The celebrations of the School of Humanities Lustrum at Tilburg University were not merely entertaining. They painted a picture of achievements but also challenges that the discipline currently faces. What does the future hold for the humanities? Impossible made possible Imagine a set of millions of books written in the course of centuries. Reading only […]
It’s a Test
Getting a degree isn’t about your academic skills. It’s not about research, it’s not about close reading, and it’s not about critical thinking either. In fact, the universities secretly test our skills to prepare us for future jobs. As spies. Or secret agents. Or double agents to spy on agents from other universities and trick them into […]
Master Course or Crash Course?
“But we know that the Bachelor is just the beginning of our education,” said the valedictorian during the Liberal Arts graduation ceremony. Wrong! This hopeful prediction would only work if I decided to follow a Research Master and pursue a career in academia. After two months of my regular Master program, I feel like the […]