A lot of people assume when you're doing a PhD you came up through academia always planning to pursue this path. I have rarely found this to be the case. I've spoken with incredible women who have gone to University, left, had lives and families outside of academia, only to choose to pick it … Continue reading From Disney to PhD
As we get deeper and deeper into the dark days of winter, I thought now would be as good of a time as any to pass along some tips and tricks I've picked up on staying motivated during this time of year. I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds it harder to get … Continue reading Tops Tips to Stay Motivated During the Dark Days of Winter
Sometimes it can be difficult to admit you're in over your head and need some assistance, but I'm sure we've all been there- including your supervisors. I know when I started out my PhD I felt like I was going to take on the world. I was going to be the PGR Representative, take a … Continue reading Asking for help
This will be my last post as the resident blogger for SGSAH before passing it on to Brittnee. I’m excited for both you all and her. I have no doubt you’ll find her posts helpful, insightful, and interesting. I think just like the changing of the seasons the change will be refreshing, but it’s with … Continue reading Passing the Torch: Thoughts on legacy
Zuzanna Dominiak is a PhD candidate at Dundee and is currently undertaking research on the topic of Exhibiting Comics: Applying Creative and Technological Solutions to the Problems of Displaying Comic Art in Museums, Galleries and Visitor Attractions. Zuzanna also creates comics, which you will read more about in the post below. In April 2018 I … Continue reading Report of SGSAH funded research trip to Poland
We often think about intelligence, talent, or maybe even a bit of luck as the keys to academic success. But recently a presenter’s words at the SGSAH summer school struck and stuck with me. The workshop she was running was on prioritizing after the PhD. The workshop was honest and yet optimistic, filled with … Continue reading Resilience and Perseverance: The arch virtue of academia
Stefana Djokic is a first year History of Art PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. Her PhD focuses on the role of art in US-Yugoslav relations during the Cold War, examining to what extent exhibitions of post-war US art in Yugoslavia were diplomatic tools, aimed at strengthening US-Yugoslav relations and transferring US cultural and … Continue reading SGSAH STUDENT DEVELOPMENT FUND: (RE)COLLECTING YUGOSLAVIA’S PAST IN LJUBLJANA AND BELGRADE, 10TH-25TH MAY 2018
I entered my PhD full of determination and expecting to hit the ground running. I knew what I wanted, and I was determined to make the most out of this opportunity. It felt like the clock started ticking the moment I stepped off the train in Dumfries. I was ready to get box ticking out … Continue reading Starting a PhD: 8 Things I wish I had known and Done
Consuelo Martino is a second- year PhD candidate in Classics at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on the literary interactions in Suetonius’ Life of the Caesars, a collection of emperors’ biographies of the II century A.D. Matthew Tibble is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh where he researches early modern political theory and English literature, … Continue reading The Literary Self: from Antiquity to the Digital Age
I’ve often found myself in the library late at night, feeling unproductive and guilty about leaving. I often will have gotten a late start and done a fair bit of procrastinating. Even if I’ve gotten quite a bit done, it never feels quite like enough. It leaves me feeling like the day has been wasted … Continue reading When Enough Is Enough: Meeting goals and staying motivated in your PhD
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