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August 29, 2005
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love History
My name is Matthew Hobbs, but I go by Matt. To recap my introduction from the class:
- Grew up in Manassas, Virginia (Osbourn Park H.S. '95)
- Went to college at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina and got a BA in History
- Through ROTC, I was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and served five years first as a cavalry then as an ordnance officer
- I married Amanda Thrasher, a fellow Furman alum, in June 2001
- I was stationed with 1-14 CAV at Ft. Lewis, Washington and 1-81 Armor at Ft. Knox, Kentucky
- While in Kentucky, we adopted our dog Lucas, who is some sort of beagle/foxhound mix
- I left the Army as a captain in November of 2004
- Amanda and I moved to Fairfax and both enrolled in the MA program in History here at GMU
- For my day job, I work at IKEA in Woodbridge - I manage the Cookshop, so if you need dishes, pots, pans, or gadgets, come see me
- As I said, Amanda is also an MA candidate in the History program, with an emphasis on applied and American history
I've got an eye on pursuing my PhD, with a focus on nineteenth-century nationalism in the eastern portion of the Habsburg Empire. I've got to brush up on my Deutsch before that, though. I'm really enjoying my day job with IKEA, though, and am considering moving abroad with the company once my MA is complete. That would let us live in Europe, make money to live on, and work on language and research skills "in the field," so to speak.
Posted by mhobbs at August 29, 2005 07:10 PM