This guest blog comes from Rhona Ramsay, who is in her first year of a SGSAH-funded PhD at Stirling University researching the material culture of Gypsy/Travellers in Scottish Museums. My PhD research looks at Nacken chatterie in Scottish museums. Nacken is a word used by many Gypsy Travellers in Scotland to describe themselves and chatterie … Continue reading Meeting at the Heart: an alternative to hate and intolerance
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Creating and Networking: Female Networks Postgraduate and Early Career Study Day
This week's guest post comes from Freya Spoor and Nia Clark who organised a Female Networks Postgraduate & Early Career Study Day in June. The Female Networks (1750-1950) Postgraduate and Early Career Study Day held at Glasgow School of Art on the 29th June 2017 encouraged new friendships, collaboration and future research through a variety … Continue reading Creating and Networking: Female Networks Postgraduate and Early Career Study Day
University of Hull ‘Sound + Environment Conference’ 29th June – 2nd July 2017
This guest blog is by Luca Nasciuti, who is a 3rd year PhD candidate in Musical Composition at the University of Aberdeen. He is an artist and composer who uses field recordings to build complex soundscapes. His sound is urgent and physical, rooted in the natural and man-made sources he employs. He performs his music internationally and he has … Continue reading University of Hull ‘Sound + Environment Conference’ 29th June – 2nd July 2017
Heritage & Holidays
I’ve been visiting the Isle of Harris with my family every summer since 2010. Last week was the first time I’ve been back to the island since beginning my PhD project, which takes as case study another Hebridean island – Tiree. My research is focused on ancestral tourism to Scotland, and seeks to understand the … Continue reading Heritage & Holidays
A Week at the British Library
This week I've been on a research trip to London.* I thought I'd finished with primary research, but when I wrote the outline for an upcoming chapter back in May I realised that some vital information was missing. I applied for SGSAH Student Development Funding, and was awarded funds to visit the British Library to study … Continue reading A Week at the British Library
SGSAH Residencies: Researcher in Residence at Hospitalfield house
Today we have the final of our three posts by PhD students who have undertaken SGSAH research residencies this year. You can find out more about the residencies and other SGSAH opportunities here. Researcher in Residence at Hospitalfield House Our blogger today is Théophile Krosi-Douté. Théo is currently a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen. His … Continue reading SGSAH Residencies: Researcher in Residence at Hospitalfield house
That Time I went to Finland & Sweden and Took over 3500 Photos: Making the Most of Student Development Funding
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
The Pleasure in Stuff
On Monday I attended the 'Stuff of Research' symposium at Kelvinhall in Glasgow, the culmination of the year long material culture research programme organised by SGSAH. (You can find out more about the programme and previous events in these blog posts: here, here and here.) The day was organised by students who had taken part … Continue reading The Pleasure in Stuff
The View from Third Year
I usually start every week with a blog post plan: when and where I will write it and what I will focus on. Not only do I want to make sure this blog is enjoyable and useful for others to read, I just really hate working right up to a deadline - I like to get … Continue reading The View from Third Year
Experiences of the ‘Visiting Doctoral Researcher’ Scheme
Elyse Jamieson is a second year PhD student in Linguistics & English Language at the University of Edinburgh, funded by SGSAH. Their research interests are primarily in dialect syntax and semantics, with a focus on data from Scots dialects. For more information, see their website or find them on Twitter. I have just returned from a … Continue reading Experiences of the ‘Visiting Doctoral Researcher’ Scheme
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