It's a guest blog! Here's Thom! My name is Thom Pritchard (yes, I like Radiohead a little bit too much), having completed my Master’s degree in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the University of York, I came to the University of Edinburgh to pursue a PhD in Literature and History on the terrible preoccupations … Continue reading Edinburgh Early Modern Network
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This is a Post About Languages
I'm lucky enough to have grown up speaking two languages, Welsh and English (we actually weren't allowed to speak English to our teachers in primary school outside English lessons). In secondary school I then learned a third, French. In my undergraduate degree I took a year of Ancient Greek, and I'm now learning Scots Gaelic … Continue reading This is a Post About Languages
Podcast Your PhD
This guest blog comes from Ruth Salter, who is finishing the first year of her PhD in Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Ruth researches the cultural-political position of the mid-twentieth century Scottish Folk Revival and its relationship with theories of cultural dominance. This blog looks at Ruth’s incorporation of listening to podcasts … Continue reading Podcast Your PhD
Getting Emotional in Animal Studies
This guest blog comes from Rebecca Jones, who will shortly begin the second year of her PhD in English at the University of Strathclyde. Her research uses feminist ecological, vegetarian, vegan and animal studies theory to analyse masculinity, species and the consumption of the animal in retellings of the classical Prometheus myth in literary fiction from … Continue reading Getting Emotional in Animal Studies
Yes, we can code
This week's guest post comes from Anna, a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow, where she is investigating social interactions with robots. In addition to science, she is passionate about photography, travelling to exotic countries and all things cinema. You can connect with Anna on Twitter (@AnnaHenschel), through her website, and through ORCID. Programming used … Continue reading Yes, we can code
Final thoughts on blogging
Today, sadly, is my final day as the SGSAH blogger. It has been an absolutely rollercoaster past 6 months, but I wouldn't have picked a better time to have the blogging role in my life as I now have a paper trail of my progress over that time, as well as the proof I can … Continue reading Final thoughts on blogging
Immersion into spaces of law: Experiences from international legal negotiations
Mika Schroder is in the second year of her PhD at the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance. Her research explores the meaning and practice of the ‘participation’ of ‘local stakeholders’ within international biodiversity law from the perspective of spatial justice and ethics. This is the second of two posts related to her AHRC … Continue reading Immersion into spaces of law: Experiences from international legal negotiations
Doing Philosophy in Public
Claire Field (@fieldclaire) and Ethan Landes are PhD students in Philosophy on the University of St Andrews and University of Stirling joint programme. This workshop series was made possible by funding from SGSAH. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/publicphilnetwork/ It’s never been a better time to be a philosopher. At least, a cursory glance at a newspaper provides a cornucopia … Continue reading Doing Philosophy in Public
A journey for scoping out research: Reflections on ethics, dialogue and process
Mika Schroder is in the second year of her PhD at the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance. Her research explores the meaning and practice of ‘participation’ of ‘local stakeholders’ within international biodiversity law. The project is interdisciplinary, drawing on methods and theories from anthropology, law and geography. Her methodology is grounded in spatial … Continue reading A journey for scoping out research: Reflections on ethics, dialogue and process
SGSAH Heritage Careers Day
On the 27th of November, SGSAH held a Heritage Careers Day at the National Galleries Scotland for researchers looking to explore their prospects in the Scottish heritage sector. Registration for the event filled up extremely fast, so for those who were not able to attend the day in person, I've made note of a few … Continue reading SGSAH Heritage Careers Day
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