On This Date In History: 1773

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[bkmtnittany1]

So glad it wasn't 342 kegs of beer! Colonists would have drunk it first!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Thanks, As a fellow history geek, albeit a jr history geek compared to you, have you ever thought of a grad degree when you retire? We have a family friend who went back to school after he retired from a full career in the aerospace industry.

William & Mary has one of the best colonial history grad programs. It sounds like it is right down your alley.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler Department of History Graduate Program

www.wm.edu

I have considered it. I've also considered writing a few history books, though that's generally easier to do if you have PhD in history. My suspicion is that I'll just continue reading books on the subject, and partaking of history lectures, but who knows for sure.

W&M does have a great program. I believe that Karin Wulf is a professor in their program, and she's a historian that I do follow.

 

[Woodpecker]

I have considered it. I've also considered writing a few history books, though that's generally easier to do if you have PhD in history. My suspicion is that I'll just continue reading books on the subject, and partaking of history lectures, but who knows for sure.

W&M does have a great program. I believe that Karin Wulf is a professor in their program, and she's a historian that I do follow.

You could write about all of the behind-the-scenes recruiting drama that you've witnessed ... like what really went on with Illi's quest for a monitor position or the deleted posts that put longtime board members in "Tom's Doghouse" for a several month suspension. No PhD needed.

 

[MacNit07]

I have considered it. I've also considered writing a few history books, though that's generally easier to do if you have PhD in history. My suspicion is that I'll just continue reading books on the subject, and partaking of history lectures, but who knows for sure.

W&M does have a great program. I believe that Karin Wulf is a professor in their program, and she's a historian that I do follow.

Tom, have a very close friend and former colleague - retired aero quality engineer from General Electric - who shares a passion for history. He has returned to University for an advanced degree in History. He is absolutely loving it! If you ever decide to pursue this, let me know - I’d be happy to connect you for a reference on the experience.

 

[fairgambit]

So glad it wasn't 342 kegs of beer! Colonists would have drunk it first!

And then it would have been a Pee Party.😁

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Never realized it apparently turned into an iced tea party. 🆒

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Hey Woody.....que “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha. 😉

 

[LionJim]

I have considered it. I've also considered writing a few history books, though that's generally easier to do if you have PhD in history. My suspicion is that I'll just continue reading books on the subject, and partaking of history lectures, but who knows for sure.

W&M does have a great program. I believe that Karin Wulf is a professor in their program, and she's a historian that I do follow.

@Tom McAndrew, here's my (perhaps insufficiently informed) take:

A PhD should be a means to an end, not an end in itself. The only real benefit in you getting a PhD would be that you would be interacting with a whole bunch of young, talented, driven people who are absolutely gaga about history and would like nothing better than to talk to you about it. You probably already experience this, as you "partake in history lectures." The historians I know from my university, with one exception, noted below, the topics of their dissertation research are extremely narrow (for example, public education in France between the world wars). I suspect that your field of concentration, the Revolutionary War, has been done to death.

In typing this, it occurred to me that I'm not saying anything you don't already know and haven't already considered. I'll go ahead and post so as to educate anyone who might not be up to speed on this.

The one exception is the late Anne Butler, who wrote about prostitution in the American West. Damn, a great topic and she wrote a very fine book about this.

It's nice to have the prestige of a PhD and be able to make small talk in cocktail parties about mathematics or history. People at my gym are usually amazed to find that I have a PhD in mathematics (I'm usually one of the very few deaf people they know, which is part of it), and that's nice, good for a smile. But, really, they are much more impressed when I tell them that I graduated Neshaminy; some have fainted dead away when I've told them this. I've learned to keep this to myself, just as I wouldn't tell them I'd won the lottery.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

But, really, they are much more impressed when I tell them that I graduated Neshaminy; some have fainted dead away when I've told them this. I've learned to keep this to myself, just as I wouldn't tell them I'd won the lottery.

lol, a nice ending to your post. I share their amazement that you were able to accomplish anything with your HS background.