Connecting with fellow SGSAH scholars aboard the Waverley, with Arran in the background. One of the things I have genuinely appreciated about being a Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) funded student is that my PhD experience has taken me beyond my laptop and university walls. As an international student, I have been … Continue reading Sometimes the PhD Needs You to Leave the Desk: My Year Two SGSAH Residential in Millport
Dr Sarah Mackay and Dr Emily Munro, returning guest bloggers, share their forthcoming exhibition at the National Library of Scotland, researching the nation's relationship with wet weather.
Guest bloggers Cicely Farrer and Alison Scott reflect on their event, Creative Citizenship in the Archives, co-organised with the SGSAH KE Hub Citizenship, Culture & Ethics (CCE).
Guest blogger Ludovic Brunot extends academic research into irredentism in Italy, a 19th-century nationalist movement geared towards 'redeeming' Italian-speaking regions from foreign domination, through his review of the 2025 film, Fiume o morte!
Guest blogger and 2026 British Council Venice Fellow Kialy Tihngang dives into their research relating to Blackness, queerness, and Britishness in film and moving image.
Resident blogger Jelena Sofronijevic shares their research relating Jagoda Buić and Lubaina Himid at the Venice Biennale, as part of their British Council Venice Fellowship in May 2026.
Guest blogger Cecilia Charlton discusses the value of durational ethnographic practices in heritage textile research.
Previewing their SGSAH-supported event in Glasgow in April 2026, guest blogger Sara Guidi considers the environmental meanings of storytelling, through the lenses of gender studies and diasporic narratives.
Concluding the British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Scheme series, guest blogger Alison Scott reflects on the ongoing impacts of the programme for scholars based in Scotland.
In the next post from the British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Scheme series, guest blogger Marta Kucza details her experimental fieldwork in Estonia and Scotland.
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