“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

I thank Horrible Histories for my obsession with history

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.

this is going to make me want to study history 😭 I can't just study everything....

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.

Years later this video shall be in everybody's recommendations, and someone shall be studying youtube history.

*head kiss* “have a nice video” i want that

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.

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.

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 a computer science student, I'm just curious about history i love it

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

This was so interesting! I'm so excited to see more of your history videos as well!

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! 🌸

At first, I was skeptical, but then the video pleasantly surprised me, and now it is one of my very favorite videos... yeah

I love your vids, keep it up!

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.

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.

Came to your channel because your comment on my The Dig review! Thanks for showing support! I subbed!

Love this video, Ophelia! Also the editing at the start 🤌🤌

Brilliant video, grazie Ophelia 👏🏻👏🏻

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 KZfaq 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. 😊

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❤

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.

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.

who needs as degree when I've played all the assassin's creed games?

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.

great video, bravo!

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.)

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.

Loved this! Would love to see more history based videos!

Entertaining and really interesting.

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.

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” 🎀

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.

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.

Love Medieval history, would recommend Debt: The first 5000 years

I agree with how we tend to forget a lot of things that happened in the past the effect us in the future.

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.

This was dope

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.

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?

Love History....all history is fascinating.

History is everything

@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.

Herodotus was the first Historian for europeans, not for the World.

Finally!

Guys, just do what you love, the rewards will come and do not rely on expectations as you can not control them

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.

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!🤩🇮🇩

Very good

I'm no historian or student but this was really interesting thanks

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

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!

@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 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.

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

I’m currently a second year history major that was starting to get worried about the choice I made 😭

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

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😫

History is what historians want it to be.

somebody remind me to come back in 5 years when I hopefully am finishing my degree and getting a job 🤞

Im at secondary education and I'm gonna do history as my future degree

I understand, Im in auxiliary sciences and archives, and its really hard. Since im coming from physics background

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

My dream job!

thank u

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When I’m older my dream job is to be a historian

J.M Roberts History of the world made use of the book for my Masters Degree in History.

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?

your a pretty historian ❤. . . . nice video

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 am from India. What is the scope indian history in foregin country. I have completed master degree in indian ancient history art and culture

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.)

I like history

@4:33 Perhaps #0 should be 'A Historian can best write on those experiences they actually lived through firsthand.'

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.

Do some thing on British Ceylon short Viedo

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.

I'm actually studying to become an Historian

Do you have to be very talented in writing to get a Bachelors degree in history or masters ?

What physcist do what chemisist do understanding about physical world. what historians do narrating past with more precision thats all

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.

i dont know what career i wanna do

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.

Totally not on topic and sorry for not contributing to the discussion (: but the 'have a nice video' moment/statement is v cute

video starts at 9:12

I want to become a historian and focus on Mesoamérican history and the history of the indigenous ppl of the Americas