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You Know You’re A History Major When. . . .

Juliette Sebock
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Gettysburg chapter.

You can explain the differences between public history, popular history, and academic history and you have strong opinions on each.  

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You’ve been to some sort of reenactment.

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Your weekend trips typically involve historical sites.  

 

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You can distinguish between Chicago and Turabian and citing in these forms is second nature.

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You’ve contemplated the feasibility of building a time machine to fully understand an event or era.  

You probably decided it was too science-y to take on yourself.  

You can tell the difference between primary and secondary sources at a glance and are a pro at analyzing them.  

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You know a lot about obscure historical figures.  

“What do you MEAN you don’t get my reference??”

You’ve been asked about your presumed teaching plans or postgrad unemployment.  

You have a favourite historical period and figure.  

You wouldn’t trade it for anything.  

Juliette Sebock, Founder: Jules founded the Gettysburg College chapter of Her Campus in Fall 2015 and served as Campus Correspondent until graduating in Spring 2018. Juliette graduated from Gettysburg College in 2018 with an English major and History/Civil War Era Studies/Public History triple minors. In addition to HC, she was a member of the Spring 2017 class of Advanced Studies in England and of various organizations including Eta Sigma Phi, Dance Ensemble, and Poetry Circle. She has published a poetry chapbook titled Mistakes Were Made, available on Amazon and Goodreads, and she has poems forthcoming in several literary magazines. She is also the editor-in-chief of Nightingale & Sparrow Magazine and runs the lifestyle blog, For the Sake of Good Taste. For more information, visit https://juliettesebock.com.