Education? (What do you do?)

[Tux]

Studying programming, Computer Science departement, 3rd year now and one more to go. But like most of you history is one of my hobbies.

[Maion Maroneios]

I study Physics (completely unrelated, I know :P), even though I have a genuine interest in history.

[Duguntz]

I just finished (just as in : TODAY! I had my diploma ceremony!!!!!) music higher studies at the National Conservatory of Bucharest

[Joszen1]

Reading for a PhD in psychology up here in South Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal). I work as a intervention developer and evaluator, specifically to prevent HIV infection of young people at the moment. History is just something I do because it is cool.

[stratigos vasilios]

I just finished (just as in : TODAY! I had my diploma ceremony!!!!!) music higher studies at the National Conservatory of Bucharest

Congratulations Duguntz, good work buddy. Well earnt!

[Cambyses]

Currently doing an MA in Greek and Roman Archaeology. My BA was in plain old Ancient History.

[paleologos]

Congratulations Duguntz, good work buddy. Well earnt!

I'llsecond that Duguntz, congratulations!

[Tux]

If you wan't to congratulate someone you can do it via a PM. There's no need to post it here when its not related to the main topic.

[vartan]

Ortilochus, I tried to send you an invitation, but it failed, so I suppose, that Junior Members can't join groups, just wait for a while, I will invite both you and Iain. later.

Have you been too busy pouring the acid first and the water second? haha. Haven't seen you around.

[Andronikos]

You know, exams. But as soon I get results from the last one, I will post here more often (and of course to the chemists group).

Maion, which branch of physics?

[Teucer]

BA in Classics

MA in Classical archaeology (Roman in particular)

I've been off for a year, but in the fall I begin work on a PhD in Roman history... say goodbye to playing EB for a while...

[Iain.]

Which uni are you going to?

I'm going to Strathclyde University, in Glasgow.

[Hax]

I'm in my final year of high school, and will study Sinology at the University of Leiden next year, one of the best to be found in Europe for Oriental stuff.

In a couple o' years, I hope to be ordained as a Buddhist monk, but we'll see how that goes.

[Duguntz]

Thanks a lot Stratigos Vasilios and zcb888 :D Tux, sorry, I didn't intended to disrupt the thread! ya know... it just had to go out, just had to say it :)))

[Tux]

Thanks a lot Stratigos Vasilios and zcb888 :D Tux, sorry, I didn't intended to disrupt the thread! ya know... it just had to go out, just had to say it :)))

Don't worry as you didn't. You posted something related to the main topic but I think that some things, like that, can be said privately.

[Qvintvs]

I suppose playing EB would be my biggest and closest activity out there

[Brennus]

lol I love it when my near-dead threads come back to life.

[vartan]

lol I love it when my near-dead threads come back to life.

[Moros]

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.

Well that's not really true. A good classical historian, especially when not studying the Romans or Hellenes, uses Archeology rather a lot. When studying ancient history the boundaries between history and archeology often (depending on the subject) get thin. Eitherway I'm not satisfied with either mere knowledge of Archeology nor History.

Doing what should have been, but isn't going to be, my final year as a Bachelor student of History (classical age) with a minor in Archeology and art history. Tough I only took Archeology courses. Going for a Masters in history and probably going to be a highschool teacher afterwards while trying to get my Master in Archeology as well. Hoping one day to be able to at least contribute a little writing on Pre-Islamic Arabia. (Funny how two years ago I barely knew anything about it and never tought it'd become my pet subject.) PRobably I'll end up like my father and getting some extra degrees when retired as well, probably either or both anthropolgy and theoretical physics.

[Moros]

I'm in my final year of high school, and will study Sinology at the University of Leiden next year, one of the best to be found in Europe for Oriental stuff.

In a couple o' years, I hope to be ordained as a Buddhist monk, but we'll see how that goes.

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.

[bobbin]

I'm going to Strathclyde University, in Glasgow.

I just finished my honours degree in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, so good luck to you! (and always go to your tutorials, they really are the best way to learn things)

[Gabicho]

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

[Maion Maroneios]

Maion, which branch of physics?

Erhm, standard undergraduate Physics curricula cover almost all topics of classical and modern Physics. I'm not a post-graduate student, so I'm not specializing in any specific branch yet.

[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!

[Badass Buddha]

I regret to say that I only have a High School diploma, with no real plans to pursue further education. Due to intense laziness and some... rough times as a teenager, I posses neither the grades, nor the standardized test scores to enter a good college; never mind the whole financial aspect of that endeavor. However, if I were to enroll in an institution of higher education, the most plausible majors for me, considering my interests, would be history, archaeology, or biology. A degree in English would be a distant fourth, if only because I do not hold that major in particularly high regard compared to the others when it comes to job prospects, despite my love of writing. Ironically, my fifth choice for a major would be mathematics, despite my utter ineptitude at any field of mathematics more advanced or difficult than geometry.

Of course, my sub-par performance in mathematics could be chalked up to my teachers, all of whom failed in making the material they taught seem relevant to my life. Still, I'm not entirely sure if it's that, a genuine weakness in my mathematical capabilities, or both. In any case, it's a pretty big hurdle in regards to gaining a degree in any math-heavy field.

...

On a final note, I believe that years of exposure to the internet has literally sapped my intelligence. It's a miracle I can even type in complete sentences with (semi)proper grammar and spelling.

There's always community college. That's what I'm doing, for I too messed around in high school. For the non-Americans here, community college is where you go if you have bad test scores or can't afford real college, and is depressing as hell.

[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.

[Phalanx300]

When I finish this year then I just have to do one more year at secondary school, then I plan to study Civil Engineering here at Utrecht. Not University level though, I don't have the right subjects for it...

[Moros]

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!

En op onderwijsgebied?

“Daarin staat een heel interessant project op stapel: er wordt een jaar gewijd aan pre-islamitisch Arabië en de vraag waarom de islam daar in de zevende eeuw ontstond. Door het hele jaar heen komen verschillende disciplines samen en zal er in verschillende vakken veel aandacht zijn voor die periode. Omdat je niet alle expertise over het ontstaan van de islam in huis kunt hebben, komen er verschillende docenten en onderzoekers uit het buitenland. Zo wil ik een bekende wetenschapper uit Oxford voor een lezingenreeks twee maanden naar Leiden halen. Daarnaast zullen er workshops met andere internationale wetenschappers georganiseerd worden. Het internationale netwerk wordt steeds belangrijker in het onderwijs. Het is voor studenten natuurlijk geweldig om intensieve workshops van topwetenschappers te krijgen. Trouwens, ook van buiten de universiteit is er aandacht voor pre-islamitisch Arabië: het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden heeft plannen er een tentoonstelling aan wijden.”

Bron: http://hum.leidenuniv.nl/medewerkers...teijn-308.html, 30-05-2008.

De kans is Reëel dat als ik voor zulke dingen, indien ik het op tijd weet echt wel af kom. Dat is tenminste niet zo onhaalbaar, moeilijk en duur als naar Londen gaan.

[Hax]

De kans is Reëel dat als ik voor zulke dingen, indien ik het op tijd weet echt wel af kom. Dat is tenminste niet zo onhaalbaar, moeilijk en duur als naar Londen gaan.

Dat moet je zeker doen. Dan rapen we wel het halve Nederlandse fora bij elkaar om samen wat te gaan drinken ofzoiets.

[GenosseGeneral]

student who is heading towards his exam with a heavy focus on sciences in 2012. So also more a pragmatist, since it will be much easier to get a job as some kind of engineer than to get one as historian... which many people saw as my goal when i was smalll and telling them that stuff i read in those history books for kids. History is for me also more some kind of hobby thing i am interested in, but see no chances for getting a job. I think I decided that way because German newspaers are always complaining about the lack and coming lack of educated professionals, especially for the industry.