Year One
05/03/2010 21:40
So my first year of the PhD program is pretty much over. I’m getting to work on the big reading project I’ve been flirting with this semester. I’ll probably post a different, much more comprehensive reading list in the next few days, and then tick the books off (and say something about them) as I go through them. For each of the fields, I guess. Although I completely expect the lists to be tentative pretty much up to the time (less than a year from now) when I take my field exams.
I’ll be reading some of the US History titles with a couple of other people in the program who are doing American fields. That’ll be fun. And I’m trying to do this reading in parallel with my research, because I think the two processes complement each other. But I’m not saying much about the dissertation/book until it’s pretty much done and sold...which I’ve gotta say, feels unnatural. But is probably the prudent way to go. Write, but don’t post. Weird. Tags: UMass
