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Monday, November 24, 2008 12:03 PM

Why pack when I can blog?

Well, I fly out to New Zealand today for the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand conference. Then I'm back for a couple of days next week before heading off to Germany for another conference and Finland for research (and Christmas).
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:49 PM

The one where I whinge about preferred suppliers

I'm heading off on a conference/research trip in just under two weeks, so it seems like a suitable time to share some thoughts about the university's preferred supplier-approach to travel agencies. (you may already have guessed where this is going...)
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:21 AM

Caveat

I've noticed many theses seem to include some kind of caveat in the preface or elsewhere early on. I've found I don't quite know where I sit with them, so here is a loose rambling on about exceptions and clauses... "Such-and-such is beyond the scope of
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:54 PM

I think I'm going to cry.

The dreadful pertinence of PHD comics...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:43 PM

I wrote almost 2000 words today. Happy dance!

It all started with me first being able to squeeze out a hundred words or so yesterday. I'm starting a new chapter so it's all weird and scary at the moment and I have no real structure to work with yet. As I agonised with the lack of existing structure,
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Friday, October 03, 2008 4:32 PM

Brief update

My family headed over to the US to meet relatives a few months ago, and a local newspaper published this article about their travels (the image quality isn't fantastic): The Great Michigan Tour of '08 On my thesis front: not much going on at the moment,
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:29 PM

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.
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Friday, July 04, 2008 11:00 AM

Culture of the Europeans

I've just registered (or applied? I'm not quite sure how it works) for the Donald Sassoon Masterclass Culture of the Europeans at the end of the year, and thought I should perhaps read the good man's book Culture of the Europeans - 1800 to the present
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Monday, June 30, 2008 8:20 AM

...and a side of baby bonus, thanks.

I don't have a regular blogroll that I trawl through, but there is one blog that I occasionally visit and end up spending far more time reading posts and following links than I had planned. It still surprises me, because it's an economics blog, and economics
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:32 PM

Limina: in the Margins conference

A couple of photos from the recent interdisciplinary conference organised by Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies.The photos here represent different aspects of the event. Peer feedback and exchange of ideas: The organised chaos of networking
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Sunday, June 15, 2008 6:02 PM

Oh my god, it's alive!

After briefly flirting with the idea of setting up at blogger, I've decided to revive my trusty Procrastinatrix. Perhaps if one day I really desperately want more people to read my insights and insipidity (is that a real word? it should be) I'll migrate,
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:19 PM

I'm back!

...but not yet in this time zone. I've been out of town for three months, of which six weeks were dedicated to sitting in libraries reading. I might get back into blogging soon. As soon as I figure out how to sleep during the nights.
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:07 PM

Well, I think it's a good idea.

(Bear with me, it might take a while for me to reach my point.) *A while back there was some talk here on MRS about the viva/oral defence of theses and why it wasn't necessarily the best or easiest thing for Australian students (not least because we're
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Monday, October 08, 2007 11:02 PM

Status report

Now, just because I have failed miserably at staying away from the computer after 10pm doesn't mean I'm useless at all other pursuits. It's October the eighth and I have written over 6000 words, so i'm not doing too badly. I was perhaps a bit ambitious
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Friday, October 05, 2007 3:42 PM

I don't feel like teaching , no sir, no teaching to-daay-haaay.

Is everyone having a fantastic International Teachers' Day? I am - I'm celebrating by not doing anything even vaguely teaching related. :-)
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