Hello! John here from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities. Thought I’d steal the blog from Marianne for a minute to talk about our latest big event and to give an insight into what we’re up to behind the scenes. Monday sees the launch of our newest training course and everyone is involved … Continue reading Material Culture: The Stuff of Research
Category: Research and Practice
A Whole New World of Notes
I take near constant notes while I’m researching, which is great in terms of satisfying my need to have reams of written-on paper at the end of the day, but when it comes to using those notes and turning them into an essay, I feel totally over-faced. More often than not I can’t bring myself … Continue reading A Whole New World of Notes
GUEST BLOG: Adventures in South Africa and Malawi
Clare Brown recently visited South Africa and Malawi as part of her research into the use of visual images and imagery in 19th Century Christian mission to southern Africa. Whilst there she kept a regular blog of her experiences, a selection of which you can read below. Preparations June 15, 2016 "Ethiopia shall soon stretch out … Continue reading GUEST BLOG: Adventures in South Africa and Malawi
The Moral Maze of my PhD Research
Like most people, my PhD has changed quite a bit since I excitedly (read: frantically) wrote my proposal and started approaching universities three years ago. My original plan had been to look at talking animals as moralists in the poetry of Marianne Moore, Ted Hughes and Luke Kennard. As it stands, Mazza Moore may be the … Continue reading The Moral Maze of my PhD Research
Guest Blogger: Learning to share: research impact, public engagement and the SGSAH Summer Showcase
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
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
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: FREEDOM TO STUDY ANTAGONISM AND RESISTENCE AT SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES
Mauro Di Lullo, a PhD student at the University of Stirling, reflects on his appreciation for the freedom to study in new, innovative, and even potentially controversial topics without boundaries in the Scottish doctoral community. In July 2012, I gratefully accepted a three-year scholarship from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities for my doctoral thesis on … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: FREEDOM TO STUDY ANTAGONISM AND RESISTENCE AT SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—PROFESSOR KATHERINE HAWLEY
Professor Katherine Hawley, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, was a featured lecturer for the SGSAH 2016 Theories of Knowledge Lecture Series, speaking on What is Epistemology? She was gracious enough to provide us with a blog of additional new insights that supplement and expand upon her lecture. What Is Epistemology? What is epistemology? A tricky … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—PROFESSOR KATHERINE HAWLEY
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