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Research video
Some months ago, I filmed a short interview about my research for the history department at Manchester. I haven’t watched it yet, but apparently the film is now on YouTube.
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Autumn Break
As we didn’t get much of a summer holiday, what with the small matter of a thesis to finish, we’ve just enjoyed a few wet and windy days in Dumfries. We got completely soaked through at Caerlaverock Castle, the only triangular castle in Britain, went on a boat trip to Threave Castle and saw red…
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Work website
As I move from the student world back into the world of work and take my first steps towards paid employment (well, since I had my children, anyway), I’ve created a new sister blog to this site: www.jennihyde.wordpress.com. I will continue to publish the latest news about my research here, but for matters professional I…
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Submission
The blog has been somewhat quiet over the last couple of months. Silent as the grave, in fact. There was, however, good reason. I was busy as the proverbial bee, finishing the thesis. So with the electronic submission complete and only the printing, binding and handing over of the examination copies left to do, here…
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2014 Summer Goal
Really, there is only one: to finish the thesis. It’s been a while since I had time to update the blog, mainly because my work schedule has been so heavy, but also because my free time has been taken up, quite rightly, with family things: a holdiay, sports days, various local field days, that sort…
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Reblogged: thornhaugh street | Darkest London
Fascinated by this post about a university building in London which apologises for its existence. Perhaps the University of Oxford’s new accommodation blocks could take a stone from its plaque, since they ought to apologise for their ugly presence dominating the skyline of Port Meadow without proper consultation. thornhaugh street | Darkest London.
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“And what are your conclusions so far?”
“And what are your conclusions so far?” I was asked that a couple of weeks ago, and I was slightly taken off guard. It was because I couldn’t immediately come up with an answer that I decided I needed to take stock! I am convinced that the ballad music has more links with…
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Reblogged: on not quitting the doctorate, by Pat Thomson
Originally posted on patter: We hear a lot these days about people quitting the PhD – they have institutional difficulties, experience appalling discrimination, have serious supervision troubles, struggle with funding. These are dreadful experiences and we do need to hear about them. We also hear quite a lot about how hard the PhD is and…
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Easter vacation
With the children on their Easter break, work over the last couple of weeks has been rather hit and miss. Mainly miss, to be honest. But I have spent some time working on a short historiographical piece about the relationship between ballads and news, which I’m happy to say is nearly finished. In the…
