Connecting Archives: From Liverpool to London
Starting my history PhD in September 2020, I soon settled into a comfortable pattern of home working. I was lucky enough to be able to access some primary material online, which facilitated my initial research on Muslim communities in…
Read MoreA week in Reykjavik for RE:22 Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference
Here is a photo essay of my week in Reykjavik in June 2022. Please listen to the audio below for my reflections on the experience. I presented a paper of my research into Ella Mary Leather (1874 -1928) a…
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A posthuman summer
Training is integral to a PhD project. For me this meant applying for leading Posthuman theorist – Professor Rosi Braidotti’s summer school 2022. The prospect was incredibly exciting, Braidotti’s interdisciplinary work is key to the framework and methodology of…
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Exchange Life in Kanazawa University and Japan
Between June and July 2022, I applied for a six-week exchange at Kanazawa University, and participated in the activities of the Urban Planning Laboratory there. My PhD research aims to develop a novel methodological approach for modelling and analyzing…
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Sliding Serendipity
Last June I applied for a Research Support Award (RSA). It was granted and the only condition attached was to contribute a piece to this blog. In my three years at Manchester Met I’ve received an average of one…
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The Platelet Summer School: Attending training events for PhD students
Organised by the Platelet Society, the European Platelet Summer School is a three-day programme of seminars, open group discussions and practical workshops provided by leading international experts in platelet biology. The objective of this event is to introduce PhD…
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Endings and Beginnings
This year is the fourth year of what should have been a six-year part-time PhD by Practice in Creative Writing. Instead, it will probably be my last. While many researchers have been severely adversely impacted by the pandemic, I…
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Ancient Greek in Syracuse
This summer, thanks to the research grant awarded by Manchester Metropolitan University , I was able to travel to Syracuse, Italy. The purpose of my trip was to study the ancient Greek language with other students and professors of…
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Professionalisation begins again!
I started my PhD journey unconventionally, certainly because it commenced in late 2020, when we were all locked down due to the on-going chaos caused by the unknown virus of unspecified origin, we all know as Covid. I went…
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Stories for the Archive
My PhD is entitled Memorial Benches: A Cultural Marker in the Landscape. It is a creative non-fiction place writing project which involves desk and field research. With many years of business experience behind me I felt confident about initiating and conducting interviews in my search for…
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