Experimental Approaches to Writing Research workshop | 9th June 2017 | organised by Sarah Raine and Craig Hamilton, Birmingham School of Media It was a dark and stormy night… (scratch that) …day. They came: bleary eyed yet still expectant to the #bestroomintheplace to write. To experiment. To work (they assumed, somewhat wearily). Free lunch, free wine, new ideas […]
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Hi Rommany, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! It’s a great feeling – although part of me can’t quite believe it has happened. I did my PhD part-time so it has been a long time coming. What was your PhD title? The origin and role of sospiro (sigh) in the poetry […]
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Hi Grace, congratulations on passing your viva! So, how does it feel?! It feels surreal and strangely not at all euphoric. What was your PhD title? The Supernatural Sex: Women, Magick & Mediumship, Assembling a Field of Fascination in Contemporary Art. Can you explain in a couple of sentences what your PhD was […]
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The editorial team of Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music invite 300 word proposals for the next 2017 volume from PhD, MA and outstanding BA students. A song can be about anything About peace or war, or the sins of industry Or the discontents of fame, or of obscurity Or how we first met, on […]
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An anonymous blog post by a current PhD student … IF I COULD GO BACK AND OFFER MYSELF ADVICE BEFORE WRITING THE LITERATURE REVIEW … 1. Use you supervision team and talk to them. It’s tough to start writing to a blank criteria. Have conversations early on and establish what is expected of you. […]
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