Episode 5: Getting a PhD in History - a podcast by Austin Loignon

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A podcast amongst three friends and History Ph.D. colleagues discussing current events, history, education, and life.


6/28/20



  • Why are historians challenged by people?;

  • Examining historical sources;

  • Historical Theory and Methods;

  • The History PhD Process;

  • Comprehensive Exams;

  • Rusty's Comp. Fields;

  • Native American History;

  • Erhard's Comp. Fields;

  • Austin's Comp. Fields;

  • Eugenics;


Books Mentioned,



  • "Europe's Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War," by Peter H. Wilson;

  • "Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America," by Jennifer L. Anderson;

  • "The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America," by Andrés Reséndez;

  • "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies," by Jared Diamond;

  • "Murder State: California's Native American Genocide, 1846-1873," by Brendan C. Lindsay;

  • "An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873," by Benjamine Madley;

  • "Indians in the Family: Adoption and the Politics of Antebellum Expansion," by Dawn Peterson;

  • "The Burden of Empire: An Appraisal of Western Colonialism in Africa South of the Sahara," by L. H. Gann and Peter Duignan;

  • "Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta and Factions in Friuli During the Renaissance," by Edward Muir;

  • "War of the Fists: Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice," by Robert C. Davis;



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