Comments on: Professional Skills for Ancient Historians, Classicists and Archaeologists http://loveofhistory.com/professional-skills-for-ancient-historians-classicists-and-archaeologists/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Dean Croxon http://loveofhistory.com/professional-skills-for-ancient-historians-classicists-and-archaeologists/#comment-165 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:25:02 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=139#comment-165 This blog has been very encouraging to me in times when I have begun to doubt my choice in study and subsequent career opportunities.
I am about to undertake a degree in Ancient History in Sydney, Australia and have found this blog post, as well as another of yours on career prospects, integral in recent times in reaffirming my decision to follow what I once considered only a hobby and past time into what could be a career I only ever dreamed of.

Thank you for these blog posts; my love of history and research and my yearning to work overseas and experience other cultures has been, in part, strengthened by what you have had to say. It is encouraging to learn that my other passion (being a geek) can be very helpful in my further endeavours and that my degree opens up many other diverse career paths, other than those directly tied to history.

]]> By: constantinakatsari http://loveofhistory.com/professional-skills-for-ancient-historians-classicists-and-archaeologists/#comment-164 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:16:54 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=139#comment-164 You are refering to UCL practices of almost a decade ago. The School of Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester follows different practices. Only the Hand of God may save the culprit who does not submit his/her essay on time! And I mean it!

]]> By: Manolis http://loveofhistory.com/professional-skills-for-ancient-historians-classicists-and-archaeologists/#comment-163 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:56:32 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=139#comment-163 Unfortunately, I can’t mention any other skills. But I will write about one that you mentioned. The “meeting deadlines” skill. When I was studying for my MA 11 years ago, we had to write 9 essays over the academic season. So we had 9 deadlines each. There were 13 students in the classroom, including me. So that makes 13×9=117 deadlines. Do you know how many of these deadlines were actually met? Only 10-15, including my three. I felt like an idiot, trying to write a good paper under pressure, when pretty much eveyone else was like “no rush, we have time”. So I would leave this skill out of the list!

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