My thesis

[russia_moore]

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[caffeinatedlife]

Your thesis looks/sounds very interesting, I'd love to read it when you finish =)

I have an academic question for you (if you don't mind): have you ever heard of anyone who switched historical fields between their MA and PhD/during their PhD? Like, they initially specialised in Spanish history but then changed tracks later on and finished in German history or something?

[russia_moore]

I am done, though I'm unhappy with certain bits and was writing while super stressed and burnt out, so I am meeting with my professor to discuss room for improvement on Tuesday. You can see the version I handed in here

[caffeinatedlife]

I know the feeling, I was the same way about my thesis when I completed it. Good luck with the meeting on Tuesday!

Thanks for answering my question! I've also had a prof or two who switched focus while staying within the same geographical region but yeah, I can't think of anyone who's switched regions altogether. That makes sense regarding the language issue though, it'd be pretty mad to switch from Slavic to Romance language depending on where you switch to. I'm just wondering because I'm thinking about whether I'm going on to do my postdoc and am playing with the idea of maybe switching geographic regions xD

Looking into Romania and Hungary sounds really cool; I wish I had studied more Eastern/Central European history during my undergrad. Hehe, it's funny that you mentioned Italian, I'm actually planning on continuing my Italian shortly (as soon as I contact the cultural institute here and figure out how it will fit in amidst my job search).

[russia_moore]

I asked in a group for historians about switching, and one professor there said this