HOW TO BECOME AN HISTORIAN | What’s it like working in academia? | Working in a UK university

History Documentaries

How do you become a PROFESSIONAL HISTORIAN? How much time do you need to spend in school and university and what are the necessary qualifications? Do you need a PhD to be an historian, or are a BA and MA enough? Suppose you get all of these lovely letters after your name (and some in front too), what’s it like working in academia, assuming that’s the route you decide to go and what’s it like being an historian more generally?

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