PhD's are not a straightforward experience of writing a thesis and passing a viva. The path to a PhD has all kinds of twists and turns and can even throw you for a loop. While there may have been some kind of expectation that you might get to do GTA work as a PhD student, … Continue reading Upcoming Opportunities: Internships and Artist Residencies
Marta Nitecka Barche (PhD student at the University of Aberdeen) brings us this blog on the influential workshop ‘On the Border of Art and Language Teaching in the Multilingual World’ (BAALT 2018) she organised with PhD students Dobrochna Futro (University of Glasgow), and Deirdre MacKenna (University of Dundee) . This workshop took place on the … Continue reading After the workshop ‘On the Border of Art and Language Teaching in the Multilingual World’
This will be my last post as the resident blogger for SGSAH before passing it on to Brittnee. I’m excited for both you all and her. I have no doubt you’ll find her posts helpful, insightful, and interesting. I think just like the changing of the seasons the change will be refreshing, but it’s with … Continue reading Passing the Torch: Thoughts on legacy
We often think about intelligence, talent, or maybe even a bit of luck as the keys to academic success. But recently a presenter’s words at the SGSAH summer school struck and stuck with me. The workshop she was running was on prioritizing after the PhD. The workshop was honest and yet optimistic, filled with … Continue reading Resilience and Perseverance: The arch virtue of academia
Stefana Djokic is a first year History of Art PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. Her PhD focuses on the role of art in US-Yugoslav relations during the Cold War, examining to what extent exhibitions of post-war US art in Yugoslavia were diplomatic tools, aimed at strengthening US-Yugoslav relations and transferring US cultural and … Continue reading SGSAH STUDENT DEVELOPMENT FUND: (RE)COLLECTING YUGOSLAVIA’S PAST IN LJUBLJANA AND BELGRADE, 10TH-25TH MAY 2018
Consuelo Martino is a second- year PhD candidate in Classics at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on the literary interactions in Suetonius’ Life of the Caesars, a collection of emperors’ biographies of the II century A.D. Matthew Tibble is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh where he researches early modern political theory and English literature, … Continue reading The Literary Self: from Antiquity to the Digital Age
I’ve often found myself in the library late at night, feeling unproductive and guilty about leaving. I often will have gotten a late start and done a fair bit of procrastinating. Even if I’ve gotten quite a bit done, it never feels quite like enough. It leaves me feeling like the day has been wasted … Continue reading When Enough Is Enough: Meeting goals and staying motivated in your PhD
Tim is a 2nd year AHRC-funded creative writing PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. He has a BSc in neuroscience from the University of Manchester, a poetry MFA from Syracuse University and spent several years working in the pharmaceutical industry. Tim’s current research examines the writing of the Confessional Poets (Sexton, Lowell, Plath and Berryman), specifically … Continue reading Cohort Development Fund Tips
What I felt characterised the SGSAH summer school was a sense of genuine care and desire to support PhD candidates. From the catering to the choices of workshops on offer and topic for the panel discussion this feeling seemed to run through all three days. I think the feeling of care and support is expressed … Continue reading Reflecting on The SGSAH Summer School
Kathi Kamleitner is a 3rd year PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow. Her research project is entitled On Women's Film Festivals: Histories, Feminisms, Futures. She also is the co-founder of Femspectives, a feminist film festival in Glasgow, which you can follow on twitter: @femspectives . You can also follow her on twitter: @watchmesee and/or … Continue reading Organising an Impact Activity: Revisiting the History of Women’s Film Festivals
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