I’m a history nerd. I just graduated high school and I could tell you anything about the Civil War. I want to go to college and peruse my dreams of becoming a historian. #futurehistorian
On the medieval ages, i think it is important to note that it wasn't just death, destruction, plague and obscurantism for all (it was in Europe indeed); one could not just skip a period as brilliant and important as the Muslim civilisation, and its contribution to human history. Otherwise, this was a really interesting topic.
Khaled Khaled 100%! That’s partly why I’m so interested in the global Middle Ages. I’m fascinated by the Islamic empire and 6th century BCE India. There is so much in this time period that we’re generally ignorant to in the west and I am really interested in the cultural interactions in these places. Thank you so much for your insightful comment!
I’m 15, I love history It has been my favorite subject in school, and I decided when I was 13 that that is what I want to do with me life after I graduate. But I have this strong feeling that being a “ historian” in school is much different then being a historian as a job
I never was really into history. I always loved global history. When I went to college I took a history class and it didn't focus on wars or anything like that. It mostly focused on ancient civilizations, tribes and African American slavery. My professor had printed articles about how enslaved people lived and she showed the class how money looked back in the day . From that day forward I was hooked on finding out more about what the enslaved people endured, what they ate , how many were murdered. I feel like an investigator trying to put the pieces together. I do think about majoring in history but I am uncertain of what jobs I would be able to get. If I was to get a degree in history I would want to travel the world and find real documentation, artifacts, clothing, bones, mummies etc.
You contradict yourself..."I never was really into history. I always loved global history." Which is it? A degree in history is not enough. You would need a PhD in history, or Archeology if you wanted to deal with material history.
Ophelia, As of right now, I'm 2 years into getting my degree. As my brain has turned to mush in an increasingly concerning fashion since the beginning of the pandemic, I have really lost a lot of focus as to what I want to do with my degree. I'm going to overshare for a moment, so I hope you don't mind: I think I'm going through a bit of a crisis. History as a whole has been my passion since I was in the 8th grade. I'm now a sophomore in college (as previously stated), and for the life of me, I could not tell you what I am learning right now. I had so many dreams, so many ambitions ahead of me that I was working towards that, at least as of right now, have become unobtainable for some reason or another. Whether it's my own reluctance, a lack of funding, or the paths to achieve said goals being unclear, I have *seriously* been thinking about my future in this career path and whether or not it is worth it. From the tone of this message, I'm sure you can tell which side I'm leaning towards. I really appreciate your video. It has opened my eyes and cleared up those paths a little bit, but at the same time made me realize certain things that I want are just realistically unobtainable at my level of skill (even if I did end up getting a masters or phd). You seem like a very intelligent young woman, and I really hope you go far in this field. You sound like you're doing great! I just... I look and listen at the way you act and the way you speak about these historians and these time periods that I, a person in the same field, should *know* about, yet I am completely lost. Thank you for helping me realize just a bit of what I need to do with my life. Hopefully I can get it straightened out before it's too late. KP
I’m not happy with what I’m studying so I wanted to change to a history major cause I love history. My mother believes I will go broke and die. I’m so miserable with wanting to peruse history and getting attacked by my mother.
Oph! the editing at the beginning and all the way through, so lovely. Also I feel like I know so much more about what you do. What does a historian do is SUCH an interesting question
Trying to explain to your family what you actually do lol. Makes me think of my underlying urge to become a linguist instead of the other things I am planing for right now.
@@OpheliaVert thanks. All the best to you too. This video was particularly interesting to me also because I love learning about history and have considered being a historian as well. I think it’s a wonderful combination to have more than one language in your arsenal with being a historian.
i am now a high school senior and am looking into pursuing history as a career and both my father and mother are hesitant on the thought. part of that hesitence is they don't think i can make enough money to support myself and part of it is because i have gonna have to study a lot because of it (i am dyslexic so studying has never come easy for me). and i have been looking for other options but just the thought of perusing history makes me happy so i might just go with. also this video helped a lot and i might even show it to my parents so that they understand it a bit better.
Ophelia ~ How could someone so intelligent and articulate put forth such a wonderful video ...one that garnered over 32,000 views as of the two-year mark, and from which 2/5ths of those having watched it were so impressed they subscribed to your channel ...and then leave us bereft??? I can only assume that the CZcams algorithm, normally so ignorant, recognized your inherent worth and suggested your video to me by way of soliciting my comment, urging your return. 🥺 I hope you are well, happily graduated and situated in a fulfilling position, and amply rewarded for what I am sure will be substantial contributions to your field of study. You are so engaging and well spoken - and your enthusiasm is so thoroughly contagious- that I believe you merit a place on a wider stage. The Australian Lucy Worsley, if you will. 😊
Very interesting video. You do an amazing job at making the audience WANT to listen to what you have to say, and you made yourself very clear. Wonderful job.
What a lovely video, as always! I studied history in school with the original goal of becoming a high school history teacher. I changed my mind when I realized I would rather teach children than teens, but by that point I had almost finished my history degree. So that's what I did. I have a degree in history and a master's in elementary education (which I only use currently as a stay-at-home mom). I'm so excited for your history videos. I feel like I haven't spent a lot of time with the subject since I graduated, and I really do love it.
Hi, I’m Joao, from Brazil! I’m a history student at uni and I loved ur video. I didn’t have any problem with my graduation.. my parents accepted it normally. The historians can study about everything... I’ve been watching ur videos for some time and didn’t know that you’re an historian student. Anyway, wishing you the best! 🌸
I can’t speak for other countries, but I think many videos may have other career options because actual jobs as a historian are scarce. I also ended up getting a masters in Defense and Strategic Studies and a grad certificate in Nuclear Weapons Effects, Policy, and Proliferation. It made me a better scholar, but also made me more marketable. I think this is actually where most U.S. history programs are lacking. They don’t really talk about historical skills outside of academia even though the jobs aren’t there. More emphasis could be placed on public history education, archivist positions, and other historical type jobs.
I've just discovered your channel and I love it. I feel identify with you, I love languages and history too :). I'm not an English native speaker and I love your accent, so I think I'm gonna binge watch all of your videos.
Nice work I appreciate your effort to get some of history items to youtube thanks alot I'm seeing forward if you can make a video about research in history.
It makes me so so happy when I see people actually perusing history as a career as it’s not as cool as computer but it’s one of my favourite subjects and I want to be a “Historian” 🎀
This is the most remarkable insight ive ever had in my life. I feel like what I really want in life is the same thing you are after. However, I am from a completely different region with a different background and this has been a major problem in my life. Im 21 yrs old and live in Missouri. I also know no other academics like this stuff. The cultural pressure of trying to fit in here led me join the marines and waste the past 4 years of my life and now I've finally found a path I actually want to pursue. Our modern world sometimes can be insane but thank god for the internet and my provider, and my computer and this video and you and your appliances.
Since you are asking for video requests: I vaguely remember you speaking a bit about Old French in one of your recent videos. I am not sure if you formally learnt it or just read some medieval French texts... in any case, I would be interested in anything you could add to this topic, in whatever shape or form it might be. I am studying Japanese and French and although I am interested in the older Sprachzustände (is there an English word for it? I can only think of something like "older forms" but it doesn't sound as good as the German word... sorry native English speakers :p) of both of these, my university does not really offer a proper Old French course. Therefore I will be trying to study it a bit on my own after the semester. I would enjoy anyone who has experience learning "old" languages to tell me about the process (and what texts you read etc.)
I'm a huge history nerd and am currently attending high school. I'm also planning on studying ancient history and archaeology at university and honestly I really can't wait, cause I'm extremely passionate about history and find both of these sciences really fascinating. How much can we actually learn from people who lived hundred or even a few thousand of years ago! I just found out about your channel and I'm really glad I did, love to see someone who shares love for history❤
Hi, Ophelia! Thanks for your wonderful work! Can you recommend some general resources, especially books, about medieval history for non-historians? I admired Jacque le Goff`s and Umberto Ecco`s articles and books about the Middle ages but I don`t know where to continue with learning about this period.
Anyone on here thinking of going to graduate school for history must understand that the job market for history PhDs is incredibly tight, and has been so since the 1970's. It is a long and difficult road to take. And a master's degree in history is neither here nor there, IMHO. A master's degree in history used to be a good credential for a job at a community college or other two year college, but increasingly PhDs have been taking those jobs because there is such a glut of them. I love history. My undergraduate degree is in history. But I didn't see much a career in the field for myself.
Thank you! I have been thinking of becoming a historian for several years, and was starting to wonder what the heck it even entails, what money it'll make and such. I am now 20, and am about to start studying, and was unsure exactly what I should study and such to become a historian. Also been thinking of following linguistics or archaeology as well.
@@OpheliaVert basically anything! 😂 I love history so anything about any era I’m all for! I would love to hear you talk about Latin and history together, I’m a classics student at uni and learning Latin alongside it so that would be cool!
Who was the first person to wonder whether you can make a living being a historian? Who was the first person actually making a living of being a historian?
@3:33 What's interesting about 司馬遷 SīmǎQián is that, aside from the initial forays of his father, he pretty much penned most of the 526500 words of our first official History book. That surpasses even Cassius Dio Cocceianus's 399409-word _Historiae Romanae!_ You can tell we Chinese are obsessed with writing given that our 二十四史 Èrshísìshǐ is ~2× Epic οf King Gesar, ~22× Mahābhārata, ~50× Rοmance οf Three Kingdοms (❤️), ~64× Vulgate, ~88× Rāmāyaṇa, ~119× Šhāhnāme, ~290× New Testament, ~300× Ṛigveda, ~357× Iliád, ~458× Odyssey, ~500× Tοrah, ~516× Qurʼān, ~1430× Nibelungenlied, &c.
I was thinking about big buildings today actually because I passed a rune stone and was like smh @ vikings for not building houses that remained haha, but yeah it's super interesting to think about how much value we put in buildings, no matter what was required for them to be built.
Im just about to go into college and i wont lie this has been on my mind a lot recently. Originally i wanted to become a history teacher so, i don’t know secondary school/college that sorta thing however you are supposed to know and teach a broader area of history some areas of which i am not particularly interested in. This is when i started to look into being an actual historian, i think my “area” of expertise is Anglo-Saxons/Norman England and the Middle Ages. Not only would this be better for me since i would want to put more effort into researching what i enjoy but also it means i don’t have to teach kids a subject i hardly know. Anyways you really have peaked my interest at least i have a few more years to ponder on it.
Hi, thank you for the video. It was very helpful, even for someone already taking graduate classes and trying to narrow their focus. Do you know if there is a rough ratio of teaching to researching programs? I'm more interested in the latter and I'm wondering what my options will be. Thank you!
I always dreamed of getting a PHD in History and become a teacher at an University.People can say what they want about teaching as a job,sure it might not be the best job out there,but its something I really want to do.
I'm 15 and your video really helped but I was wondering how a historian gets to start doing documentaries I get the aspect of historians writing books but how would people watch there documentaries to get paid
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I'm studying a Bachelor of Arts in History and Law, in South Africa (at the University of Cape Town). I loved this video! We learn a bit about the history of the Roman Empire, because the South African legal system is pluralistic, and is based on Roman-Dutch law, English Common law, and African Customary Law.
Can you make a video on what to do after high school if u want to pursue history as a major? I’m so lost and I am a senior in highschool and I am trying to find a good college that isn’t pricey but offers a lot in the field of history😫
I am a continuous reader I am 41 years old now I am 42 in the 5th jun and I started being an avid reader again after being in a huge reading slump I started being an avid reader since 2020 due to covid, I have been interested in arts etc all through my life and I never took to the history subject when I was in hightschool, now since I read Kate moss crying city, and the burning chambers I have taken to historical fiction and the History subject, why one book can change one view on how you see the subject, now I am into reading history and historical fiction, all my year I liked to learn how people live or lived and how they thought, I guess I was always like an anthologist, and I was always fascinated by ancient Egypt, and collecting things, I guess I was always a bit like an archaeologist in a way so now I am interested in the subject History, I wish I did when I was younger I would not have been kicked out of History class for sleeping behind me books during my assignment.
I used to love to become Historian..but now i change that and becoming IR student (International Relations)and always rely on past history.Like medieval,the cold war,the great depression,ongoing war against Terror,And the future..i think both subject are reliable IR dan History won't be seperated.Thank for an amazing video!🤩🇮🇩
I really enjoy history and want to do it as a career but I couldn’t even get on a levels as my English was too bad and I just feel like I’m not gonna get there
I agree we are here now because of our ancestors and to learn of them is learning about ourselves, after thousands of years we still continue to make the biggest mess of things. Such as discrimination of any kind, how have we not learned from the past? I do believe genes are passed down even from 1600’s in my family on both sides we have been around each other for centuries.
@Ophelia Vert Great video! You know in our heavily commercialized and modern world we have forgotten that while you can make money off of virtually everything: *Only commerce has money and profit as the end goal.* *Non commercial activities such as history does not have money as its end goal.* The end goal of history is to learn. And the end goal of learning is to acquire wisdom. What then does Wisdom teach us with Her doctrines? That we should hold to the good and abstain from evil. And what is the fruit of Wisdom? That we possess a clear conscience that we have not dealt evil and unjustly with others, having walked the Way of Truth.
I'm doing gcses rn and I honestly don't know what I want to do. I absolutely love history and I'm rly interested in the subject, but I'm not sure if I like the jobs regarding it. However, I also want to be a surgeon but I don't like chemistry very much. I'm really stuck because I'm supposed to pick my a levels next year and I'm stressing a lot about it. Does anyone have any advice?
I’m sorry you’re doing GCSEs this year! It must be really stressful. If my advice is any help, choose A Level subjects that you’re both interested in and that you’re good at. I did English Literature, History, French and Drama at A Level because I loved them and did well in them. I didn’t know that I wanted to be a historian (or even that I *could* be a historian until a year or so into my Bachelor’s degree). Also, from my understanding from friends who now do medicine, chemistry is completely different at A Level. Even if you do Maths, Biology and History (or whichever combination suits you), I’m sure you’ll find a career path that you’ll enjoy. Go with what you enjoy and what you do well in. You’ve got this and good luck!
@@OpheliaVert @Ophelia Vert this really helped thank u! I was just always worried that I'd change my mind after a levels but seeing that so many people do that anyway I'm a little less worried haha. Thank u!
Hello Ophelia. Good day. Is it true that you need to get atleast Masters to be a historian? I heard some say that you need to be an author of a book to be one. I really want to be a historian since I was a kid. Please help. I will be more than glad If I can hear from you. Thank you.
Adrian Maurat It really depends what you want to do in history! I know museums do internships so it might be helpful to look at the entry requirements for the kind of job you’d like to do and start from there! What are you interested in?
@@OpheliaVert I want to use it to teach in Universities. I consider myself as a history buff and really enjoy reading history and want it to be a profession. What do you think should I do? I really appreciate your help. Thank you very much 🙂
Big Scary Steve sorry! I didn’t specify: it’s the Dutch equIvalent of an MPhil, a two year Master’s focused on research. It stands for Research Master’s
You're going to be reading and writing a lot as a history student. At the graduate level you will be expected to have superior writing skills than an undergraduate student.
Wait, wait, wait. Do people not consider archeologists historians!? I'm not really in history, as I think you know, I'm just casually interested. But like... WHY!? Is there something I don't understand about what archeologists do? I'm so confused.
Dakota Abroad - Language, Culture, Veganism, Games well I meant it a bit lightheartedly but there’s a different way of approaching analysis and evidence in archaeology and I think that’s the thing. The archaeologist I’ve been working with said that he thinks sometimes archaeologists work too broadly and historians work too narrowly (regarding ancient/medieval study)
This might not be so relevant for Ophelia's audience, but I'll throw it out there anyhow. Having spent way too much of my youth at a university, I have found that far too many students (in my experience, at least) were not only woefully unprepared but were also woefully uninformed as to what an academic career would entail. For that matter, most of them had no idea what education really is. (And I include myself in everything I've said so far.) To exacerbate the problem, the undergraduate course work did nothing to remedy this situation. Then people get into grad school and find all kinds of things being thrown at them that they never suspected and that they can't handle.
Big Scary Steve I agree, this is definitely a problem. This is partly why it took me a long time before saying I wanted to go into academia, because I felt so aware that my undergrad degree didn’t prepare me for what that entailed. I chose my Master’s degree based on one that was focused on getting you a career in history, with a big emphasis on internships and jobs within the course requirements so I could actually get a feel for what it meant. So yes! I absolutely agree. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
@@OpheliaVert When I behold archaeological sites or read ancient inscriptions, I _thirst_ for the chance to spectate and live it firsthand as a nonintervening ghost. To see it from different perspectives and feelings. The moment you uploaded this very video, you were partaking of history in the making. This video could be randomly found a millennium from now and noone would fathom (or even speak the same dialect of English possibly!) what you felt when you were making it, editing it, uploading it - not even future you might remember it so vividly (just like past you who planned it from past going forward didn't have the project completely worked out - it was a vague plan or intention waiting to gestate). No one else could have done that but Ophelia Vert. This very comment thread is History in the making. If it holds true for us at Present, surely we can justly extend the reasoning to the indefinite Past and Future, no?
3:18 - 3:28 totally confused me. I couldn't find any relevance whatsoever to the query of whether a modern biography is considered to be a historical document in conjunction with the example of video essays published online, and even more confusing, was that you referenced the subject matter of some of these video essays.
I understand your point! I think I could have explained better. I mentioned biography, as sometimes the biographies of Sargon of Akkad are mentioned as the first histories, and I wondered how far it could be stretched: which biographies are histories? Equally, the commentary side of the Internet, with analyses of social trends, are also a kind of pop history in a way, in aural and visual forms. That is what I was trying to explore, but I didn’t do it that clearly. I hope that clears it up somewhat!
@@OpheliaVert I do, now, after having read and digested this reply of yours, understand your musing on that matter further, thank you kindly for your reply. Admittedly, I still fail to find a clear link between biographies and online content - such as an example of a video essay - when determining whether a biography itself written in the modern day, is considered a historical document. Having said that, irrespective of the example of contemporary online/digital content, I myself would've thought that it was standard for an official/certified biography to be considered a historical document, provided it is objective and factual. I could very well be missing something here or over-thinking it which wouldn't be the first time I can tell you! Cheers Miss Vert.
“Look mum I can actually accomplish something”. On a serious note thanks for making me realise I can make a hobby of mine a job
I’m a history nerd. I just graduated high school and I could tell you anything about the Civil War. I want to go to college and peruse my dreams of becoming a historian. #futurehistorian
What countries civil war
@@Ivan-mh8ul well she said "high school", so clearly she meant the American Civil War.
@@finno6691 are you trying to imply that only americans have a highschool ?
@@EpicBunty no, but we famously call it "high school" as opposed to "secondary school"
Same as you but I’m personally interested in ancient china and ww2
I thank Horrible Histories for my obsession with history
I LOVED that show i agree with you!
DISNEY for me! And old seeing old U.S. historical sites as a kid. I wanted to drink whiskey and wrestle bears to
this is going to make me want to study history 😭 I can't just study everything....
I mean I can read books on many things but I feel like there's so much history and it's all connected and I'm intimidated ahhhh
@@jordan-bx1cn I can empathize
My ADHD Connells me to learn about all history even the most darkest corners.
Of course you can!
On the medieval ages, i think it is important to note that it wasn't just death, destruction, plague and obscurantism for all (it was in Europe indeed); one could not just skip a period as brilliant and important as the Muslim civilisation, and its contribution to human history. Otherwise, this was a really interesting topic.
Khaled Khaled 100%! That’s partly why I’m so interested in the global Middle Ages. I’m fascinated by the Islamic empire and 6th century BCE India. There is so much in this time period that we’re generally ignorant to in the west and I am really interested in the cultural interactions in these places. Thank you so much for your insightful comment!
@@OpheliaVert My pleasure.
*head kiss* “have a nice video” i want that
I’m 15, I love history It has been my favorite subject in school, and I decided when I was 13 that that is what I want to do with me life after I graduate. But I have this strong feeling that being a “ historian” in school is much different then being a historian as a job
I never was really into history. I always loved global history. When I went to college I took a history class and it didn't focus on wars or anything like that. It mostly focused on ancient civilizations, tribes and African American slavery. My professor had printed articles about how enslaved people lived and she showed the class how money looked back in the day . From that day forward I was hooked on finding out more about what the enslaved people endured, what they ate , how many were murdered. I feel like an investigator trying to put the pieces together. I do think about majoring in history but I am uncertain of what jobs I would be able to get. If I was to get a degree in history I would want to travel the world and find real documentation, artifacts, clothing, bones, mummies etc.
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You contradict yourself..."I never was really into history. I always loved global history."
Which is it?
A degree in history is not enough. You would need a PhD in history, or Archeology if you wanted to deal with material history.
Bro that's the same......thing
Years later this video shall be in everybody's recommendations, and someone shall be studying youtube history.
Hahaha that’s a fun idea!
I'm a computer science student, I'm just curious about history i love it
Ophelia,
As of right now, I'm 2 years into getting my degree. As my brain has turned to mush in an increasingly concerning fashion since the beginning of the pandemic, I have really lost a lot of focus as to what I want to do with my degree. I'm going to overshare for a moment, so I hope you don't mind: I think I'm going through a bit of a crisis. History as a whole has been my passion since I was in the 8th grade. I'm now a sophomore in college (as previously stated), and for the life of me, I could not tell you what I am learning right now. I had so many dreams, so many ambitions ahead of me that I was working towards that, at least as of right now, have become unobtainable for some reason or another. Whether it's my own reluctance, a lack of funding, or the paths to achieve said goals being unclear, I have *seriously* been thinking about my future in this career path and whether or not it is worth it.
From the tone of this message, I'm sure you can tell which side I'm leaning towards.
I really appreciate your video. It has opened my eyes and cleared up those paths a little bit, but at the same time made me realize certain things that I want are just realistically unobtainable at my level of skill (even if I did end up getting a masters or phd). You seem like a very intelligent young woman, and I really hope you go far in this field. You sound like you're doing great! I just... I look and listen at the way you act and the way you speak about these historians and these time periods that I, a person in the same field, should *know* about, yet I am completely lost.
Thank you for helping me realize just a bit of what I need to do with my life. Hopefully I can get it straightened out before it's too late.
KP
As a student who is presently in his penultimate year of studying History, this video is quite interesting!! I hope you make more of this.
farouk sanusi thank you so much!! I absolutely will! What sort of things would you like to see?
I’m not happy with what I’m studying so I wanted to change to a history major cause I love history. My mother believes I will go broke and die. I’m so miserable with wanting to peruse history and getting attacked by my mother.
Same with my art and I also want to be a historian and geneaologist. Parents need to be more up lifting.
I want to be a historian yet my mom is very critical of the career yet the research and knowledge is what carries value to me.
Believe in yourself
I'm a history student in my final year. I watch this video every few months to remind myself that I will actually have a job one day 🤪
I always like to study history, but never know what it is use for lol but i do know that history is important
This was so interesting! I'm so excited to see more of your history videos as well!
Robin Eliza ahhh thank you! I was super nervous to put it out
you don't even understand how big of a help this video has been, thank you so much for making it 😭
I absolutely enjoyed this video and sincerely hope you're well and still going strong!
Oph! the editing at the beginning and all the way through, so lovely. Also I feel like I know so much more about what you do. What does a historian do is SUCH an interesting question
em.k.p love you Em
Trying to explain to your family what you actually do lol. Makes me think of my underlying urge to become a linguist instead of the other things I am planing for right now.
Smith Forde hahaha good luck!!
@@OpheliaVert thanks. All the best to you too. This video was particularly interesting to me also because I love learning about history and have considered being a historian as well. I think it’s a wonderful combination to have more than one language in your arsenal with being a historian.
i am now a high school senior and am looking into pursuing history as a career and both my father and mother are hesitant on the thought. part of that hesitence is they don't think i can make enough money to support myself and part of it is because i have gonna have to study a lot because of it (i am dyslexic so studying has never come easy for me). and i have been looking for other options but just the thought of perusing history makes me happy so i might just go with. also this video helped a lot and i might even show it to my parents so that they understand it a bit better.
Brilliant video, grazie Ophelia 👏🏻👏🏻
my Italian Circle grazie!!! ♥️
Came to your channel because your comment on my The Dig review! Thanks for showing support! I subbed!
I agree with how we tend to forget a lot of things that happened in the past the effect us in the future.
I love your vids, keep it up!
Love this video, Ophelia! Also the editing at the start 🤌🤌
Angelic Erin ahhh thank you so much Erin!
Ophelia ~ How could someone so intelligent and articulate put forth such a wonderful video ...one that garnered over 32,000 views as of the two-year mark, and from which 2/5ths of those having watched it were so impressed they subscribed to your channel ...and then leave us bereft??? I can only assume that the CZcams algorithm, normally so ignorant, recognized your inherent worth and suggested your video to me by way of soliciting my comment, urging your return. 🥺
I hope you are well, happily graduated and situated in a fulfilling position, and amply rewarded for what I am sure will be substantial contributions to your field of study. You are so engaging and well spoken - and your enthusiasm is so thoroughly contagious- that I believe you merit a place on a wider stage. The Australian Lucy Worsley, if you will. 😊
Very interesting video. You do an amazing job at making the audience WANT to listen to what you have to say, and you made yourself very clear. Wonderful job.
That’s really kind! Thank you!
What a lovely video, as always! I studied history in school with the original goal of becoming a high school history teacher. I changed my mind when I realized I would rather teach children than teens, but by that point I had almost finished my history degree. So that's what I did. I have a degree in history and a master's in elementary education (which I only use currently as a stay-at-home mom). I'm so excited for your history videos. I feel like I haven't spent a lot of time with the subject since I graduated, and I really do love it.
Hi, I’m Joao, from Brazil! I’m a history student at uni and I loved ur video. I didn’t have any problem with my graduation.. my parents accepted it normally. The historians can study about everything... I’ve been watching ur videos for some time and didn’t know that you’re an historian student. Anyway, wishing you the best! 🌸
I can’t speak for other countries, but I think many videos may have other career options because actual jobs as a historian are scarce. I also ended up getting a masters in Defense and Strategic Studies and a grad certificate in Nuclear Weapons Effects, Policy, and Proliferation. It made me a better scholar, but also made me more marketable. I think this is actually where most U.S. history programs are lacking. They don’t really talk about historical skills outside of academia even though the jobs aren’t there. More emphasis could be placed on public history education, archivist positions, and other historical type jobs.
who needs as degree when I've played all the assassin's creed games?
Hahahhaa exactly
I've just discovered your channel and I love it. I feel identify with you, I love languages and history too :). I'm not an English native speaker and I love your accent, so I think I'm gonna binge watch all of your videos.
Me too
Nice work I appreciate your effort to get some of history items to youtube thanks alot I'm seeing forward if you can make a video about research in history.
great video, bravo!
It makes me so so happy when I see people actually perusing history as a career as it’s not as cool as computer but it’s one of my favourite subjects and I want to be a “Historian” 🎀
At first, I was skeptical, but then the video pleasantly surprised
me, and now it is one of my very favorite videos... yeah
Oh that’s nice! Thank you!
This is the most remarkable insight ive ever had in my life. I feel like what I really want in life is the same thing you are after. However, I am from a completely different region with a different background and this has been a major problem in my life. Im 21 yrs old and live in Missouri. I also know no other academics like this stuff. The cultural pressure of trying to fit in here led me join the marines and waste the past 4 years of my life and now I've finally found a path I actually want to pursue. Our modern world sometimes can be insane but thank god for the internet and my provider, and my computer and this video and you and your appliances.
Since you are asking for video requests: I vaguely remember you speaking a bit about Old French in one of your recent videos. I am not sure if you formally learnt it or just read some medieval French texts... in any case, I would be interested in anything you could add to this topic, in whatever shape or form it might be.
I am studying Japanese and French and although I am interested in the older Sprachzustände (is there an English word for it? I can only think of something like "older forms" but it doesn't sound as good as the German word... sorry native English speakers :p) of both of these, my university does not really offer a proper Old French course. Therefore I will be trying to study it a bit on my own after the semester. I would enjoy anyone who has experience learning "old" languages to tell me about the process (and what texts you read etc.)
I'm a huge history nerd and am currently attending high school. I'm also planning on studying ancient history and archaeology at university and honestly I really can't wait, cause I'm extremely passionate about history and find both of these sciences really fascinating. How much can we actually learn from people who lived hundred or even a few thousand of years ago! I just found out about your channel and I'm really glad I did, love to see someone who shares love for history❤
Hi, Ophelia! Thanks for your wonderful work! Can you recommend some general resources, especially books, about medieval history for non-historians? I admired Jacque le Goff`s and Umberto Ecco`s articles and books about the Middle ages but I don`t know where to continue with learning about this period.
Entertaining and really interesting.
mags orson love you Mam
Anyone on here thinking of going to graduate school for history must understand that the job market for history PhDs is incredibly tight, and has been so since the 1970's. It is a long and difficult road to take. And a master's degree in history is neither here nor there, IMHO. A master's degree in history used to be a good credential for a job at a community college or other two year college, but increasingly PhDs have been taking those jobs because there is such a glut of them.
I love history. My undergraduate degree is in history. But I didn't see much a career in the field for myself.
Thank you! I have been thinking of becoming a historian for several years, and was starting to wonder what the heck it even entails, what money it'll make and such.
I am now 20, and am about to start studying, and was unsure exactly what I should study and such to become a historian. Also been thinking of following linguistics or archaeology as well.
Guys, just do what you love, the rewards will come and do not rely on expectations as you can not control them
Thank you
Loved this! Would love to see more history based videos!
Emily Wilson thank you Emily!! What kinds of things would you like to see?
@@OpheliaVert basically anything! 😂 I love history so anything about any era I’m all for! I would love to hear you talk about Latin and history together, I’m a classics student at uni and learning Latin alongside it so that would be cool!
Love Medieval history, would recommend Debt: The first 5000 years
Who was the first person to wonder whether you can make a living being a historian? Who was the first person actually making a living of being a historian?
Bob Witlox brilliant question! I’ll look into this and get back to you
Well, Herodotus is the father of history but I'm not sure about who first made money from being a historian
@3:33 What's interesting about 司馬遷 SīmǎQián is that, aside from the initial forays of his father, he pretty much penned most of the 526500 words of our first official History book.
That surpasses even Cassius Dio Cocceianus's 399409-word _Historiae Romanae!_
You can tell we Chinese are obsessed with writing given that our 二十四史 Èrshísìshǐ is ~2× Epic οf King Gesar, ~22× Mahābhārata, ~50× Rοmance οf Three Kingdοms (❤️), ~64× Vulgate, ~88× Rāmāyaṇa, ~119× Šhāhnāme, ~290× New Testament, ~300× Ṛigveda, ~357× Iliád, ~458× Odyssey, ~500× Tοrah, ~516× Qurʼān, ~1430× Nibelungenlied, &c.
This was dope
History is everything
Love History....all history is fascinating.
somebody remind me to come back in 5 years when I hopefully am finishing my degree and getting a job 🤞
I was thinking about big buildings today actually because I passed a rune stone and was like smh @ vikings for not building houses that remained haha, but yeah it's super interesting to think about how much value we put in buildings, no matter what was required for them to be built.
Lingue Nuvolose I think about this way too often
Im just about to go into college and i wont lie this has been on my mind a lot recently. Originally i wanted to become a history teacher so, i don’t know secondary school/college that sorta thing however you are supposed to know and teach a broader area of history some areas of which i am not particularly interested in. This is when i started to look into being an actual historian, i think my “area” of expertise is Anglo-Saxons/Norman England and the Middle Ages. Not only would this be better for me since i would want to put more effort into researching what i enjoy but also it means i don’t have to teach kids a subject i hardly know. Anyways you really have peaked my interest at least i have a few more years to ponder on it.
Finally!
Very good
Hi, thank you for the video. It was very helpful, even for someone already taking graduate classes and trying to narrow their focus. Do you know if there is a rough ratio of teaching to researching programs? I'm more interested in the latter and I'm wondering what my options will be. Thank you!
I always dreamed of getting a PHD in History and become a teacher at an University.People can say what they want about teaching as a job,sure it might not be the best job out there,but its something I really want to do.
A PhD is also a researcher.
thank u
I understand, Im in auxiliary sciences and archives, and its really hard. Since im coming from physics background
History is what historians want it to be.
I'm 15 and your video really helped but I was wondering how a historian gets to start doing documentaries I get the aspect of historians writing books but how would people watch there documentaries to get paid
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I'm studying a Bachelor of Arts in History and Law, in South Africa (at the University of Cape Town). I loved this video!
We learn a bit about the history of the Roman Empire, because the South African legal system is pluralistic, and is based on Roman-Dutch law, English Common law, and African Customary Law.
J.M Roberts History of the world made use of the book for my Masters Degree in History.
Can you make a video on what to do after high school if u want to pursue history as a major? I’m so lost and I am a senior in highschool and I am trying to find a good college that isn’t pricey but offers a lot in the field of history😫
Thank you for this. Would you recommend doing a PhD and trying to get into academia? I am desperate, but worried about job security out there
Oh I’m not qualified to give advice on that, only just being about to start a PhD myself. Either way, good luck!
I’m currently a second year history major that was starting to get worried about the choice I made 😭
It’s so much fun 🤩 history I’m
Obsessed 😍 and I love 💗 learning more facts about history it’s the best and it’s a dream of mine to become a historian
When I’m older my dream job is to be a historian
I am a continuous reader I am 41 years old now I am 42 in the 5th jun and I started being an avid reader again after being in a huge reading slump I started being an avid reader since 2020 due to covid, I have been interested in arts etc all through my life and I never took to the history subject when I was in hightschool, now since I read Kate moss crying city, and the burning chambers I have taken to historical fiction and the History subject, why one book can change one view on how you see the subject, now I am into reading history and historical fiction, all my year I liked to learn how people live or lived and how they thought, I guess I was always like an anthologist, and I was always fascinated by ancient Egypt, and collecting things, I guess I was always a bit like an archaeologist in a way so now I am interested in the subject History, I wish I did when I was younger I would not have been kicked out of History class for sleeping behind me books during my assignment.
I used to love to become Historian..but now i change that and becoming IR student (International Relations)and always rely on past history.Like medieval,the cold war,the great depression,ongoing war against Terror,And the future..i think both subject are reliable IR dan History won't be seperated.Thank for an amazing video!🤩🇮🇩
I really enjoy history and want to do it as a career but I couldn’t even get on a levels as my English was too bad and I just feel like I’m not gonna get there
I'm no historian or student but this was really interesting thanks
break_away_from_me thank you!!!
My dream job!
I agree we are here now because of our ancestors and to learn of them is learning about ourselves, after thousands of years we still continue to make the biggest mess of things. Such as discrimination of any kind, how have we not learned from the past? I do believe genes are passed down even from 1600’s in my family on both sides we have been around each other for centuries.
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@Ophelia Vert Great video! You know in our heavily commercialized and modern world we have forgotten that while you can make money off of virtually everything:
*Only commerce has money and profit as the end goal.*
*Non commercial activities such as history does not have money as its end goal.*
The end goal of history is to learn. And the end goal of learning is to acquire wisdom.
What then does Wisdom teach us with Her doctrines? That we should hold to the good and abstain from evil. And what is the fruit of Wisdom? That we possess a clear conscience that we have not dealt evil and unjustly with others, having walked the Way of Truth.
@Ophelia Vert Wisdom has shown us through history what happens to those who do not learn from Her and those who do.
Im at secondary education and I'm gonna do history as my future degree
I like history
I am from India. What is the scope indian history in foregin country. I have completed master degree in indian ancient history art and culture
your a pretty historian ❤. . . . nice video
Do some thing on British Ceylon short Viedo
I'm doing gcses rn and I honestly don't know what I want to do. I absolutely love history and I'm rly interested in the subject, but I'm not sure if I like the jobs regarding it. However, I also want to be a surgeon but I don't like chemistry very much. I'm really stuck because I'm supposed to pick my a levels next year and I'm stressing a lot about it. Does anyone have any advice?
I’m sorry you’re doing GCSEs this year! It must be really stressful. If my advice is any help, choose A Level subjects that you’re both interested in and that you’re good at. I did English Literature, History, French and Drama at A Level because I loved them and did well in them. I didn’t know that I wanted to be a historian (or even that I *could* be a historian until a year or so into my Bachelor’s degree). Also, from my understanding from friends who now do medicine, chemistry is completely different at A Level. Even if you do Maths, Biology and History (or whichever combination suits you), I’m sure you’ll find a career path that you’ll enjoy. Go with what you enjoy and what you do well in. You’ve got this and good luck!
@@OpheliaVert @Ophelia Vert this really helped thank u! I was just always worried that I'd change my mind after a levels but seeing that so many people do that anyway I'm a little less worried haha. Thank u!
Hello Ophelia. Good day. Is it true that you need to get atleast Masters to be a historian? I heard some say that you need to be an author of a book to be one. I really want to be a historian since I was a kid. Please help. I will be more than glad If I can hear from you. Thank you.
Adrian Maurat It really depends what you want to do in history! I know museums do internships so it might be helpful to look at the entry requirements for the kind of job you’d like to do and start from there! What are you interested in?
@@OpheliaVert I want to use it to teach in Universities. I consider myself as a history buff and really enjoy reading history and want it to be a profession. What do you think should I do? I really appreciate your help. Thank you very much 🙂
I'm afraid I don't know what an "RMA Medieval student" is. (Or more specifically, I don't know what "RMA" is an abbreviation for.)
Big Scary Steve sorry! I didn’t specify: it’s the Dutch equIvalent of an MPhil, a two year Master’s focused on research. It stands for Research Master’s
Do you have to be very talented in writing to get a Bachelors degree in history or masters ?
You're going to be reading and writing a lot as a history student. At the graduate level you will be expected to have superior writing skills than an undergraduate student.
I'm actually studying to become an Historian
What physcist do what chemisist do understanding about physical world. what historians do narrating past with more precision thats all
Understanding the past.
Wait, wait, wait. Do people not consider archeologists historians!? I'm not really in history, as I think you know, I'm just casually interested. But like... WHY!? Is there something I don't understand about what archeologists do? I'm so confused.
Dakota Abroad - Language, Culture, Veganism, Games well I meant it a bit lightheartedly but there’s a different way of approaching analysis and evidence in archaeology and I think that’s the thing. The archaeologist I’ve been working with said that he thinks sometimes archaeologists work too broadly and historians work too narrowly (regarding ancient/medieval study)
Archeologists are not historians. Not by training they aren't.
i dont know what career i wanna do
This might not be so relevant for Ophelia's audience, but I'll throw it out there anyhow. Having spent way too much of my youth at a university, I have found that far too many students (in my experience, at least) were not only woefully unprepared but were also woefully uninformed as to what an academic career would entail. For that matter, most of them had no idea what education really is. (And I include myself in everything I've said so far.) To exacerbate the problem, the undergraduate course work did nothing to remedy this situation. Then people get into grad school and find all kinds of things being thrown at them that they never suspected and that they can't handle.
Big Scary Steve I agree, this is definitely a problem. This is partly why it took me a long time before saying I wanted to go into academia, because I felt so aware that my undergrad degree didn’t prepare me for what that entailed. I chose my Master’s degree based on one that was focused on getting you a career in history, with a big emphasis on internships and jobs within the course requirements so I could actually get a feel for what it meant. So yes! I absolutely agree. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
@4:33 Perhaps #0 should be 'A Historian can best write on those experiences they actually lived through firsthand.'
偙 what an interesting (and controversial!) idea! I don’t personally agree but why do you think that?
@@OpheliaVert
When I behold archaeological sites or read ancient inscriptions, I _thirst_ for the chance to spectate and live it firsthand as a nonintervening ghost. To see it from different perspectives and feelings.
The moment you uploaded this very video, you were partaking of history in the making. This video could be randomly found a millennium from now and noone would fathom (or even speak the same dialect of English possibly!) what you felt when you were making it, editing it, uploading it - not even future you might remember it so vividly (just like past you who planned it from past going forward didn't have the project completely worked out - it was a vague plan or intention waiting to gestate).
No one else could have done that but Ophelia Vert.
This very comment thread is History in the making.
If it holds true for us at Present, surely we can justly extend the reasoning to the indefinite Past and Future, no?
Totally not on topic and sorry for not contributing to the discussion (: but the 'have a nice video' moment/statement is v cute
English accent and historian is like peanut butter and bread. Not all sandwiches are PB, but when it is PB...
3:18 - 3:28 totally confused me.
I couldn't find any relevance whatsoever to the query of whether a modern biography is considered to be a historical document in conjunction with the example of video essays published online, and even more confusing, was that you referenced the subject matter of some of these video essays.
I understand your point! I think I could have explained better. I mentioned biography, as sometimes the biographies of Sargon of Akkad are mentioned as the first histories, and I wondered how far it could be stretched: which biographies are histories? Equally, the commentary side of the Internet, with analyses of social trends, are also a kind of pop history in a way, in aural and visual forms. That is what I was trying to explore, but I didn’t do it that clearly. I hope that clears it up somewhat!
@@OpheliaVert I do, now, after having read and digested this reply of yours, understand your musing on that matter further, thank you kindly for your reply.
Admittedly, I still fail to find a clear link between biographies and online content - such as an example of a video essay - when determining whether a biography itself written in the modern day, is considered a historical document.
Having said that, irrespective of the example of contemporary online/digital content, I myself would've thought that it was standard for an official/certified biography to be considered a historical document, provided it is objective and factual.
I could very well be missing something here or over-thinking it which wouldn't be the first time I can tell you!
Cheers Miss Vert.
Herodotus was the first Historian for europeans, not for the World.
For the west.
@@ericsierra-franco7802 Europeans