Course Description
This professionalization seminar offers graduate students hands-on preparation for launching careers as historians in the academy and other settings. The course covers the trajectory of career development from conference paper submissions to job application dossiers.
Athena Title
Professional Development
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
Students will: (1) become acquainted with the current academic and post- academic job markets (2) prepare employment dossiers tailored to particular goals (3) acquire job-market skills from networking to interviewing to delivering job talks
Topical Outline
1. Academic Writing: assessing audiences, editing and revising, responding to referees, how and when to publish 2. Academic conferences: crafting and submitting proposals, condensing research papers into engaging presentations 3. Funding and applying for research fellowships and grants 4. Fine-tuning resumes and curriculum vitae 5. Teaching portfolios 6. Career diversity: universities, government, and private sector 7. Entering the job market: search strategies, networking etiquette, cover letters, job talks, and mock lectures
Syllabus
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