We have a bonus post on the blog this week! This review of the SGSAH funded War Through Other Stuff conference comes from Michael Reeve. Michael is a second-year doctoral researcher based at the Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull, with secondary supervision from Leeds Beckett University. Michael’s research interests are primarily the expression of … Continue reading Civilians and the ‘other stuff’ of war and conflict: Conference Review
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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
Conference Dispatches: Finding War in the Other Stuff
As you’ll have seen from recent posts, we (Lucie, Laura, Catherine, with help from our brilliant co-organiser Roseanne) recently put on a conference. ‘War Through Other Stuff’ ran over three days and was dedicated to exploring alternative histories of conflict - rather than focusing on more conventional military histories, we chose to highlight non-military narratives, … Continue reading Conference Dispatches: Finding War in the Other Stuff
Introducing the First World War Network
The New National First World War Network for Early Career & Postgraduate Researchers: A Responsive and Supportive Peer Network in a Challenging Context Our guest post today comes from Oliver Wilkinson. Oliver is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, and a current committee member of the FWW Network. Find out more about the … Continue reading Introducing the First World War Network
GUEST POST: Some thoughts for new PhD students
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
Guest Blogger: Learning to share: research impact, public engagement and the SGSAH Summer Showcase
Lucie Whitmore is just heading into the final year of her SGSAH funded PhD at the University of Glasgow, interpreting women’s experiences of the 1914-1918 war through the clothes they wore. She is a costume intern at the Museum of Edinburgh, and previously worked as a research assistant on a historical embroidery project at Edinburgh … Continue reading Guest Blogger: Learning to share: research impact, public engagement and the SGSAH Summer Showcase
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