Hannah Yoken is a Finnish-American SGSAH / AHRC funded PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow researching transnational Nordic feminism from a historical perspective. During her studies Hannah has specialised in the development of various social movements and countercultures in post-war Europe and North America. Methodologically, she has a strong interest in oral history and social theory. … Continue reading Why Scotland?
Category: PhD Experience
The challenges, experiences and everyday stuff of PhD life
Public Engagement and Plato’s Cave
I’ve been writing a conference paper and it felt like being in Plato’s allegory of the cave, but in reverse. Strapped to a chair, but instead of shadows on the wall it was 18th century works and journal articles on philosophy, law and history in the dim light of a desk lamp and the Scottish … Continue reading Public Engagement and Plato’s Cave
Reasonable Expectations and Re-Offending: Lessons from the Criminal Justice System.
Claire Field is a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, where she is a member of both the Arché and CEPPA research centres. She is supported by a SGSAH Doctoral Studentship, and her internship with Theatre Nemo was made possible by additional funding from SGSAH. For more information about her work … Continue reading Reasonable Expectations and Re-Offending: Lessons from the Criminal Justice System.
Advocating for the Arts and Humanities
I stood there, pint in hand just people watching. My mind was as full as my back pack with 18th century philosophy. It was 1 am and I had just finished up at the library for the night and fancied a pint on the way home. It was Friday night after all. Just as I … Continue reading Advocating for the Arts and Humanities
Firestone Library: Progressing at Princeton
Our guest blogger this week is Juliet. She is a second year student at The University of Edinburgh studying American literature. Her research focuses on depictions of flirts in American fiction from 1878-1928, exploring how attitudes towards flirtatious femininity reflect broader cultural changes. Thanks to the Scottish Graduate School’s ‘Student Development Fund’ I spent October to … Continue reading Firestone Library: Progressing at Princeton
Being Human: the value of a sabbatical
Personally, I’m great at procrastinating, but I’m terrible at taking a real break from work. I never feel like I’ve done enough to deserve it. There always seems to be one more task to accomplish before I feel like I’ve really earned a break. Which means normally my ‘breaks’ only come when my body forces … Continue reading Being Human: the value of a sabbatical
Developing a Working Method
This guest post is by Kim Walker, who is pursuing a PhD in Composition at the University of Aberdeen, working with sound, video, installation and new media. She is a Scottish artist whose work explores pathos within playfulness, humour and the everyday. Kim creates settings in which the mundane and the playful, ordinary gesture can … Continue reading Developing a Working Method
Introductions and Ideas
I’m personally and professionally a wee bit of a juxtaposition. Personally, I’m somewhere between work boots and a tweed jacket; just as comfortable building a house as an academic argument. Well, that’s not entirely true, I’m a PhD candidate, which means I regularly question my own ability to do most things. Professionally, I think the … Continue reading Introductions and Ideas
My final SGSAH blog post!
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been blogging with SGSAH for almost six months. Next week I’ll compose the monthly round-up and after that I’m handing over to a new blogger who is sure to offer a very different perspective on the experience of being an Arts & Humanities PhD student in Scotland. I’ve loved … Continue reading My final SGSAH blog post!
Being a heritage tourist in India
Researching for a PhD in heritage tourism has forever altered my perspective on travelling. I’ve written about this before in relation to my annual family holiday to the island of Harris in the Outer Hebrides. This month, I had the chance to be a heritage tourist in a more distant location: India. I travelled to … Continue reading Being a heritage tourist in India
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