In this episode, history PhD candidates Cassie Cloutier and Luke Scalone, and host Adam Tomasi, discuss preparing for comprehensive exams at Northeastern University. If you're thinking about a history PhD or have comps coming up yourself, learn some excellent tips and perspectives from us!

Episode 42: How to Prepare for Comprehensive Exams as a History PhD Student

Image: AHA 2022 logo (https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting)
AHA2022 Online (February 21-27) registration: https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting/aha22-online

Jeff Lamson and Adam Tomasi, World History PhD students at Northeastern University in Boston, discuss their visit to the American Historical Association's 135th Annual Meeting, held this year in New Orleans, LA from January 6-9, 2022.

Speaking of great conferences, the Breaking History podcast would like to let listeners know that Northeastern's History Graduate Student Association is hosting a hybrid conference for graduate students in world history and public history on Saturday, April 9, 2022, with the theme “Crisis and Change across the Anthropocene: Environments, Conflicts, and Inequalities." Graduate students can submit proposals here(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIOP6HSw_NpmixuO1gCVAkc53-t2E3OK0f6YO-3FFlWdIMjA/viewform. The deadline is February 14, 2022.

And thank you as always to our sound editor, World History PhD student Cassie Cloutier!

Episode 43:  Review of the American Historical Association's 2022 Annual Meeting

Tune in to the latest Breaking History interview with Dr. Malcolm Purinton, a world historian and teaching professor at Northeastern University. His forthcoming book, Globalization in a Glass: The Rise of Pilsner Beer through Technology, Taste and Empire, will be published in Summer 2023 with Bloomsbury Press (pre-orders available May 4, 2023: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/globalization-in-a-glass-9781350324398/)

Episode 44: An Interview with Dr. Malcolm Purinton, Beer Historian

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