Research Diary – Pollen Count

Quercus... (Wikimedia Commons) Well, I didn't do anything for two weeks, so I hadn't kept a diary, but this week has been super busy. Because of this I have also decided to stop titling this series by date, because the reality is it quite difficult to be consistent in doing this. Events and Milestones I …

Research Diary – 25/05/2020 – 31/05/2020

It's all Greek to me... Refining my MA dissertation has been an ongoing task throughout the year, some of my ideas have already been posted my blog (here, here and here). This week marked the end of my taught units with my last exam (Intensive Greek), and the start of intensive research. This research diary …

Hiatus

Musings of Clio is going on a Hiatus. I have been struggling recently with a lot of things: mental health, work life balance and doing my university work. It is for this reason I that I am planning to stop writing for the blog for at least the next two months. However, do not despair, …

Technology and Egyptology

I have recently started a module called 'Historical Studies of Ancient Egypt' and part of the assessment is to write a short post on a given topic, and I thought it would be cool to post my ideas here. This weeks topic is about Technology and Egyptology.  As someone who is addicted to Twitter, I have …

Seminars: How to get the most out of them

This article was co-written with Elizabeth Miers (@ElizabethMiers4).  I was reading an article in the New Statesman (I will be writing more about this article later in the year) about the “Great University Con.” One sentence that stuck out to me was this: ‘“And then you sit in these silent seminars, with people who don’t want …

Essays: Planning, Research & Writing

I have previously written about dissertations and how to get through them, I thought writing a similar guide to essays would be a good idea. So, to begin, what is an essay? In a few words it is a short written piece on a specific subject. The nuance lies in the question that has been …

Dissertation: Help and Guidance

So, summer begins, and many students are either looking at their dissertation feedback, or their topic for the start of next term. In this blog post I want to go through the dissertation process and reveal things I wish I had been told, as well as some handy hints and tricks to make your research …

Some useful texts for Ancient Historians and Archaeologists

As the beginning of the academic year commences, I thought it worth thinking about what books a student hoping to do Ancient History or Classics might need. By the end of my first year at uni, my straining shelves held over one hundred books, so I know which are essential and which are a waste …