Perspectives

First identify your core supporters (PhDs not required), and continue to grow your professional network expansively, creatively, even playfully.

Which texts (beyond The Professor Is In) and people should you consult when you are preparing your academic job search materials?

Working on an exhibit about Durham in World War I helped one VH@Duke intern hone her skills for disseminating history to a broader audience.

A Ph.D. candidate in Romance Studies shares what he encountered during his Versatile Humanists at Duke Internship in Bologna.

In which we discuss sausage, spaghetti, and (most importantly) how to articulate your emerging scholarly identity.

A recent Duke musicology Ph.D. shares insights from a Summer Doctoral Academy workshop on teaching with archival material.

Does the thought of networking at the next academic conference give you sweaty palms? Here are 8 tips that might help.

Scott Muir (Ph.D. '18 Religion) reflects on the rewards and challenges of an unexpected postdoctoral stint as a researcher for the National Humanities Alliance.

Now that orientation week is over, what should PhD students in the humanities prioritize between now and December?

Before you get engrossed in your doctoral pursuits, take stock of why you are doing this and what really matters to you.