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SUMMARY:Writers’ Retreat with Chad McDonald
DESCRIPTION:In-person only in GE 2.06. \n\n\n\nWriters’ Retreats give PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured\, and supportive atmosphere. The retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald\, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. You will need to arrive ‘ready to write’ but may\, of course\, bring any materials (laptops\, books\, data\, etc.) with you for the whole-day session. There will be some short discussion around good writing practice and how to approach your writing as a professional task\, but much of the day will be devoted to writing without distraction. Whatever your writing project (e.g.\, annual report\, paper\, thesis)\, the retreat will provide a space away from your office or home in which to concentrate and reflect on the process of writing. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/writers-retreat-with-chad-mcdonald-6/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:DCAH's Research Training and Development Programme,Writer's Retreat
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SUMMARY:Demystifying the PhD Viva
DESCRIPTION:GE 2.06 and on Teams. \n\n\n\nWhat is a Viva? How long will it last? What kinds of questions will you be asked? How should you prepare? Although the PhD viva can often be a source of anxiety as you come towards the end of your research project\, it’s also a brilliant opportunity to have researchers from outside your project engage closely and constructively with your work. In the first half of the session Derek Bousfield\, Head of DCAHF and Professor in Linguistics will talk about the viva from the perspective of a supervisor and examiner. In the second half of the session we’ll hear from MMU graduates who have recently successfully defended their theses.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/demystifying-the-phd-viva/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:DCAH's Research Training and Development Programme
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SUMMARY:Writing Poems Through the Guidebook Form: Workshop with Anita Slater
DESCRIPTION:‘No\, you are not\, not\, not to look at your Baedeker…We will simply drift’ – Writing Poems Through the Guidebook Form \n\n\n\nDo you ever feel overwhelmed by conflicting advice? Or do you get stressed out if there are too many (or too few) instructions? These poetry workshops run by writer and researcher Anita Slater will probably solve nothing and make you feel way more confused\, but you’ll (hopefully) have a lot of fun. \n\n\n\nJoin Anita for a series of three poetry workshops with various writing prompts centred around ‘guidance experiments’- you are welcome to sign up to one workshop\, join for an hour of one (they will be self-contained)\, or sign up to all three. We will explore the relationship between the guidebook form and the poem\, thinking about issues around standardised instructions\, but also romanticised ideas around ‘getting lost’\, and we will consider methods of alternative learning. Whichever one you attend\, you will leave with a draft of at least one poem and lots of ideas\, and I will collect (with permission) scraps from each of the workshops to turn into a small pamphlet. \n\n\n\nRead below for more details about each workshop and to sign up for free here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-poems-through-the-guidebook-form-workshop-with-anita-slater-tickets-1984461759543 \n\n\n\n2-hour workshop (with coffee break\, second hour hybrid) Wednesday March 18th 10am-12pm \n\n\n\nWe will discuss the concept of alternative touring and ‘poetry tours’ and take a local tour of our own\, and then we will use prompts to write our own wandering poems/ pieces. \n\n\n\n2-hour workshop (with coffee break\, second hour hybrid) Thursday March 19th 1pm-3pm \n\n\n\nWe will use ‘guided’ materials to make found poems playing with the themes of instruction and admin. \n\n\n\n2-hour workshop (with coffee break\, second hour hybrid) Friday March 20th 1pm-3pm \n\n\n\nWe will make poetry sculptures and scenes\, considering the place of the poem in urban space.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/writing-poems-through-the-guidebook-form-workshop-with-anita-slater/
LOCATION:Manchester Poetry Library\, Grosvenor Building\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:PhD-Led Seminar: 'Everything\, Everywhere\, All at Once: Construction site atmospheres and digital practices'
DESCRIPTION:PhD-Led Seminar Series 7  \n\n\n\nA series of informal seminars led by and for Arts & Humanities doctoral students. Each seminar is presented by a different PhD researcher and involves plenty of interactive discussion. This is a friendly\, supportive space in which we develop critical research skills and build community.  \n\n\n\nSeminar 7.1: Everything\, Everywhere\, All at Once: Construction site atmospheres and digital practices \n\n\n\nWhen & Where: Thursday 19th March 2026 from 1-2 pm in Grosvenor East room 206 and on Teams\, with optional extension until 2:30 pm for in-person attendees. Tea\, coffee\, juice\, and snacks provided. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Loretta Lipworth. Loretta is a final year PhD researcher. Her project examines the relationship between affective atmospheres (i.e. mood\, vibe\, or how a place feels) and Building Information Modelling (BIM)\, which is a digital technology and process used in the management of construction projects. \n\n\n\nFormat/topic: Loretta will lead this session with an overview of her PhD research\, including key findings and discussion points that move through atmospheres of optimism\, uncertainty and negativity. Attendees will be invited to see\, hear and feel experiences from the field\, in order to critically engage with the atmospheres concept and implications of the research. \n\n\n\nPreparation: There is no pre-reading for this session but for Q&A and discussion you may want to consider: How do your own emotions and sensory experiences figure in your research? Are you challenging any orthodoxies or busting any myths in your thesis? Which literatures/disciplines do you draw on and are there conceptual crossovers with other disciplines? \n\n\n\nIf you would like to attend: Email Domenic Suntrapak at 22588709@stu.mmu.ac.uk by 12:30 pm Friday 13th March to say whether you would like to attend online or in person\, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/phd-led-seminar-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-construction-site-atmospheres-and-digital-practices/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:PhD Exhibition Launch
DESCRIPTION:Launch party for the exhibition with the Poetry Library. Further details tbc.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/phd-exhibition-launch/
LOCATION:Manchester Poetry Library\, Grosvenor Building\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Journal Article Workshop with Berthold Schoene
DESCRIPTION:GE 2.06 and on Teams. \n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, Professor Berthold Schoene will offer advice and guidance on how to work towards and write-up journal articles based on your research for publication. The session will cover some of the basics\, for example\, how to choose the right journal\, how to prepare cover letters and find submission guidelines\, and how to respond to peer review reports\, etc. It will also offer an opportunity to think in more detail about what you’d like to publish and when. Over the past few years\, Berthold has written journal articles on arborealism and dendrography\, eco-narratology and ruderal aesthetics\, as well as trans-corporeality\, hope\, and degrowth aesthetics in the Anthropocene – he’ll bring some of this experience to the workshop.
URL:https://dcahf.mmu.ac.uk/event/journal-article-workshop-with-berthold-schoene/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06\, Cavendish Street\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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