This week, new resident blogger Emma Dorfman introduces herself as an interdisciplinary researcher and self-proclaimed theatre nerd who is no stranger to putting down new roots time and time again...
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Media, Medicine, Modern Woman: My PhD Story
In this blog, resident SGSAH blogger, Beth Price, talks through how she chose her PhD project, working in the field of Chinese Studies, and the ever-expanding list of questions she is trying to answer. My PhD research sort-of follows my master’s thesis, which focused on the Chinese artist, Pan Yuliang (1895 - 1977). I first … Continue reading Media, Medicine, Modern Woman: My PhD Story
New Year, New SGSAH Blogger
January was long enough that NYE feels like a distant memory, but Lunar New Year is just around the corner and that is enough to justify a “New Year, New Me” introduction. My name is Beth, and I am taking the reins of the SGSAH blog for the next six months. I’m a first-year SGSAH … Continue reading New Year, New SGSAH Blogger
On questions and questioning
What do depression and the PhD process have in common? (This is not a setup for a joke. I’m sorry.) The answer, as I came to discover recently, is their tendency to force our attention towards new questions; questions that are unexpected, overdue, crucial for our development, and illuminating in their own way, even when … Continue reading On questions and questioning
Taking a Break
At the beginning of the month, my 60-day suspension of studies ended. There were a number of factors leading to my decision to take a break, and ultimately while I was nervous to truly step away from my PhD for any period of time, it was exactly what I needed...but there are some words of … Continue reading Taking a Break
Working During the PhD
In an ideal world, you would be able to focus solely on your PhD and knock it out of the park in three years and move on with your life. But as we've already highlighted in this blog life rarely works in the 'ideal' way. Some PhD students need to take an extra year (or … Continue reading Working During the PhD
SGSAH Vlog 1: World Mental Health Day
Hello everyone! Today we are trying something a bit different at the SGSAH blog... our first VLOG! Hopefully we'll add more new content to the blog along the lines of Vlogs, Podcasts, and the recent photo blog we had, so keep an eye out! In honour of World Mental Health Day, I'm here discussing some … Continue reading SGSAH Vlog 1: World Mental Health Day
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