Alumni

Maarten Zwiers                                                 

MA, 2007

While I was still working on my MA thesis in Oxford, I also applied to a number of PhD positions back home in the Netherlands. The University of Groningen accepted my proposal, so I’m now back at my alma mater. My dissertation will focus on the political life of U.S. Senator James Eastland, which was also the topic of the thesis I wrote at Ole Miss. If everything goes as planned, I’ll be back in Mississippi in the spring of 2009 for research. In the meantime, I’m enjoying my time in the Dutch North. I’ve got a nice apartment in downtown Groningen, I’m hanging out with my old buddies a lot, and the university is actually paying me to read about Southern history. What more could a graduate student ask for?