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Tag: Archaeology

Place-Based Practices: Writing from the North Sea Coast of Scotland

December 16, 2025December 15, 2025Leave a comment

Resident blogger Jelena Sofronijevic shares an extract from their research article about the artist Zeljko Kujundzic (1920-2003), written during an Interdisciplinary Residency at Hospitalfield in Arbroath, and published in Scottish Art News.

Looking Back: My Research Path to Becoming a Curator at the National Library of Scotland

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025Leave a comment

Following their presentation at the SGSAH Welcome Event 2025, guest blogger Dr Sarah Mackay shares their journey from a SGSAH-funded PhD to becoming a library curator.

Slippery Realities: Researching Scotland’s Fishing Industry through Speculative Fiction

December 2, 2025December 1, 2025Leave a comment

Guest blogger Marie-Chantal Hamrock shares their research-based artistic practice, exploring maritime cultures in Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh.

Looking Back to Look Forward: Conversations on Living Proof: A Climate Story (2021) at the University of Edinburgh

November 25, 2025November 25, 2025Leave a comment

In the first post of the ecologies strand, guest blogger Anna Stacey reflects on an Environmental Humanities Film Screening in partnership with Dr. Emily Munro and the National Library of Scotland.

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‘Really, that’s it?’ The under- and overwhelming experience of finishing your PhD

November 14, 2025November 17, 2025Leave a comment

Guest bloggers Julia Römer and Marly Muudeni Samuel reflect on their experiences of completing a PhD.

The EARTH Scholarship Programme: The Value of Dipping Into Other Disciplines

July 24, 2025July 28, 2025Leave a comment

This week, PhD Researcher Isobel Harvey continues a three-part series reflecting on the 2025 EARTH Scholarship Programme. In this post, she reflects on the benefits of engaging with different disciplines throughout the programme and how this has fed directly back into her own multidisciplinary research...

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Spotlight on Interdisciplinary Research: Exploring ‘Audience’ Through a House in Torlum

June 11, 2025November 11, 2025Leave a comment

This week, guest blogger Mhairi Ferrier writes about her work as an multidisciplinary researcher across archaeology, history and digital heritage. Here, she ponders her audience: What will the communities surrounding taighean-tughaidh take from her contributions to these respective fields?

Greetings from the Northern Isles

August 5, 2020Leave a comment

Hello everyone! I am Neil Ackerman and am going to be running the SGSAH blog for the next six months. Firstly, a big thanks to Chiara for the last six months of excellent and thought-provoking posts. Also, thanks to the SGSAH team for their support in getting things all set up for me. I guess … Continue reading Greetings from the Northern Isles

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