Education? (What do you do?)

[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.

[Thaatu]

Archaeology, second year, focusing on Classical Archaeology.

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology. 4th Year.

May I ask where you study? "The Frozen North" sounds familiar. I'd really like to find a place where I could someday expand my studies to Near Eastern Archaeology or History.

[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.

[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?

[Karamazovmm]

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

Does anyone lives in Brazil?

[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]

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.

[Odoacro]

Well, I'm a Forester.

Bachelor (undergraduate) in Forestry (Forest Engineering) last year, and right now in a MSc. in Forest Policy and Economics. But apart my master, I'm unenployed...

Yet, every known friend of mine from high school wanted spank me, because I turned down History or Archeaology bachelors as options... but I rather prefer my passion for history to stay as a 'mistress', while I'm spoused to forests and environment trouble.

[ OT mode on ], I'd like to create a thread on the Grade_a_Beef line of study. Other theorie for some deserts in Middle-East claim to be the unprecedent and massive needs for resources as wood and fodder imposed by Alexander the Great Army, during his conquest. But, it's a theorie! [ OT mode off ]

And Seila, I'm from south Brasil, ok ?

Cheers !!!

[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

[vartan]

B.S. Chemical Engineering (and possibly Materials Science as well)

2nd year

-Vartan

[Cute Wolf]

It looks like for some oddities, EB attracts chemists....

[Apázlinemjó]

It looks like for some oddities, EB attracts chemists....

Yeah, more chemists play this game than historians...

[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

[Africanus]

Oy, you lads know how to make a guy feel old...

47 year old big kid and retired from an unrelated profession.

I've always been fascinated with ancient history - the Roman Empire in particular - and really got into reading more about it after I retired about four years ago.

I stumbled upon RTW about a year and a half ago, and have been addicted ever since. I've played several of the mods (kudos to all involved) and am currently running an EB 1.2 Romani campaign, so here I am.

[Scud]

BA Politics, first year. Not too much relevance to EB, apart from a few select people and events from the classical period, like the impact of Thucydides (father of realism), Socrates, Plato and the whole concept of Athenian democracy (which comes up again in lectures I think I might scream) on more modern political issues.

[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.

[Phalanx300]

I wondered about doing something with History and still am but there simply isn't a job that would fit me what you can use it for.

[bobbin]

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.

Ah ok i get what your saying there, my course is similar except its divided up into physical, organic and inorganic chemistry each with their own set of lab experiments. Personally i'm hoping to specialise in materials science when i get my Honours (writing my dissertation right now) then probably go on and do a Masters or PHD depending on my grade.

[Roka]

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?

good university that

[abou]

Major in Biology, Minors in Chemistry and Latin.

Currently studying veterinary medicine at the Royal Dick.

[Brennus]

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 haven't seen any of their history department, sorry. But why be an historian when you could be an archaeologist? So much more depth. They way I like to look at it is the historian can read Caesar's Gallic Wars and say what the Aedui were doing in 54BC. The archaeologist can tell you what they had been wearing, eating and how healthy they were in 54BC.

Without the archaeological evidence EB would very bland, the Sauromatae, early Saka, Casse, Lusotann and for the most part the Aedui, Arverni and Sweboz would probably be just as generic as the "barbarians" in RTW vanilla. Not to offend the historians amongst us, without you the Hellenic factions and Roma would be very lacking, I just prefer knowing what individuals wore in antiquity rather than where they were.

[Silence Hunter]

BA in International Business, Finance and Economics 2nd year. It's not really related to history, but I was always interested in business as a profession to make money for living. History, on the other hand, is a passion and a hobby - something to relax after uni.

Though you can find some relation between business and history. For example Sun Tzu's Art of War is used as reading for business strategy. We also do quite some stuff with tactics and strategy and these are my favourite bits. They are in a way a blend of business and history.

[Rahwana]

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.

Nah... in my univ, the theoritical chemistry was merely how to difference chemichal engineering with chemistry....

Both I and CW works on lab... but only I get computation experiment (for calculating some radioactive decays, molecules interaction on time, and more damn subjects...), CW works mostly on lab, and AFAIK didn't take computational science at all (excepting becomes the network administrator last year so he could get the lan to play multiplayers).

[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...