Like so many of us, I didn’t see a global pandemic coming when I started my PhD in 2019. I was going to use oral history and creative methods to document refugees and asylum seekers’ experiences of everyday life in Scotland. I planned convivial zine-making sessions, walks across the landscape of Glasgow deep in conversation, … Continue reading The poetry of everyday life
This is my final post! And what a way to go! This is my interview with SGSAH's new president, Professor Claire Squires. The interview took place at SGSAH HQ, on an unbelievably windy day in Glasgow. Claire Squires, and friend. JJ: Your position in Stirling relates to international publishing. Has that been a lifelong interest? … Continue reading Claire Squires Interview
I never really set out to study place-names when I began my Uni career, and I certainly didn't see myself, as an American outsider, writing up a PhD on Scottish place-names in New Zealand. When I received my bachelors in Anthropology, I had a fairly clear idea of where I wanted to go with it- … Continue reading Why I study place-names
Laura Beattie is a PhD student in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Her research looks at ideas of community, citizenship, the household and the commonwealth in Shakespeare's comedies and she is interested more generally in ideas of citizenship and belonging. Recently I have been involved in running a public engagement project, initiated and led by … Continue reading The Dos and Don’ts of Public Engagement
This week's guest post comes from Alexandra-Maria Colta, a PhD researcher at the Universities of Glasgow and St Andrews, in partnership with the Document Film Festival. Her project is an Applied Research Collaborative Studentship (ARCS) and she has kindly shared some insights into the ARCS experience. I think for many of us starting a PhD we first have to … Continue reading Guest Post: Getting to Know Your Subject: Human Rights Film Festivals under ARCS Studentship
This week's guest post comes from Lydia Murtezaoglu, a new PhD student in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. Lydia offers an excellent insight into her experiences of starting the PhD and how daunting that can be. Starting a PhD is challenging, as I knew it would be. You are embarking on your greatest academic … Continue reading GUEST POST: Some thoughts for new PhD students
This week we have part 1 of a fantastic 2-part insight into the process of applying to and undertaking an SGSAH artist-in-residence post during a PhD. A huge thank you to Catherine Weir for sharing her story and photographs with us. Part 2 will be posted next week. Twelve months ago, weighed down by a … Continue reading Guest Post: On residencies, and why you shouldn’t give into chronophobia, Pt. 1
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