Learning to Let Go: Disenfranchisement from Academia

Abstract

I knew I wanted to do a PhD by the second year of my undergraduate history degree. I loved researching and writing, and I couldn’t believe that people could do these things for a job. I also loved the idea of helping others, sharing knowledge, and debating big ideas that we would never truly know the answer to. However, I quickly learnt the pursuit of an academic job, particularly in history, was not going to be an easy one.