The guide to finishing your dissertation emphasizes the pursuit of excellence by rejecting both perfectionism and “just good enough”; setting realistic expectations by dispensing with “magnum opus” fantasies; prioritizing necessary edits over those that can wait; close coordination with advisors and committee members; sustainable routines; the importance of monitoring your …
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Here are some sad/funny things that writers, intellectuals, scholars, and artists say in response to other people’s creations in written comments or workshop settings that, for some reason, sound to them like valuable, incisive engagements, but really, really aren’t. If commentators restrained themselves and spared others these insights, it would …
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This brief memo discusses the crucial but somewhat esoteric “statement of purpose” required in PhD applications in the humanities and social sciences: what they are supposed to accomplish, what they ought to contain, and ways they can be more (and less) effective.
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