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Trust me, I’m a Doctor(al student)
This woman is HIGHLY ambitious. We know it might seem like we’ve been withholding information about applying to PhD programs. For a little while, that was indeed the case. There are certain ways in...
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Best of the Blog: a MAPHtastic Variety Show
This blog of ours has layers. Generations of mentors have compiled their wisdom here, and the result is actually pretty impressive: it can teach you almost anything you could want to know about the...
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On Creative Writing as a MAPH
The MAPH website has a lot of useful information about the Creative Writing Option, including a list of requirements and video discussions with CRWR faculty. However, I know I had a lot of questions...
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Colloquium Features MAPH 2013 Thesis Awards!
Well, MAPH 2014, here’s your first chance to look at some excellent thesis work done by members of last year’s class. From the editors of Colloquium: The Colloquium incarnation of the MAPH thesis...
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First Weeks – Difficult, But, No, It’s Not the Apocalypse
You want me to do what?! Maybe it’s just because I’m reading Delaney’s Dhalgren, but all I can think about is the idea of a never-ending (post?-)apocalyptic time in which everything is confusing,...
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How to Navigate the Secrets and Mysteries of the UChicago Libraries
A guest post by Bill Hutchison (MAPH ’12), an enthusiastic library patron, one of last year’s mentors, and a current PhD candidate in English at UChicago. Bill will also talking with Matti Bunzl at...
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Everything You Need to Know (for now) About Conquering Your Thesis:...
Every year around mid-November, as the wind whirls among the fallen leaves, it whispers the name of a dormant dread: “theeessssssiiissss… theeeEEEEEeeessiiIIIIiiisss…” To MAPHers, this change in the...
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Taming the Beast Called Winter Break (so it can help you slay the beast...
When I went home last December, it was the first time I’d been back to my hometown since August. The plan was to spend a couple of days seeing friends, playing video games, and petting my stunningly...
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Pushing Through, Looking Ahead
Dear MAPH, It’s coming! It’s nearly impossible to believe, but you are nearing the end of Winter quarter—the hardest quarter of your MAPH year. If you are a typical MAPH student, you have three classes...
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AWP 2014 Series: Evan Stoner on 3 Things You Should Know Before Your First...
Seattle, home of AWP ’14 and better weather than Chicago 1. Know What to Wear I arrived at the conference about 90 minutes after getting off my flight. I’m a nervous traveler, so the t-shirt and...
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Marooned! with Matt and Bill
Download Marooned! with Matt & Bill, a new podcast by and for graduate students. It’s about graduate student life and all things academic. Features Bill Hutchison (MAPH ’12) and Matt Hauske...
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AWP 2014 Series: Emily Nordling on Genre Wars: SFF at AWP
Emily Nordling, current MAPHer and spec fic writer, wrote the following post for Tor.com (for full post, click on the link below): Ursula K Le Guin Ursula Le Guin and Molly Gloss were two of the...
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To Prospective Students: Advice That I Got and Didn’t Listen to & Advice I...
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Bill Hutchison, MAPH ’12, who is a now a PhD candidate in English at the University of Chicago. Bill will be one of our alumni panelists at Campus Days this year....
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MAPH Conferences (Spring 2014)
Your argument is promising – it just needs to be reorganized. In Spring Quarter, MAPH is hosting a pair of conferences, both of which will provide you with (1) a new perspective on your thesis and...
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2013-2014 Arts|Science Graduate Collaboration Grants Presentation – Wednesday!
At 4:00 pm this Wednesday, 5/14, recipients of the 2013-2014 Arts|Science Initiative‘s Graduate Collaboration Grants will present their work on the Logan Center’s Performance Hall stage. Along with...
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Meet Your New Mentors!
Hello new MAPHers! Welcome to MAPHtastic, the blog for all your MAPH-related needs. We’re your new Mentors, Matt and Lucy, and we’ll be running this blog over the course of the next year, keeping it...
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A Colloquium Primer: Week One
Hey Guys! It is almost exactly a month until the MAPH year begins, and we in the office are incredibly excited about it! We will continue to send you emails about meet-ups and a couple of events before...
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Preceptor (n.)—One who precepts?
As a MAPH student, you will quickly learn to speak a highly specialized jargon specific to UChicago. This does not exist, but wouldn’t it be useful? You’ll learn to navigate the “Quarter system.”...
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To Dos, To Don’ts: Ta Da
Things to Do Before MAPH: The Practical Edition It probably feels like there is a lot to do before MAPH starts. And, well, that is accurate. But, it is no reason to be overwhelmed or not to enjoy the...
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Unofficial F.A.Q.’s
There is an official FAQ page on the MAPH website. But just in case that doesn’t cover all of your questions, we have anticipated some below: “How do I get my student ID?” Go into the Regenstein...
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