Our post today comes from Rhona Ramsay, a museum professional with a background in community engagement and learning. Her PhD research builds on projects which brought Gypsy/Travellers into museums to engage with examples of their cultural heritage. The aims of her research are to uncover the presence of Gypsy/Traveller objects and agency within Scottish museums, to examine … Continue reading The Stuff of Research: Being disruptive in the museum
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
Conference Crunch Time
So as I have probably mentioned too many times, I am currently part of a small team organising a conference. We have been working on this for such a long time I can't believe that the time has come: the conference starts today! In this post I want to talk a little about the process … Continue reading Conference Crunch Time
Being a Scotland Futures Forum Intern: First Thoughts
In January Nicola Martin and Nell Widger become ‘Futures Fellows’ at Scotland’s Futures Forum, a public policy think-tank based at the Scottish Parliament. The Forum works to promote research and stimulate debate on the long-term challenges and opportunities Scotland faces, with the aim of informing MSPs and others, and enabling them to consider the effects … Continue reading Being a Scotland Futures Forum Intern: First Thoughts
Writing Group to the Rescue
I write this post sitting at a table in an Edinburgh cafe, with three other PhD students and two ECRs. At this very moment we are not talking, but focused on our laptops or notebooks, pausing occasionally for a swig of coffee. Some of us have met outside this group, and for some this is … Continue reading Writing Group to the Rescue
SGSAH Update
Hello! John here from the SGSAH office taking over the blog for today to give you a quick update on what is going on at the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities. The start of the year is a busy time for SGSAH so we thought it best to pop into the blog and … Continue reading SGSAH Update
The PhD Squad
When I applied for this role I was asked to write a short blog post about PhD training provision. To be quite honest with you, I was at first a bit stumped by the challenge of writing something genuinely interesting and innovative about this subject. This is not to say that I have not valued the formal training I … Continue reading The PhD Squad
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