August 12, 2016 Work To Live, or Live To Work? By Alice Violett I’m almost at the end of week five of jobsearching. Continue reading →
August 5, 2016 A Love Letter to Twitter By Alice Violett Academic Twitter is abuzz about an article from The Guardian that suggests 'serious academics' don't do social media. Continue reading →
July 29, 2016 Fear of being judged By Alice Violett Ever since I decided I probably wasn’t going to stay in academia, I’ve been aware that some people will think I’ve ‘failed’ or 'wasted my talents' Continue reading →
July 22, 2016 Two weeks on: alright for now By Alice Violett It’s two weeks today since I submitted my thesis. Continue reading →
July 8, 2016 Thesis Submitted. By Alice Violett I submitted my thesis this morning. Continue reading →
July 1, 2016 One week to go: familiarity breeds contempt By Alice Violett Well, submission day seems very close now. I may actually have to start considering which pub(s) to go to that evening. Continue reading →
June 29, 2016 ‘Horrible Histories‘ Conference, King‘s College London, 16th-18th June 2016 By Alice Violett As it was a three-day conference, I saw TONS of papers, so as ever, I’m going to talk about a few that I could particularly relate to my own work, and that doesn’t mean that the other ones I saw weren’t awesome too. Continue reading →
June 17, 2016 Three weeks to go: IT IS DONE (pretty much) By Alice Violett Very short blog this week. Continue reading →
June 10, 2016 Four weeks to go: what I did this week By Alice Violett So, this week has been pretty productive. Continue reading →
June 3, 2016 Five weeks to go: It finally hits me. By Alice Violett I always knew this would happen eventually. Continue reading →