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
In this series we interview PhD researchers across the arts and humanities in Scotland, and throughout the month of March we’re putting a special focus on women-identifying researchers. In this post, we hear from Lorna Wallace, who is a PhD researcher at the University of Stirling. What year are you in, and at what school? … Continue reading 5 Minutes With… Lorna Wallace
This guest post is by Perin Westerhof Nyman. Perin is entering the fourth year of her PhD in the School of History at the University of St Andrews. Her research considers the use of dress as a political tool in the Scottish royal household, particularly during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. She also works … Continue reading Changing Direction
Blog post by Rebecca Jones (University of Strathclyde) Twitter: @scotwomencreate and @beckmjones A mother’s unmistakable and inimitable influence on a daughter’s creative imagination. The power of therapeutic making. Women driving community building, and the celebration and recognition of creative women whose contributions have been historically subsumed by those of their male relatives. On Friday 17thAugust … Continue reading Celebrating Women Creating Scotland!
Today’s guest post comes from Lisa Nais, who is a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen. She holds an MA in English and Linguistics from the same university. Her doctoral research focuses on American writers in Venice in the late nineteenth century and the intersection of publishing practices with the creative process. Part of … Continue reading Archives & Pseudonyms
This guest article comes from Alasdair Grant, who is a second year PhD student in History at the University of Edinburgh, jointly supervised at the University of St Andrews. He is researching Christian-Muslim relations in the late Byzantine world (eastern Mediterranean, 13-15 centuries) through the specific example of people who were taken as captives. For … Continue reading Visiting Doctoral Research Placement: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz
This blog comes from Rebecca Mason, a PhD candidate in History at the University of Glasgow. Her PhD research, entitled “Wives and the Defence of Property in Early Modern Scotland”, explores how ‘ordinary’ married women litigated within competing jurisdictions in defence of their property during the early modern period, and how their access to justice … Continue reading SGSAH Doctoral Internship with the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service
I can’t believe it has already been a month since I took up the post of SGSAH blogger! I’ve been looking forward to compiling this monthly round-up of blogs posts, calls for papers, articles and anything else which might be useful for PhD students. On the SGSAH blog we have had some cracking guest posts … Continue reading Monthly Round-up: August 2017
Our guest blogger this week is Hannah Yoken. Hannah is a Finnish-American SGSAH / AHRC funded PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow researching transnational Nordic feminism. Her PhD project is titled 'From peripheral to paragon? The transnational development of Nordic feminism since the 1960s'. During her studies Hannah has specialised in the development of various social … Continue reading That Time I went to Finland & Sweden and Took over 3500 Photos: Making the Most of Student Development Funding
As many of you will be aware, this week the annual SGSAH Summer School took place in venues across Glasgow. It is such a great opportunity to take part in some PhD related training events and creative workshops, and to catch up with PhD peers from across Scotland. There is a real sense of community … Continue reading Being a feminist researcher
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