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.
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Looking Back: My Research Path to Becoming a Curator at the National Library of Scotland
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
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
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.
Back to Basics: How to Read Academic Papers
In this article, resident blogger Beth Price shares her top tips on how to read research papers effectively, prepare for your literature review, and not freak out. By the time you sign up for any post-graduate study, let alone a PhD, you will have read so many papers and cited so many books that you … Continue reading Back to Basics: How to Read Academic Papers
Navigating Racism in Nineteenth-Century Visual Satire
The very first time I looked at an issue of the 1825-1826 caricature periodical, the Glasgow Looking Glass, I experienced a mixture of emotions. I was entertained by the small images that conveyed so much humour. I was distracted by the detail of a print of the 1825 Glasgow Fair. I was disappointed by the … Continue reading Navigating Racism in Nineteenth-Century Visual Satire
‘Sparking joy’ in my life and research
Like many people around the world, when the new year rolled around I found myself binge-watching the new Netflix series ‘Tidying up with Marie Kondo’. I’d heard of her book The Magical Art of Tidying Up some years ago, but had never been interested enough to read it. In fact, I secretly resented the principal. … Continue reading ‘Sparking joy’ in my life and research
Firestone Library: Progressing at Princeton
Our guest blogger this week is Juliet. She is a second year student at The University of Edinburgh studying American literature. Her research focuses on depictions of flirts in American fiction from 1878-1928, exploring how attitudes towards flirtatious femininity reflect broader cultural changes. Thanks to the Scottish Graduate School’s ‘Student Development Fund’ I spent October to … Continue reading Firestone Library: Progressing at Princeton
Making Time for Fiction
In the first year of my PhD I really struggled to read fiction, or other books unrelated to my PhD subject. This is a common complaint amongst researchers: you either get guilt that you should be reading something work related, or you are so tired from reading all day that you lose the ability to … Continue reading Making Time for Fiction
Leighton Library Borrowers Project
Today’s blog post comes from Jill Dye, a second-year PhD student on a SGSAH-funded Applied Research Collaboration with the Universities of Stirling and Dundee and the Library of Innerpeffray. Whilst her PhD research focuses on borrowers from the Library of Innerpeffray 1747-1854, Jill has been using the archives at the University of Stirling to research … Continue reading Leighton Library Borrowers Project
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