Re: Postgrad. Entry

[Andrew Bacon <andrew.bacon@lmh.ox.ac.uk>]

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> one final question for matt, on his claim that oxford seems to be a level
> above - i know they've got a massive department, but do they actually have
> any aesthetics specialists? as far as i know they haven't. whereas at
> southampton we have 3 top people. so sometimes the overall reputation of
> the department isn't the best thing to go for....
> 

We've got Alison Denham, John Hyman ('The Objective Eye: colour, form and
reality in the theory of art') and Roger Allen who is doing something about the
Aesthetics of Music. I know nothing about aesthetics personally, but it appears
we are represented.

As for just looking at the best department, my tutor says this isn't always the
best career move (that is, if you're looking for an academic career afterwards).
Often it matters more that you've got your PhD from a big name university and
have a good referee - not the way it should be, but there you go. I'm going to
do more research this year, but so far I'm looking at Oxford, Cambridge or St
Andrews in the UK, and perhaps some American universities: MIT, Cornell, UCLA,
Princeton etc... or ANU in Australia. 
-- 
Andrew Bacon
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07830048336
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~lady1900



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