This past week the Trump administration released its full budget proposal for 2018. The timing was ironic, since this proposal, which would eliminate crucial sources of funding for international education, came out while the president was in the middle of his first overseas trip. Doing away with Title VI and Fulbright-Hays funding would cripple our […]
Continue reading →Imagine a historian. What do his/her surroundings look like? Is he/she surrounded by coworkers in a bustling work environment? Or is he/she sitting alone at a desk, kept company by stacks of books? If your imagination conjured something closer to the latter image, you’re not alone. PhD students, and historians in particular, often work in […]
Continue reading →Many friends and family know that my wife and I are planning to spend 2016-17 in China while I do research for my dissertation. Those who have asked entirely reasonable questions, like “How long will you be there?” Or “How are your preparations coming?” have often met with altogether abbreviated, unsatisfactory, and, on at least […]
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