tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post7004438376468723860..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: How to Succeed in a PhD program in the HumanitiesJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-76201953570692426922012-12-19T08:53:22.946-06:002012-12-19T08:53:22.946-06:00No. Don't do that.No. Don't do that. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-6021778116037986712012-12-19T02:32:25.172-06:002012-12-19T02:32:25.172-06:00I'd also add be prepared to play academic poli...I'd also add be prepared to play academic politics brilliantly from Day 1 or if you don't know them be prepared to learn them as you go. But once you've mastered the skills you'll be set for life since it's well known that academic politics is the worst since there is so little to gain. antheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269725364477824869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-90596962633900451442012-12-08T12:55:47.845-06:002012-12-08T12:55:47.845-06:00"... if the student has not read more than tw..."... if the student has not read more than two or three novels in Spanish."<br /><br />Hmmm, I guess you *can* finagle your undergraduate electives so as to avoid that kind of reading. Ours can't avoid the Quijote or the Boom novel, and I keep giving 19th century, so maybe we are a good program even though I consider us spotty.<br /><br />It occurs to me we should make a reading Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-45141410600201998122012-12-07T15:27:42.417-06:002012-12-07T15:27:42.417-06:00Some are prepared, but the undergraduate degree is...Some are prepared, but the undergraduate degree is not enough for quite a lot of them. I should have said the undergraduate degree in Spanish is not necessarily sufficient preparation if the student has not read more than two or three novels in Spanish. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-85841994181643004672012-12-07T12:43:09.944-06:002012-12-07T12:43:09.944-06:00"The undergraduate degree in Spanish does not..."The undergraduate degree in Spanish does not prepare you for graduate work."<br /><br />This gives me pause as I did not know it. I thought only the ones we don't think are prepared for graduate work, aren't prepared.<br /><br />Knowing this I want to advertise the MA in Hispanic Studies at LSU, seriously, nationwide. It will take people who are not really ready for a PhD Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-10996309618258910092012-12-06T14:24:49.529-06:002012-12-06T14:24:49.529-06:00I have another piece of advice: remember that your...I have another piece of advice: remember that your job application process for a tenure-track job does not start in the last year of your PhD program. It starts on the very first day of it. You need to start constructing your CV from Day 1. Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.com