Tag: edinburgh
It may seem out of place that I’ve taken a sudden shift in my blogging to go from something creative to something political, but this is one of the tools I have to formulate my thoughts on what is happening in the early days of February 2025. It’s not a surprise that Canadians are none-too-thrilled […]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to join the Gifford Lectures with Dr Cornel West on his third lecture titled, Folly Presto, held at the Informatics Forum at the University of Edinburgh. I was there as a guest blogger, having previously attended a coffee reception with Dr West, as well as faculty from the School of […]
Each year the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Edinburgh organizes an end-of-year conference for students in undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs. This year, our effervescent writer-in-residence is Michael Pedersen – an accomplished writer and poet, and scribbler of the most charming emails. This may be trivial but after many years of being on the receiving […]
Starting the PhD I came into my PhD program not really knowing much about what a PhD really was. I knew the basics of my program. Write a 70,000 word novel and a 20,000 word critical reflexive. But I didn’t really know what else I was supposed to be doing. When doing a postgraduate program […]