Category Archives: PhD

University of Exeter Students’ Guild Teaching Awards 2015

Posted on May 6, 2015 by

Photo: Exeter Student’s Guild  This year I was shortlisted for ‘Best Postgraduate Teacher’ at the University of Exeter Student’s Guild Teaching Awards. These Awards were the first of this kind to be established in the UK (2009) and remains the … Continue reading →

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PhD Comic – Procrastination

Posted on May 4, 2015 by

by Zoe Bulaitis (PhD Candidate) PhD Comic.  I have recently been drawing again, and comics have attracted my attention. I like the potential to tell stories in time, and capture mixed emotions in multiple frames. 

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Jeffrey Williams: The Rise of the Academic Novel – A graphic guide / map

Posted on March 5, 2015 by

This post features a diagram I made using ‘Inspiration 9’ to describe the ways in which Jeffrey Williams divides and subdivides the Campus Novel and the Academic Novel. I read ‘ The Rise of the Academic Novel’ in American Literary … Continue reading →

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Conference Paper from ‘Theorising the Popular’ Conference at Liverpool Hope

Posted on September 24, 2013 by

 This post is a copy of a paper which I gave at my very first conference this summer. It was part of the fourth international Theorizing the Popular Conference held at Liverpool Hope University(details here). I am pleased to have … Continue reading →

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Christopher Frayling and the Future of Funding in the Arts

Posted on July 24, 2013 by

Firstly, an Apology…  Summer holidays and moving into my first home has left this blog neglected.No more – new term enthusiasm has returned, and therefore this post is to catch up on those lost summer months. On that note… The … Continue reading →

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