This week, Resident Blogger Emma shares what she wishes she had known when she started her PhD by writing a letter to her 'first year self'...
Tag: PhD life
Back to Basics: Conferences, Presentations, Networking – Oh My!
This week, Resident Blogger Emma prepares for her very first conference as a PhD Researcher, reflecting back on mistakes from her first conference experience prior to the PhD...
Coming Off SSRIs During the PhD
This week, Resident Blogger Emma writes candidly about her experience of being weaned off anti-anxiety medication amidst the PhD...
Summer School Preview: ‘Zine Your Thesis
This week, guest blogger Dr Iain Taylor shares the curious intersection between 'zine-making and cultivating academic arguments...
Archiving as You Go Along: The (Un)expected Performativity of Documenting the PhD
Many PhD researchers decide to document their PhD research, but what about the PhD journey itself? This week, Emma shares how she's capturing #phdlife through a durational digital performance she calls 'Snippets of a PhD'...
Embodying Research Through Performance: In Conversation with Ashley Brown and Lori Delaney
Recently, we've seen quite a proliferation of research-driven performances in the SGSAH community. As part of our ‘In Conversation With’ series, resident blogger Emma Dorfman speaks to two PhD Researchers at the University of Glasgow, Ashley Brown and Lori Delaney, about their respective projects and navigating the intersections between humanities research and live performance-making.
Introducing Emma Dorfman, SGSAH’s New Resident Blogger
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...
Beyond the Thesis: Engaging Ways to Share Your Research
If you’re looking for practical tips and inspiration on how to share your research—whether beyond your supervisory team or outside the academic sphere altogether—read on!
Writing a thesis on public transport
The PhD can be a journey in more than one way. In her last post as the SGSAH resident blogger, Ebba looks back on an unexpected delight of her doctoral years: short-distance travel.
The Best Advice You’ll Ever Receive?
Start off 2025 not with a resolution, but with a blog post that has the potential to change how you think about yourself and the place of other people's advice in your life.
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