SGSAH Summer School 2023, 19th - 23rd June

Programme

This year, the SGSAH annual Summer School is taking a hybrid approach: online & in person. A series of live workshops and participatory sessions will be delivered across five days, w/c 19 June 2023. The online summer school will take place on 19 & 20 June and the in-person will take place on 22 - 23 June at The Studio in central Glasgow. There will be one full-day session running on Wednesday 21 June at BBC, Scotland.

We have various other events happening during the week, too. The SGSAH Year 2 Symposium 'Sharing Stories' is taking place in-person on Wednesday 21 June, where the Y2 SGSAH cohort will share with each other what they have been working on over the past two years. We will also be hosting our Doctoral Research Showcase on 22 - 23 June, with reception/presentation event Thurs 22 June 5.30-7pm. The showcase will be in the central atrium of The Studio. We welcome anyone interested in arts & humanities PhD research in Scotland to come along.

Browse the programme for the week below and click on a title to find out more.

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Monday 19th June

30 May

[AM] Heritage, Conflict and Postgraduate Research

The Invisible University of Ukraine is a certificate programme delivered by the Central European University and echoes various twentieth century underground and exile educational initiatives. The programme supports students from Ukraine whose studies have been disrupted by war. In this workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to hear about the first-hand experiences of those involved.
11 May

[AM] Editing Workshop

Attend this 'Editing Your Own Writing' workshop and elevate your writing to the next level! Learn the art of self-editing as we guide you through proven techniques to refine your work. You'll gain invaluable skills to polish your writing and make it shine. Perfect for writers of all levels, this workshop will empower you with the tools to transform your drafts into masterpieces. Don't miss this opportunity to improve your writing and gain the confidence you need to become a skilled self-editor!
11 May

[AM] The Innovative Researcher

This workshop is all about creative innovation; how to spot possibilities and think strategically with a creative mind set.
11 May

[PM] The Merits of Merit and the Potential of Potential

In this interactive session, we will go back to basics and try to explore what we mean by the terms ‘merit’ and ‘potential’, and think about how helpful they really are. Given how central they are to so much of academia, are we sure these concepts are fit for purpose? Can we imagine a world where merit and potential are not something to be judged, and used to rank us against each other? What would such a world look like?
11 May

[PM] "So, what exactly is it you’re doing?”...

Hosted by the SGSAH Media, Communications, Film & TV Catalyst, this event will provide an open space to explore the challenges faced by researchers in the Arts and Humanities when articulating the impact of their work to others.
11 May

[PM] Cognitive Humanities Workshop (Part I)

This workshop explores recent insights from philosophy and cognitive science on how the mind works and considers how it illuminates our understanding of the nature and value of the arts and humanities.
11 May

[PM] Interactive Media & Digital Creativity for Archaeology...

Hosted by the SGSAH Archaeology & Classics catalyst, this event will provide an introduction to digital design practice as used in archaeology and cultural heritage.

Full Summer School 2023 Sessions (Monday) listings

Tuesday 20th June

17 May

[AM] Law and Humanities Methods Clinic

Does your project engage across law and humanities, or approaches law from a humanities perspective? Do you have methodological queries with such a project? Or are you merely a lawyer who is humanities-curious? This session is for you! In it, Prof Kieran Tranter (Chair of Law and Technology at Queensland University of Technology) will give a short overview of what law and humanities research is all about, focusing in particular on methodological choices, problems, limitations, and possibilities.
05 May

[AM] Academic IP

This online session explores how doctoral researchers can use intellectual property (IP) to protect their work, and the situations in which you can use the work of others.
05 May

[FULL DAY] Art Realities

Looking at longitudinal artist livelihood data, this workshop will explore the purpose of arts education in a post-pandemic world. To considering artists livelihoods post-Covid with a view to reconsider professional practice provision to accommodate a changing employment landscape.
17 May

[AM] The Gentle Art of Bibliography: a Timely Reminder

This session reminds doctoral students of the importance of devising a suitable system of capturing citations data throughout the doctoral study process.
11 May

[AM] Understanding and Applying Research Paradigms

The session aims at helping doctoral students to situate their research under an appropriate research paradigm by clarifying their own ontological, epistemological, axiological and methodological assumptions.
11 May

[AM] Communicate with Industry

Researchers learn a practical communication framework and tool kit that will make them immediately more effective in industry-centric communications.
23 May

[PM] Creative non-fiction & wellbeing

The session will begin with a presentation on creative non-fiction and a discussion on defining this term and exploring some examples. We’ll take a look at a creative non-fiction reading and then get started with some life writing of our own in response to a prompt.
11 May

[PM] Managing effective collaborations

This online workshop explores the best practice that you can employ to ensure a well-managed relationship and effectively run project. This is an interactive workshop where you will be challenged to consider how to apply the concepts into your real world situations.

Full Summer School 2023 Sessions (Tuesday) listings

A group of researchers in the BBC Scotland production studio

BBC Workshop: Introduction to Broadcasting (Wed 21st)

This full-day event on Wed 21 June at BBC Scotland is being hosted by the SGSAH Creative Economies KE Hub. The morning session will involve a tour of the BBC production facilities at the Pacific Quay Media Centre. After a lunch break, participants will spend the afternoon with BBC producers to hear about BBC Scotland and their relationship with research and researchers. This session will also include a pitching exercise where researchers will learn how to sell their creative ideas to media producers and broadcasters. Click here to find out more and to register.

Thursday 22nd June

24 May

[AM] Storytelling for Researchers

Heard about this storytelling thing and want to know more? This is the workshop for you. Stories are one of the most effective ways to engage audiences with your work. Research is ripe for finding impactful tales, from personal anecdotes to making the best use of examples, storytelling is an invaluable skill for anyone who wants to present with impact.
10 May

[AM] Content creation for doctoral researchers: showcasing our digital outputs

In this workshop, hosted by SGSAH's Creative Economies KE Hub, doctoral researchers who attended a content creation workshop earlier in the year will showcase their digital outputs and share what they learned.
17 May

[AM] Performing Your Research: A Poets Theatre Workshop

This participatory session uses 'poets theatre' as a practice-based, collaborative method for communicating research and finding interdisciplinary channels in your practice.
05 May

[AM] Part-Time Researcher Networking Event

This informal networking event is intended to offer part-time doctoral researchers in the arts and humanities from across Scotland the opportunity to come together and share their experiences of part-time study.
17 May

[AM & PM] Guided Tour of Glasgow Central

Come and explore one of Glasgow's most iconic landmarks. On the Glasgow Central Tour you will be given an exclusive, behind the scenes look at Glasgow Central Station. You will walk in subterranean passageways beneath Glasgow’s streets, visit railway vaults that drove Glasgow’s industrial expansion to become ‘The Second City of The British Empire’, hear tales of the famous and infamous who have travelled the tracks and stood on the platforms of Glasgow Central Station.
26 May

[PM] Presentation 101

Do you want to deliver a great presentation? Learn tips and techniques tailored to research presentations, making the planning & delivery process efficient and enjoyable.
05 May

[PM] Entangled Methods: Collaboration across disciplines

Brought to you by the Creative Arts & Design Discipline+ Catalyst, this in-person workshop is for creative researchers interested in reaching out, connecting and working with collaborators in other fields.
10 May

[PM] Staying with the Trouble

A workshop exploring routes taken to doctoral study, focussing on the value of prior career and life experience to academic research.
05 May

[PM] Partnership Researcher Networking Event

This informal networking event is intended to offer partnership doctoral researchers in the arts and humanities from across Scotland the opportunity to come together and share their experiences of study.
30 May

[PM] PhD & Alumni Keynote Roundtable

A roundtable of current PhD and alumni who will be discussing personal identity, demographic backgrounds and how the perspective of ‘I’ informs and underpins their academic work and creative practice.
11 May

[PM] Research Showcase Launch Event

SGSAH will be hosting its annual Doctoral Research Showcase to illustrate the innovative research being undertaken by arts & humanities doctoral researchers across Scotland. All are welcome to attend.

Full Summer School 2023 Sessions (Thursday) listings

Research Showcase exhibitor, Garry McLaughlin, seated at a table showcasing his exhibition of graphic novels

Thur 22nd & Fri 23rd June: SGSAH Research Showcase

Where: The Studio, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow

When: 22nd-23rd June, with reception/presentation event Thurs 22nd June 5.30-7pm

Who: Click here to view details of our exhibitors

Click here to register via Eventbrite

Online digital showcase: SGSAHresearch.com

Friday 23rd June

24 May

[AM] Getting the Basics Right: A Guide to Qualitative Research

This training will introduce (or provide reassurance if you’ve already done some training) qualitative methodologies and cover data, coding and analytical frameworks.
17 May

[FULL DAY] Linguistic Ethnography

During this full-day interdisciplinary training course, you will be introduced to linguistic ethnography through a series of workshops and lectures given by a team of experts based at the University of Stirling. You will consider the relationship between linguistics and ethnography, and explore practical data analysis using a variety of discourse and ethnographic approaches. The event is aimed at doctoral students across Scotland from the arts, humanities and social sciences.
11 May

[FULL DAY] Zine-your-thesis

Brought to you by the SGSAH Cultural & Museum Studies Discipline+ Catalyst, this session supports students in consolidating and summarising the core arguments and claims of their thesis, and how these might be communicated to audiences outside of the academy.
11 May

[AM] Interview-Based Research Workshop

This session explores key ethical questions and practical considerations in interview-based arts and humanities research - and the ways in which we might draw on our own experiences as reflexive researchers in making sense of what we learn in the process.
11 May

[AM] Composition Strategies: How Theatre Can Help

This workshop will explore basic composition strategies employed in theatre training - repetition, mirroring, speed, texture, reaction - and the theatre principles behind it - such as amplification, balance, equivalence, opposition and substitution - drawing from theatre and performance practitioners such as Barba, Brie and Grotowski.
11 May

[PM] Engaging Approaches for Academic and Cultural Impact

Brought to you by our Knowledge Exchange Hubs, this workshop will explore ways to map what academic cultural impact could mean in your doctoral research and look towards engaging approaches and tools for dissemination and knowledge exchange.
11 May

[PM] Cognitive Humanities Workshop (Part II)

This workshop explores recent insights from philosophy and cognitive science on how the mind works and considers how it illuminates our understanding of the nature and value of the arts and humanities.

Full Summer School 2023 Sessions (Friday) listings