Philipp - Historian
Historical research for the pre-investigation of explosive ordnance (risk assessment for construction projects with regard to explosive ordnance still present from the Second World War, e.g. unexploded ordnance).
Lecturer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Department of History.
- Project-related research and evaluation of sources and literature (national/international).
- Archive tours
- Digital archiving of sources and processing in a geodatabase application (GIS-based)
- Internal training programme
During my studies, I realised that I didn't really want to go into teaching after all. However, many applications after the first state examination were unsuccessful. I wanted to stay in the region, which made the search more difficult. I was then given the opportunity to do an internship through contacts, which crystallised into the idea of a PhD topic and ultimately led to a permanent position.
There was a career-orientation event at the Institute of History (lecture series), which I attended.
- Source criticism
- Research strategies for literature and archive material
- Working efficiently with text (extracting the essentials)
- Structured approach to questions
- Get active and get involved
- Show interest (e.g. in the context of internships)
- Studies are usually too general, so specialise early on (topics, time periods, areas)
- Make contacts (go to specialist conferences as a student)
- Acquire IT skills that go beyond "MS Office" and practise them on your own projects
- Foreign languages
Skills like these also make you employable outside of your own interests.
