Elyse Jamieson is a second year PhD student in Linguistics & English Language at the University of Edinburgh, funded by SGSAH. Their research interests are primarily in dialect syntax and semantics, with a focus on data from Scots dialects. For more information, see their website or find them on Twitter. I have just returned from a … Continue reading Experiences of the ‘Visiting Doctoral Researcher’ Scheme
Category: PhD Experience
The challenges, experiences and everyday stuff of PhD life
On Having an Off Day (Or Week, Or Month)
Whatever career you choose, there will always be off days. Off days (or weeks or months) are not a unique PhD student phenomenon. I would like, however, to dedicate this blog post to the dreaded 'PhD off day', and the frustrations faced by the hard-working PhD student when it rears its ugly head. So to start, what … Continue reading On Having an Off Day (Or Week, Or Month)
The Dos and Don’ts of Public Engagement
Laura Beattie is a PhD student in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Her research looks at ideas of community, citizenship, the household and the commonwealth in Shakespeare's comedies and she is interested more generally in ideas of citizenship and belonging. Recently I have been involved in running a public engagement project, initiated and led by … Continue reading The Dos and Don’ts of Public Engagement
Monthly Roundup: March 2017
How is it April already? This year seems to be flying by at a terrifying pace, but maybe that is because my final annual progress review takes place in May. Fear aside, a new month means it is time for my second monthly roundup on this blog. My intention is to bring together blog posts, podcasts, … Continue reading Monthly Roundup: March 2017
The [self-styled] PhD writing retreat
For the last week I have been away on a holiday/writing retreat in the Highlands, a chance to get away from Edinburgh and my usual daily routines, and focus on getting some solid chunks of writing done. In this post I am going to talk a little bit about the benefits of planning your own … Continue reading The [self-styled] PhD writing retreat
Conference Dispatches: Finding War in the Other Stuff
As you’ll have seen from recent posts, we (Lucie, Laura, Catherine, with help from our brilliant co-organiser Roseanne) recently put on a conference. ‘War Through Other Stuff’ ran over three days and was dedicated to exploring alternative histories of conflict - rather than focusing on more conventional military histories, we chose to highlight non-military narratives, … Continue reading Conference Dispatches: Finding War in the Other Stuff
International Women’s Day: The women that shape my PhD
March is Women's History Month, and today (March 8th) is International Women's Day: a global celebration (which has apparently been observed since the early 1900's) of 'the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women', and a 'call to action for accelerating gender parity'. There are lots of ways that you can take part in this global event, from simply celebrating … Continue reading International Women’s Day: The women that shape my PhD
Introducing the First World War Network
The New National First World War Network for Early Career & Postgraduate Researchers: A Responsive and Supportive Peer Network in a Challenging Context Our guest post today comes from Oliver Wilkinson. Oliver is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, and a current committee member of the FWW Network. Find out more about the … Continue reading Introducing the First World War Network
Monthly Roundup: February 2017
Hello! As I mentioned in my introductory post, I am going to end every month on the blog with a roundup of links to other blogs, blogposts, videos, websites, tweets and other online content that is relevant to arts & humanities PhD students in Scotland. Think of this as place to find inspiration, updates, information, … Continue reading Monthly Roundup: February 2017
Why do you work on that? Explaining how we arrive at our research topics
Today's post is by Sam Grinsell, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests lie in colonial cities and the built environment more broadly, and he also maintains a strong interest in digital pedagogy. His current research on British imperial architecture in the Nile valley is funded by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great … Continue reading Why do you work on that? Explaining how we arrive at our research topics
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