Education? (What do you do?)

[Scipio Germanicus]

I'm a Social Sciences major with a minor in Secondary Education.

[kekailoa]

I'm a first year university student transplanted from Hawaii to Victoria, BC. I'm studying anthropology with hopes to get into archaeology. I'd really like to specialize in Iron Age Northern Europe, and possibly Iberia too.

[Duguntz]

Guys, here's the punch! none will guess!

4th (and last, finally!) year at the national conservatory of Bucharest, I study classical music, I'm an opera signer, Kavalier Bariton (type of voice).

History is an hobby, along with medieval sword fighting, and jousting... a minute of silence for a jousting horse that died this summer... He was a nice bro... i also participate in non-professional rodeos and physicly train a lot (to help for the opera signing)...

[Urg]

Guys, here's the punch! none will guess!

4th (and last, finally!) year at the national conservatory of Bucharest, I study classical music, I'm an opera signer, Kavalier Bariton (type of voice).

History is an hobby, along with medieval sword fighting, and jousting... a minute of silence for a jousting horse that died this summer... He was a nice bro... i also participate in non-professional rodeos and physicly train a lot (to help for the opera signing)...

Wow!!! I'm impressed.

[Macilrille]

Poor you and poor horse.

One of my best female friends is an opera singer, she trains for 3-4 hours 5+ days a week.

[bobbin]

The same here. I study chemistry, I am interested in theoretical/computational/quantum/physical chemistry and I would like to continue in this field. History, especially ancient and medieval is my hobby.
Dude, I hope we will meet at some conference.

Hope that my research on inorganic catalysis brings me to some kind of confrence

I study theoritical chemistry, 3th year, and has a major interest of historical based lectures (take outside lectures such as history and archeology)... Want to have a research on determining compositions of ancient artifacts... well, at least I made my education suits some of my hobbies at all... you need to determine whether the romans are collapsed from lead poisoning or not eh? an interesting topic of research... sadly I only can study local artifacts here... so I think I'll try to apply scholarship at europe... so I could study roman ruins...

If we do all meet at a conference (my intrests are similar to Andronikos) its would to be a pretty weird one

ps whats the difference between theoretical chemistry and just plain chemistry? I'm assumng its just a different name as we're likely studying the same stuff.

[Andronikos]

If we do all meet at a conference (my intrests are similar to Andronikos) its would to be a pretty weird one

ps whats the difference between theoretical chemistry and just plain chemistry? I'm assumng its just a different name as we're likely studying the same stuff.

That would be great.

Theoretical chemistry is synonym (not 100 %) for quantum chem., computational chem. or chemical physics. That is use of quantum theory (not only) and computers for investigation of chemical phenomena. It doesn't involve working in a lab.
I study plain chemistry too, my major is called chemistry and I have lectures from organic, inorganic, analytical chem., physics, maths... and I have laboratory practice too, but after I receive bachelor degree, I will have to choose specialisation like organics, inorganics and so on. And I want to choose theoretical chemistry.

[Duguntz]

Poor you and poor horse.

One of my best female friends is an opera singer, she trains for 3-4 hours 5+ days a week.

Thanks for the care!

and for the opera training, that's correct, it is a lot! you see, the vocals cords ang laringe are muscle that takes way more time to develop than other muscles, and get tired quiet fast, without proper training. I practice qbout 2 to 3 hours a day. for 23 years old, that's quiet good... but the male voice is really mature only after 30, when it gets full expension ans strengh of muscle... but he, as my opera director says : if you wanna carrier in the, you must eat it on your bread! well, in fact, just as any other carrier, if you really want it, you have to put all you got and you get what you want! I think that everyone here on this forum make their studies or jobs out of their passion, as I see so many scientist and archeologists! it's the beauty of it!

Wow!!! I'm impressed.

Fact is that, since in Romania, singners are more ''classicly'' educated (attitude talking, not the voice! of corse, we're trained classical way for the voice!), it made me realize how close-minded people can be sometime, and I really didn't wanted my life to be closed on 1 thing! some people consider themself lucky to have a passion in life... I have dozens! but.. I don't have enough of only 1 life to do all what I want! the secret is, love the life and she'll love you!

to frontline1944 : nothing against Romania! I wouldn't be there for 4 years otherwise! when I say many are closed-minded, i'm not talkin' about romanians, but people in general! I just wanted to clarify!

[Brennus]

Wow, i certainly didn't expect so many scientists. Well personally i am studying for my masters in Archaeology, mainly specialising in Celtic archaeology. Yes, kekailo, I am living the dream!

[Rahwana]

I study theoritical chemistry, 3th year, and has a major interest of historical based lectures (take outside lectures such as history and archeology)... Want to have a research on determining compositions of ancient artifacts... well, at least I made my education suits some of my hobbies at all... you need to determine whether the romans are collapsed from lead poisoning or not eh? an interesting topic of research... sadly I only can study local artifacts here... so I think I'll try to apply scholarship at europe... so I could study roman ruins...

[alexanderthegreater]

BA History, first year. Its nice, but the classes start to early (9:00 AM, the sadists) at which point im a zombie.

[Owen Glyndwr]

I'm a first year with proposed major of history with a minor in linguistics. I'm most likely going to place my emphasis on Europe, looking at particularly the Ancient World. I have aspirations to go on to grad school, receive my PhD, and become a college professor.

[Mediolanicus]

First year MA law student in the university of Ghent. Specialization in international and european law.

[Karamazovmm]

I have a BA in International Relations and I'm in third year of a BA in Economics...

Does anyone lives in Brazil?

[Scutarii]

Yet aother Chemist here, 3rd year masters at Bath Uni in the UK. Specialised in drug design and planning my research into Enzymatic Biosynthesis, mainly because I want to see how to use enzymes for quick, easy and natural drug production and metabolism. Some of the most effective drugs out there start off inert in the body, are converted to an active form by enzymes in the target part of the body and then broken down again by other enzymes so they basically never have a chance to cause damage elsewhere.

History is a hobby for me, I'm a real fan of low fantasy and classical age Europe is basically the real world version of that!

We should get a running tally of who does what...

[WarpGhost]

I did Applied Physics at uni; history (especially ancient period) is a hobby.

[Seneca]

I have a BA in the history of ideas/thinking, and will shortly be completing a BA in PR and communication.

[Aitcho]

I'm gonna buck the trend here: I'm 32, a Music Producer and Music Technology graduate and lecturer and know absolutely nothing about the time period apart from studying at Roman Britain aged 12. I always had toy soldiers and played Warhammer 40k and used to dream of a day when you could have real battles on a computer so I guess that's why I play.

[applebreath]

At the moment, a full-time bum...

[Yeos]

I studying Business Management Accounting, completely unrelated to EB. I kind of have an interest in historical stuff, especially in war stuff. I also love telling them to people in detail about these history stuff. ^^

I wonder why I didn't go for historical subject and jobs.....

[Gabicho]

I studied economy and i'm doing my master's degree on political economy, 3rd semester.

[Hax]

Didn't like Leuven?
Nah Leiden is a great university and good choice for subjects such as these. They even teach Sabaic there and have the third biggest collection of Sabaic texts, which they will finally publish soon, lol! (Which absolutely silly as the man working on it was a prof. from Leuven) I'm becomming quite the history nerd it appears...

Either way good luck with your studies in Leiden and perhaps we stumble on each other there if I ever get the pleasure to get acces to Leiden universities library and/or text collection.

I'm afraid I didn't have a chance to visit Leuven as I had another appointment that day. However, I spoke with the professor of Sinology, and he said that Leiden has a larger library and a bigger staff, so it would be more logical for me to come there. Also, it's close by!

I'm intrigued by the fact that they have so many Sabaic texts, as I thought that pre-Islamic history was pretty limited..that's very interesting. Perhaps we'll meet one day! I think there are some other EB-ers hanging around at Leiden as well!

[Macilrille]

I studied economy and i'm doing my master's degree on political economy, 3rd semester.

I just finished basic economics as part of Political Science, you study it by choice? Get help! ;-)
Job prospects are good, pretty depressing to actually understand what the politicians are doing to alleviate the crisis is not at all helpful though (at least here in Denmark).

BTW, on a related note, I am considering a Ph.D. in Viking and Medieval history (since that is my speciality); any of you with a local uni with good prospects of getting that? I was thinking of Leeds, but they are more into the study of "The Other" in Merovingian and Carolingian times at the moment.

[kekailoa]

Wow, i certainly didn't expect so many scientists. Well personally i am studying for my masters in Archaeology, mainly specialising in Celtic archaeology. Yes, kekailo, I am living the dream!

Sounds pretty much exactly what I want to do. Where are you studying?

[Brennus]

Sounds pretty much exactly what I want to do. Where are you studying?

Currently at Edinburgh, did my undergraduate in Belfast. Think I may be getting into the La Tene period too much these days, even look like a Gaul now. lol. Where are you?

[Olimpian]

Medicine - 2nd year.

[Ludens]

Medical biology, specializing in neurobiology. I graduated last year and am now looking for a job as researcher.

[kekailoa]

Currently at Edinburgh, did my undergraduate in Belfast. Think I may be getting into the La Tene period too much these days, even look like a Gaul now. lol. Where are you?

Geez, you're in one of the best places possible. I'm currently at University of Victoria, and just moved here a couple months ago from home. There's good archaeology programs up here, but all focused on the First Nations program. I'd really like to transfer to possibly somewhere in Western Europe, but I don't really know where to go.

[seienchin]

Japan studies, German as a foreign language and business. All 2nd year...
My father is history teacher and everybody expected me to study history, because as a I child i used to only read history books and always got the best history grades but well, now its just a hobby

[I Am Herenow]

BA History, first year.

Nice - where?

Currently at Edinburgh

Interesting - do they have a good History department? I know it's not your subject, but you might have had a look around or something.

I Am Herenow