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  Need to stay focused? Behold, some advice on staying motivated on past/long term projects. The bit about writing-down-your-ideas has, in admittedly a different format and context, kickstarted me in my thesis work after four consecutive semesters of teaching/procrastinating.... 07-19-2008, 8:29 PM by Sanna to Procrastinatrix Extraordinaire Filed under: ack!ademia, thesis

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  3 months in! Well, I'm 3 months into my PhD, and already I feel stressed and WAY behind the 8-ball, and yet I'm working very hard at it and getting through a ton of reading, so I don't why I feel so inadequate! ARGH! Anyway - mostly the stress has been created by... 07-18-2008, 12:36 PM by Esmeralda Rocha to Esmeralda Rocha Filed under: paperwork, readings, PhD, logistics, travel, nineteenth century, British colonialism, opera, music

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  Conference roundup: my favourite question Despite having presented at a conference before, and having given several lectures, I was rather nervous about my presentation. Presenting seems to be something of a hit-and-miss affair at the best of times, and several papers I saw were given to an audience... 07-17-2008, 11:54 AM by sky to witty title pending Filed under: conferences, academic anxiety, publications

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  Conference roundup: my favourite papers I'm just back from a couple of political science and international relations conferences, OCIS and APSA, wading through my inbox and keen to get on with my thesis. Looming deadlines mean that I don't feel I can do justice to the papers I went to, although... 07-17-2008, 11:07 AM by sky to witty title pending Filed under: conferences, social movements, civil society, abortion

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  Word 2008 & Endnote X Finally a solution and a chance to upgrade the Office Suite in the Mac!... 07-14-2008, 6:52 PM by erwin.chan to erwin.chan's Blog Filed under: computers, apple, mac, microsoft, endnote