The Public Historian [gradstudent]

a delirious p.h. graduate student's response to school, work, and life

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When you & your grad school cohorts seriously question your life direction 6 months after graduation

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When main gallery space only has a few text panels and empty cases because your director made no plans to replace a temporary exhibit

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When museum visitors breeze right past me, the cash register, and the admission fees sign

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When I bring myself to tears watching Drunk History on YouTube instead of doing actual research

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When you finally remember your password to tumblr

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When I bump into PH grad students after I've graduated

and they ask about how my last semester went

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Undergrads in front of you in the library cafe whining about a 7 page paper

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When a museum visitor asks me about history stuff

Initially:

After realizing it was an excuse to stare at my boobs:

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When you lose all motivation during the final weeks of class.

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When I am unprepared for my in-class presentation

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Internships

At the start of an internship 

At the end of an internship

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Truth.

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My reaction when my employer implied that I would have to wear a corset and period dress

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When someone tells me that they are a reenactor, I'm like

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Collaboration

Some people:

Me:

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When my equally underpaid p/t museum colleagues tell me they love doing extra work for free

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When every panel at the NCPH conference is amazing, but I can't travel because of school

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When I haven't received positive feedback from profs/peers/bosses for a while