Are there better job opportunities for historians depending on which history they study? Which fields have more demand?

by limepie20

As in are you better off studying Asian history rather than American history, for example?

VM1138

I can't grab a link right now, but the American Historical Association publishes a report once in a while evaluating the field. Their last was in 2013 and it showed that you do have slightly better odds with an Asian History focus, but if I remember correctly you still have less than a 50% of finding work in academia. Outside of academia, there aren't really any ways to track job success accurately. But in American non-academia there probably isn't great demand for an Asian historian.

So basically its a huge risk no matter what you choose and you can't really "plan" a history career anymore. It sort of depends on who you know and your timing, which no one can predict.

pooroldedgar

Try /r/AskAcademia

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