Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities. Providing world-leading support for doctoral researchers in the Arts & Humanities. Director:
@ClaireSquires
.
📢 COME CELEBRATE SGSAH's 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY🎉
Join us on Thursday October 3rd at
@SWG3glasgow
for an evening of refreshments, music, showcases and reflections on a decade of work in the Arts & Humanities🍾
Find more info and RSVP here by Sep 26th 🔗
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of our new Director, Professor Claire Squires. Welcome to the team Claire - we cant wait to work with you!
@ClaireSquires
Big welcome to Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman (
@cleo_ocy
) who has just joined the SGSAH team...
Alongside a PhD in Scottish Literature
@StirUni
, Cleo is doing a 3-month internship with us to support the development of SGSAH's research culture & training. We're thrilled to have her!😊
We're thrilled to have been awarded £100k from
@ScotFundCouncil
to fund research collabs for PhDs & ECRs between Scotland & Europe 🏴🇪🇺
Full details of the Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme application process will be announced next week 👀
More info:
£930,000 is being allocated to developing the next generation of researchers and strengthening European collaborations
Scotland’s post-graduate and early career researchers are to benefit from a pioneering programme of European placements and exchanges👇
We're thrilled to announce our renewed funding from
@ahrcpress
, who together with our members will fund more than 280 studentships in the next five years!
@scotfundcouncil
We're excited to announce the launch of
#DTP2
and the ten partnerships – bringing together 72 UK higher education institutions – that will support £170m of innovative PHDs over the next eight years.
Attention PhD Researchers - The SGSAH 2024 Internship Programme is live!
A wide range of flexible, paid, skill-enhancing, career-developing, CV-building, exciting opportunities are waiting for you...
Full info:
Apply here:
Meet our Fellows🎉
We are excited to announce the recipients of our
@ahrcpress
postdoctoral fellowship scheme to award 1⃣4⃣DTP1
#SGSAHAlumni
fellowships between Jan-Sep 2023.
🔗Learn about their research & what they hope to achieve as Fellows:
New Digital Curator‼️
Say hello to our newest SGSAH team member, Bilyana Palankasova (
@hungryxghost
) – a 3rd year
#PhD
researcher
@UofGlasgow
looking at art, media, culture & technology. Over the next 6 months, she'll be taking the reins of ✨
“Decolonisation is a constant process. It’s meanings shift contextually and historically and there is no one size fits all formula” For our 4th keynote,
@PriyamvadaGopal
discusses the decolonise imperative for Europe and the Western University
#SGSAHSummer20
NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR 💫 We're thrilled to have Dr Craig Martin
@designgeography
from
@EdinburghUni
joining us as DD of
@sgsah
. You might know Craig already; he co-leads the 'Creative Arts & Design' catalyst and has a long-standing involvement with SGSAH.
Welcome aboard, Craig!
Today’s the day! The SGSAH Annual Welcome Event ✨ We’re looking forward to saying hello to new arts & humanities PhD researchers based in Scotland and are currently on our way to
@NtlMuseumsScot
🚊 Leave a comment if we’ll see you there ⬇️
#SGSAHWelcome23
🔔 PhDs, get ready! This year, our Summer School will take place 22-26 June.
It’s online and *entirely free*! Programme & registration available next week.
Meantime, let's 👀 at the keynotes 🌟 Here's
@cliodiaspora
, an expert on diaspora and migration history…
#sgsahsummer20
📣Funded research placements for non-UK based PhDs/ECRs📣
#EARTHScholarships
provide opportunities for environmental arts & humanities researchers to work in Scotland for up to 3 months in 2024.
⌛️Apply by 1 Nov 2023
Full details:
@SGSAH
@BCScotland
A very fond farewell to
@DeirdreHeddon
as Director extraordinaire of the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, and as Deputy Head of College
@UofGArts
. Great to celebrate our appreciation of Dee, her many successes and a her support over many years.
@UofGlasgow
@sgsah
We have nearly 200 people registered for today, our biggest welcome event yet and a packed schedule of speakers talking about what opportunities SGSAH can offer doctoral researchers throughout the PhD. We'll live tweet through the day so stay tuned!
#sgsahwelcome
A big warm welcome to all new arts & humanities doctoral researchers whose
#PhD
journey officially starts today – you are in for a life-changing ride!✨
Our news release also drops in at the bottom that my secondment as Director has been extended through to December 2025, so very much looking forward to working with
@DrAnindyaR
and the rest of the
@sgsah
team and community for two more years!
🗣️| Calling all
#PhD
researchers exploring environmental humanities & climate emergency. Would you like to disseminate your research to a wider audience? We're now inviting expressions of interest to take part in the
#DearGreenBothy
, a collab between
@SGSAH
&
@UofGArts
(1/3)
⚠️ VACANCY ⚠️
We’re seeking 2 bloggers to take the reins of our PhD blog in 2021. Interested in sharing your life as a researcher, developing your writing and growing the platform for the
#PhD
community?
For more + to apply, search vacancy ref 045345:
It's the end of an era here at SGSAH as our beloved admin Robyn is leaving tomorrow for pastures new. Robyn has been with SGSAH since the beginning and it's very hard to imagine the place without her. Please join us in wishing her all the best for the future. Thank you Robyn!
A very Happy New Year to everyone, especially all our arts & humanities doctoral researchers across Scotland. Hoping 2020 is all you want and need it to be.
✨New Featured Researcher✨
This November the spotlight is on
@katie_mcclure_
based
@UofGlasgow
with her
#PhD
project on synthetically dyed textiles which "hold within their fibres little-told stories about human history." 🧵
Read more:
On the final day of the
#EARTHScholarship23
Cohort Programme, we're feeling honoured to have met & hosted this talented group of PhDs & ECRs from around the globe. We hope their environmental arts & humanities research has been inspired by this cultural exchange, involving.../1
#PhD
folks! We’re gearing up for
#SGSAHSummer21
and we want to provide you with an incredible programme. What speakers would you like to hear from most? We would REALLY love to receive all your requests & suggestions 😀 Put them in a comment 👇 or DM us 📪
A treat to see
@PhD_GSA
researcher
@mharimcmullan
’s own textile designs on display for the
#SGSAHSummer23
research showcase. Mhari created these stunning designs in response to Paisley Museum’s Shawl Collection…
An incredibly sunny start to our SGSAH writing retreat in
@Hospitalfield
! A group of
@ahrcpress
PhDs & Research Fellows are spending the next few days in this exquisite space
#WritingTogether
, sharing tips and making progress towards their research 🏰✍️💻🔥
Researchers! Check out this free, in-person residential training event on the weekend of 6-8 May. Related to the fields of History, Archaeology, Celtic Studies, Agroecology & Sustainable Development. Spaces limited. Apply by 14 Feb.
Details👇
#PhD
#PGR
Overjoyed to have passed my viva yesterday!🎉
I'm v grateful to examiners Jen Birks & James Morrison, and Peter Baker for a wonderfully instructive discussion. A huge thanks to my superb supervisors
@hinesjumpedup
&
@MichaelTHiggins
for their invaluable advice & support 🥳😍🍾
💫 PhDs! We're beyond excited to announce that the programme for
#SGSAHSummer21
is now LIVE and registrations are OPEN. Head over to these spaces to explore the
#PhD
workshops and register now...
Programme ➡️
Registration ➡️
Ourselves,
@ProductForge
and
@HistEnvScot
are hosting Scotland's first Heritage and History Hackathon! Develop innovative digital products that maximise the long-term value of Scotland’s historic assets over a fun four day event.
Delighted to announce the 1st of our Lunchtime EDI lecture series: "Navigating Disability: an introduction to inclusion & the social model', featuring the great
@blondehistorian
. 1pm, 17th April. Free, open to all. Please register to receive the zoom link:
We’re out on the sunny streets of Glasgow for the final day of
#SGSAHSummer22
☀️Glasgow and the Empire Walking Tour led by
@crer_scotland
. A fascinating, thought-provoking & energetic way to start the morning…
Delighted that one of our funded PhD students
@KAMackinnon
will be doing a talk TONIGHT about their work exploring the future of heritage sites in Ukraine 🇺🇦
📍 Attend in person in Edinburgh at 6pm tonight, or watch for free online ⬇️
🔗
@socantscot
As part of our Spring Fellowship election, join us as we hear from two early career researchers on their work exploring the future of heritage sites in Ukraine and refugee lives in Scotland.
⏰ Thurs 25 April, 6pm
📍 Edinburgh and online
🎟️ Free tickets:
We’re delighted to announce that we have appointed a new Media & Communications Assistant at SGSAH 📣
🎉 Let's give a warm welcome to Eliott Simpson! 🎉
Eliott has a background in social media & videography and will be helping to enhance our experiences & online presence! 💜
The wonders of Twitter analytics recently revealed to us that our followers top interest was not PhD, or arts, or humanities but actually "Dogs". With lovely
#phddogs
like Duke it's easy to see why :)
The penultimate
#SGSAHSummer20
keynote starts at 1.30pm today -
@PriyamvadaGopal
will be discussing the relationship between ‘decolonization’ and ‘anticolonialism’ as it applies to scholarship in the arts and humanities. Chair:
@DrAnindyaR
. Details here:
Meet our EARTH Scholars!
In 2024, we'll see 13 researchers from around the world collaborating with Scotland-based scholars, academics & partners to address
#EnvHum
&
#ClimateEmergency
issues in innovative ways.
🔗Learn more about the
#EARTH2024
cohort:
💫 PhDs! We're beyond excited to announce that the programme for
#SGSAHSummer22
is now LIVE and registrations are OPEN. Head over to our website to explore the
#PhD
workshops and register by 16 June...
Programme👉
Registration👉
📣PhDs! We're delighted to announce that the programme for
#SGSAHSummer23
is now LIVE and registrations are OPEN. Head over to our website to explore the
#PhD
workshops and register quick!
Programme 👉
Registration 👉
#SGSAHSummer20
is in 2 week's time! And so is our 1st keynote, which we're now thrilled to announce...
On Mon 22 June, hear
@valmcdermid
&
@ProfJoSharp
discussing their latest book. 'Imagine a Country' offers inspiring visions of a new future. Register:
Dr Lucy Weir now with a brilliant, hilarious and brutally honest insight into getting into academic careers.
"Don't believe that if you are good enough it will happen, because the flip side is if it doesn't happen then you aren't good enough. And that is not the case"
@ahrcpress
Today the
@SGSAH
team and our 1st year
#PhD
researchers are in Stirling
@StirCourtHotel
on the lovely
@StirUni
grounds for the Y1 residential!
We're looking forward to spending today & tomorrow with this fantastic & inspiring cohort
#SGSAHlife
#PhDlife
💫
Thinking of doing an arts & humanities PhD? At SGSAH we recognise that applying for a PhD can be an overwhelming & mysterious process. This day will pull the curtain away from applying for SGSAH funding and doing a
#PhD
🎓
🗓️5th July 10am-5pm
Register:
"Today, five years on. We have over 100 industry organisations working with us... But we are here to support the 1750+ doctoral researchers in Scotland"
@DeirdreHeddon
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri as our new EDI Lead!
Based
@staenglish
, Anindya brings a wealth of knowledge & experience and a passion for
#EDI
in doctoral provision.
Welcome to SGSAH
@DrAnindyaR
😊
Read more:
🔥 Hot off the press 🔥 A brilliant
@womenslibrary
blog post from one of our new SGSAH researchers,
@SueJohnGWL
, where she discusses embarking on a
#PhD
and her incredibly exciting research with satire and suffragettes at its core. Read here:
We are delighted to announce the launch of the new SGSAH EDI PhD student mentorship scheme. If you are a SGSAH DTP-funded PhD student, and have faced structural barriers, consider applying! Link to application form in the SGSAH Intranet on Teams.
The SGSAH Annual Report 2022/23 is here! 🎉
Discover our milestones of the year, highlights from our scholars, alumni, training & more...
Our work is supported by
@ahrcpress
&
@ScotFundCouncil
funding, as well as
@BCScotland
& our 17 member HEIs.
👉
We've been shortlisted for a
@timeshighered
award in Excellence and Innovation in the Arts! Thank you to THE for the shortlisting and to our funders, partners and researchers who made this possible.
@ahrcpress
@ScotFundCouncil
Thank you all so much for attending this year's SGSAH Summer School ☀️
A full week of successful workshops, panels, tours, exhibitions, performances and online learning in sunny Glasgow
@uofgarc
📚
We'll see you all next year for Summer School 2025!
#SGSAHSummer24
#phd
Our new Featured Researcher is Amber Ward ✨(
@ambward
) with her
#PhD
titled: Towards a cultural history of deindustrialisation in Central Fife w/
@univofstandrews
. To find out more about Amber's research and the semester she spent
@UCBerkeley
head over to:
Help
@womenslibrary
widen access to their digital resources with this amazing internship with a highly unique organisation. Applications close noon, Monday.
We can’t wait any longer…or can we? Nope, we definitely can’t. It’s time to reveal the spectacular online workshops that are taking
#SGSAHSummer20
to the next level 🔥🔥🔥 Check the programme out now 👉 [1/3]
One day down, four to go! 😁 Thanks to those of you who joined us today, and for all of your patience as we dealt with those tech issues 👍🏻
#SGSAHSummer20
🌞
📢Announcing the SGSAH SFC Saltire cohort 2022!
Meet our 1⃣3⃣
@ScotFundCouncil
Emerging Researchers who'll be participating in research exchanges between Scotland & Europe. Find out more about their exciting collaborations in the🧵below or on our website:
The SGSAH
@BCScotland
#EARTHScholarship23
cohort programme is underway 🏴 we're delighted to see everyone in person after months of online communication! Expand this 🧵 for a peak at what our EARTH scholars have been up to so far👇
📢 We’re delighted to announce that information about our
@ahrcpress
#PhD
scholarship competitions for researchers starting courses in 2021 is now available. Guidance docs & everything you need to submit your application can be found here: (Please RT!) 💫
Say hello 👋 to this year’s wonderful SGSAH Year 2 Symposium organising committee: Chen Antler, Siân MacGregor, Katie McClure, Loretta Mulholland and Julia Vallius (who’s not pictured here but was a key co-organiser ✨)
#SGSAHSummer23
Join us for the launch of
@BCScotland
@sgsah
EARTH Scholarships - a scheme for arts & hums PhDs & ECRs across the world whose research engages with the challenges of climate change🌱
🗓️23 Aug 📍
@UofGARC
(or join us online)
Details & link to register ⬇️
📢 VACANCY 📢
We’re seeking 2 bloggers to take the reins of our PhD blog in 2024. Interested in sharing your life as a researcher, developing your writing and growing the platform for the
#PhD
community?
For more + to apply, search vacancy ref 135308:
And
#sgsahsummer
is over! A huge thanks to our funders
@ahrcpress
and
@ScotFundCouncil
for making all of this possible. Over 200 PhD researchers in the Arts & Humanities taking over Glasgow for three days of workshops. Bring on 2019!
Congratulations to our two essay-winning SGSAH-funded researchers 👏
@annamcewanx
is the winner of this year's
@GermanHistSoc
PG Essay Prize and
@Harrylegg1998
is runner-up! 👏
Read more in the 🧵 below:
Congratulations to the winner of this year’s GHS Postgraduate Essay Prize Anna McEwan (
@annamcewanx
)
@UofGlasgow
@zzfpotsdam
for her essay ‘Gendered Forms of State Assistance in the DFD-Beratungsstellen’ 🧵1/
We've been nominated for a Herald Higher Education Award in the category of Outstanding Employer Engagement in Universities! We are delighted that all the hard work done by our partners and researchers has been recognised.
@ahrcpress
@ScotFundCouncil
Very sad to say goodbye to our brilliant KE & Partnerships manager
@gillhdaly
Gillian has been a fantastic colleague and supporter of arts and humanities doctoral researchers across Scotland. We will miss her massively. Good luck in your new job Gillian!
Meet
@may_dinger
! SGSAH
#PhD
@StirUni
&
@UniStrathclyde
who completed an internship w/
@ScotParl
🏴Discover some of the things she's passionate about and learn more about her fascinating experience working on the Parliament's oral history project ⤵️
📣Celebrate
#BlackHistoryMonth
Eight of the AHRC & ESRC funded DTPs, including SGSAH &
@SocSciScotland
have joined to deliver a programme of short lunchtime talks during Black History Month (October 2021). Programme & registration is now live:
Want to join an exciting and dynamic team? Looking for a new challenge for 2020? Come an join a national team working for the benefit of all arts and humanities doctoral researchers in Scotland!
📢
#PhD
researchers! You can now view a range of paid internships on our website. Fancy researching the history of illicit whisky production, gender equality in Scottish medicine, climate change or the slave trade’s legacy in Scotland? Closing date 30 Oct!
This week,
@ahrcpress
are celebrating doctoral researchers. To celebrate, tell us about your research by including a single photo or image that represents your research and/or a twitter sized description of your research. We'll be sharing the best all week.
#doctoralweek
It’s
#NationalPetMonth
🐱🐶🐰 We want to see your furry (or furless 🐠) friends, so make sure you share your snaps 📸 with us using
#SGSAHPets
Here’s former
@sgsah
Director
@DeirdreHeddon
's cat really getting to work on those papers...
📢
#PhD
researchers! You can now view a range of paid internships on our website. Fancy researching the history of illicit whisky production, gender equality in Scottish medicine, climate change or the slave trade’s legacy in Scotland? Closing date 30 Oct!
📣BIG NEWS! A number of fully-funded SGSAH Collaborative Doctoral Award opportunities are now live! To read more visit our Current CDA Opportunities page & keep an eye out for upcoming additions! 🔗
#PhD
#PhDposition
Hey folks! What advice would you give to someone starting their
#PhD
? 🤔
Our HEI members will soon be welcoming a new cohort of arts & humanities doctoral researchers. What tips can you give to help them prepare? Let’s start a great & gainful thread, academic twitterverse 🧵⬇️
Attention PhD Researchers – the SGSAH 2023 Internship Programme is now live!
A wide range of flexible, paid, skill-enhancing, career-developing, CV-building, exciting opportunities are waiting for you...
Full info:
Apply here:
October's Featured Researcher is
@HannekeHeritage
💫 Hanneke's collaborative project with
@StirUni
&
@gbptrust
investigates resilience, sustainability & creative futures for small heritage organisations with social purpose. Read more here:
Our new Featured Researcher is Ebba Strutzenbladh ✨ (
@strutzenbladh
) based
@AberdeenHistory
with her
#PhD
project titled: Women, Law and Landed Networks in the North-East of Scotland, c.1450–c. 1560. To find out more about Ebba's research, head over to:
Today’s the day! The start of a weeklong series of online events for arts & humanities
#PhD
researchers. Welcome to SGSAH Summer School 2021! We’re so excited to have you. Feel free to tag us
#SGSAHSummer21
throughout – we’d love to hear from you! ✨
➡️
📢Join us for a Peer Review Workshop in March📢
Presentations from expert academics will be followed by a roundtable offering practical advice & insight
All
#PhD
folk in the arts & humanities in Scotland welcome!
🗓️22 March, 2-4pm
Info & registration👉
Are you a new arts & humanities
#PhD
researcher in Scotland? Hello! 🎉 We
@SGSAH
would love to welcome you properly at our Welcome Event on 6th Nov, 10am-1pm. Find out more and register today: