Lucie Whitmore is just heading into the final year of her SGSAH funded PhD at the University of Glasgow, interpreting women’s experiences of the 1914-1918 war through the clothes they wore. She is a costume intern at the Museum of Edinburgh, and previously worked as a research assistant on a historical embroidery project at Edinburgh … Continue reading Guest Blogger: Learning to share: research impact, public engagement and the SGSAH Summer Showcase
Category: PhD Experience
GUEST BLOGGER: THE BOON OF BALANCE IN THE PART-TIME PHD
Fiona Houston, a PhD candidate of First World War Literature at the University of Aberdeen, reflects on the benefits of the part-time PhD road she didn't initially intend to travel, but now wouldn't necessarily trade for a more straightforward path. I’m a part time PhD student. It wasn’t through choice. I applied many (many) times to … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: THE BOON OF BALANCE IN THE PART-TIME PHD
Creative Approaches to Research (and blogging…)
As I mentioned last week, I'm staying in the Borders right now (avoiding the Fringe and trying to write up a chapter of my thesis) and I've been ALL about getting back to nature - hugging trees, eating dirt etc. The house is just on the outskirts of a little town called Langholm, where everyone … Continue reading Creative Approaches to Research (and blogging…)
Guest Blogger: Textual Editing: Twenty-First Century Practice
This week our guest post comes from Eleanore Widger, who offers an enlightening insight into her experiences of the Textual Editing Workshops that ran from February to July this year. As Gerald McKeever put it, during the final ‘Textual Editing: Twenty-First Century Practice’ workshop earlier this month, literary critics often forget about the ‘science’ behind the texts … Continue reading Guest Blogger: Textual Editing: Twenty-First Century Practice
Do you ever feel like your PhD is trying to kill you?
Hello! Hope you're all well and safe and getting loads of 100% satisfying/useful research done. I know I'm enjoying sitting indoors on the first sunny day of August that Scotland has seen this year, reading all about D.H. Lawrence's theories of the dark, intuitive "blood-self" and the intellectually clear "nerve-brain-self"...*smile* We're staying in the Borders … Continue reading Do you ever feel like your PhD is trying to kill you?
GUEST BLOGGER: Walking with the SGSAH: The ‘Thinker’ Hat of Mine (Part two)
This week's guest post comes from Matluba Khan, who discusses her experiences as thinker-in-residence at Deveron Arts, a position funded by the SGSAH. You can find Part 1 of Matluba's story here. On the verge of being overwhelmed writing my PhD thesis, I decided to go for a short writing retreat in Berwick-upon-Tweed. I enjoyed … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: Walking with the SGSAH: The ‘Thinker’ Hat of Mine (Part two)
All Change
Well hello! I’m Marianne and I shall be your SGSAH blogger for the next 6 months. To begin with, I thought it might be a good idea to tell you a bit more about myself so you can hopefully relate to the person behind the typeset. As such, I have prepared an informal statement: My … Continue reading All Change
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH RESEARCH SHOWCASE 2016—KATIE FORRESTER
Katie Forrester is a third year PhD candidate in the field of design at Edinburgh College of Art, and one of the scholars whose research was featured at the Research Showcase at the SGSAH Summer School 2016. Katie’s practice involves designing handmade picture books based on folklore & symbol by using stencils & manual print methods. On … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH RESEARCH SHOWCASE 2016—KATIE FORRESTER
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—DR STEPHEN GREER
Dr Stephen Greer, Lecturer in Theatre Practices at the University of Glasgow, was a featured lecturer for the SGSAH 2016 Theories of Knowledge Lecture Series, speaking on Performance and Performativity. He was gracious enough to provide us with a blog of additional new insights that supplement and expand upon his lecture. Thinking about gender as a performance can draw our attention … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—DR STEPHEN GREER
GUEST BLOGGER: ZINE & HEARD—GETTING TO KNOW GLASGOW WOMEN’S LIBRARY ZINE COLLECTION
Zanne Domoney-Lyttle, a PhD candidate in Theology & Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow and 2015-2016 Hunterian Associate, speaks to her experience as a SGSAH Intern working with Zines at the Glasgow Women's Library. For the previous 6 months, I have undertaken an internship funded the SGSAH at Glasgow Women’s Library, working closely with their zine … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: ZINE & HEARD—GETTING TO KNOW GLASGOW WOMEN’S LIBRARY ZINE COLLECTION
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