Should I do a PhD in Classics?
Should I do a PhD in Classics? I can imagine that there will be four groups of people reading this blog post. The first group of people will be new PhD students who are starting in September and are hoping that they haven’t made a terrible mistake after reading horror stories on social media. The second group will be those who haven’t yet applied and are wondering if they should do a PhD after hearing said horror stories. The third group will be PhD students deep into their projects, who are feeling immense fatigue after years of study, and are interested to learn if someone who’s finished the process thinks it was worth it. The fourth group of people will be those who have passed their PhDs and will want to compare their experiences with those of mine. I think it’s hard to get a balanced and moderate view on the experience of doing a Classics PhD. You tend to get two different takes. The overwhelming opinion spread online is that Classics PhDs are traumatic and horrendous experi