So You Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities?

in Comedy, Education | October 28th, 2010 7 Comments

So if you want the full case against getting a PhD in the humanities, here you go. Every argument the disillusioned academic can possibly make now packed into one semi-comic video. If you’re in the humanities, the litany of complaints, whether fair or not, will hardly be unfamiliar to you.

Now on a more serious note … Towards the end, the video references SUNY Albany’s recent decision to shutter its French, Italian, classics, Russian and theater programs. That event that triggered a much-discussed series of articles by Stanley Fish in The New York Times. If you’re looking for something that operates on a slightly higher intellectual plane, you might want to spend some time with “The Crisis of the Humanities Officially Arrives: Part 1 and Part 2.” Also don’t miss some of the reader comments. They bring a lot to the discussion. Thanks Jason for sending our way…

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  1. Shelley says . . . | October 28, 2010 / 10:40 am

    Is it going to end up like Farenheit 451 with a small community of people reading these books in secret and passing them on samizdat style?

  2. quocanh says . . . | October 31, 2010 / 10:25 pm

    This is a great help for reconsideration. I just registered for PhD program in history!

  3. Aetisham Ahmad Malik says . . . | September 7, 2011 / 5:43 am

    Ihave been Passed MPHIL( Human Rights ) from Global Open Univesity Nagaland and want PHD ( Human Rights )

  4. Aetisham Ahmad Malik says . . . | September 7, 2011 / 5:44 am

    I want PHD (human Rights )

  5. S. P. Yadav says . . . | January 25, 2012 / 8:33 am

    I want ph.d in human rights. Please give me information.

  6. S. P. Yadav says . . . | January 25, 2012 / 8:35 am

    I want ph.d in human rights. Please give me information. Jan.2012

  7. S. P. Yadav says . . . | January 25, 2012 / 8:36 am

    I want ph.d Please give me information. Jan.2012

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