go wherever you can get a job at a university, and good luck (33 votes)
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  • appleblossombeck says:

    My history dept just got a medievalist, and the poor guy is from Canada--he moved to West Virginia. Fair bit of culture shock there, I think. Anyway, my dept has hired 5 new professors, all of them tenure track, just this year--and only two people retired recently. They all say that the job market for history profs here is exploding, at the national conference I read about new phds who literally got more offers than they had time to interview for. So, if you do come to the US, I'd say you stand a pretty good chance of getting a decent job. Good luck!

    Sep 26, 2006 11:23 AM
  • neal says:

    austrialians still live like medieval brits, they wear armour and have jousting contests ever other weekend.

    Sep 26, 2006 12:59 PM
  • neal says:

    and do magic.

    Sep 26, 2006 12:59 PM
  • fiercenailbunny says:

    Hey, we do that in the US too, there is just a large majority in this country that also doesn't seem to have any respect for history.

    Sep 27, 2006 12:54 AM
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