Last week we posted the video ” So You Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities? ,” which humorously cautioned students about what they could expect if they pursued a doctorate. My fellow FT blogger Matthew Milliner , a Ph.D student in Art History at Princeton, produced a response video. While it wouldn’t persuade me to send in my grad school application, some people might find it a refreshing counterbalance.
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