BY ALAN BUTLER In retrospect, one of the more surprising things that characterised my PhD project was the need to continuously negotiate and renegotiate a variety roles, along with their associated labels. Some of these, I must admit, did not always automatically sit comfortably with me. My thesis, “Performing LGBT Pride in Plymouth, 1950 to 2012,” considered how… Continue reading Feature: “The Challenge of Connecting Communities”
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Feature: “Reflections on the arts & humanities doctoral thesis & training”
BY ROBERTA MOCK In the UK, we are moving from a position in which the doctoral thesis, programme, research and examination are largely homogenous and singularly focused to one in which they are increasingly divergent, in order to meet a variety of external drivers. This shift has significant implications for the ways that arts & humanities PhDs are… Continue reading Feature: “Reflections on the arts & humanities doctoral thesis & training”