Our guest blogger today is Mhairi Brennan. Mhairi is a second year PhD researcher in the Film and Television Department at the University of Glasgow. Her thesis focuses on BBC Scotland's television archive material pertaining to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Previously, she worked for several years as a television archive producer. You can find … Continue reading Writing a Current Thesis
Category: PhD Experience
The challenges, experiences and everyday stuff of PhD life
A Week at the British Library
This week I've been on a research trip to London.* I thought I'd finished with primary research, but when I wrote the outline for an upcoming chapter back in May I realised that some vital information was missing. I applied for SGSAH Student Development Funding, and was awarded funds to visit the British Library to study … Continue reading A Week at the British Library
Imposter Syndrome at Hogwarts
Imposter syndrome is something that every normal PhD student faces at some point. It was one of the first things I blogged about when I was quite new to the world of academia. I didn't then realise how widespread this issue was, or how much you can achieve despite the regular pangs of inadequacy. I … Continue reading Imposter Syndrome at Hogwarts
Being a feminist researcher
As many of you will be aware, this week the annual SGSAH Summer School took place in venues across Glasgow. It is such a great opportunity to take part in some PhD related training events and creative workshops, and to catch up with PhD peers from across Scotland. There is a real sense of community … Continue reading Being a feminist researcher
On being the only one
Our guest blogger this week is Diljeet Bhachu. Diljeet is a SGSAH-funded doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh. Based in the Reid School of Music, she is currently researching how people learn to facilitate musical learning, specifically in primary school and community music contexts, with an interest in how lifelong and life-wide experiences shape … Continue reading On being the only one
The Pleasure in Stuff
On Monday I attended the 'Stuff of Research' symposium at Kelvinhall in Glasgow, the culmination of the year long material culture research programme organised by SGSAH. (You can find out more about the programme and previous events in these blog posts: here, here and here.) The day was organised by students who had taken part … Continue reading The Pleasure in Stuff
PhD-ing in Orkney: A slightly different experience
Andrea Blendl is working on a PhD titled “Runic Writing in the diaspora: expression of a Norse identity” funded by a SGSAH Applied Research Collaborative Studentship. She is based at the Centre for Nordic Studies in Orkney, other partners are Orkney Museum and the University of Aberdeen. Andrea moved to Kirkwall from Germany to pursue … Continue reading PhD-ing in Orkney: A slightly different experience
The PhD Top Ten
Welcome to the 100th post on the SGSAH blog! I (Lucie) have been the blogger in residence for SGSAH since February and I am so pleased to have reached this milestone! This blog is all about PhD life: research, opportunities and the PhD experience. In the last 16 months we have covered every subject from social … Continue reading The PhD Top Ten
Reflections on the PGRNS Workshop
Our guest post today comes from Lois Burke, a co-founder of the Postgraduate Gender Research Network of Scotland (PGRNS). Lois is completing her PhD in nineteenth-century girls’ life writing and literature at Edinburgh Napier University. PGRNS is a growing network, and will turn 1 year old in August. They have recently hosted events including a launch … Continue reading Reflections on the PGRNS Workshop
Monthly Roundup: May 2017
It is time for the May monthly round up on the SGSAH blog - bringing together a collection of blog posts, articles and other stuff that may be of interest to arts & humanities PhD students. We've had a slightly quieter month that usual here on the SGSAH blog while we made some changes to … Continue reading Monthly Roundup: May 2017
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