[this is the third part of the discussions from the Future Humanities conference. See Part 1 here, and Part 2, here]

In May 2016, a group of students, faculty, and administrators from universities across Canada gathered at Carleton University to discuss the Future Humanities initiative and question what the future of the humanities PhD should look like – and how to get there. The discussion on the #FutureHumanities Twitter hashtag was energetic, responding both to the debates and talks happening live and conversations with distant participants.

Below is a collection of the tweets from the third day of #FutureHumanities, helpfully Storified by attendee Dominique Marshall (thanks Dominique!)

Highlights? Stats on post-PhD jobs, PhD skill sets and non-ac employment, and a discussion of the impacts of our very own TRaCE project!

In particular, you may want to check out Maren Wood’s PhDs That Work on where (English and History) PhDs are getting jobs – numbers which were circulated and discussed a lot at the conference.

For more information about the conference, including guest speakers and resources, see the Carleton Future Humanities website.

[this is the third part of the discussions from the Future Humanities conference. See Part 1 here, and Part 2, here]

In May 2016, a group of students, faculty, and administrators from universities across Canada gathered at Carleton University to discuss the Future Humanities initiative and question what the future of the humanities PhD should look like – and how to get there. The discussion on the #FutureHumanities Twitter hashtag was energetic, responding both to the debates and talks happening live and conversations with distant participants.

Below is a collection of the tweets from the third day of #FutureHumanities, helpfully Storified by attendee Dominique Marshall (thanks Dominique!)

Highlights? Stats on post-PhD jobs, PhD skill sets and non-ac employment, and a discussion of the impacts of our very own TRaCE project!

In particular, you may want to check out Maren Wood’s PhDs That Work on where (English and History) PhDs are getting jobs – numbers which were circulated and discussed a lot at the conference.

For more information about the conference, including guest speakers and resources, see the Carleton Future Humanities website.