Last week was the final stage in the Finnish PhD process: the Promootio. The event is held over several days, and is when the Masters and Doctors of Finnish universities receive their insignia. For Masters, this is a laurel wreath and a gold ring. For Doctors, it’s a top hat and sword. If you want, …
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I’m a Dr!
Yesterday I passed my thesis defence at the University of Helsinki. As part of the proceedings, I had to present a lectio praecursoria. This was a 20 minute presentation about my dissertation, titled ‘The “Queens of the Arabs” During the Neo-Assyrian Period’ (and is available to download). The opponent was Professor Lorenzo Verderame, and after …
Finland, Finland, Finland!
I GOT THE JOB, PEOPLE!!!!! You are now reading the blog of the new Postdoctoral Research at the University of Helsinki’s Centre of Excellence: Ancient Near Eastern Empires! My research is going to involve using computer code to work out the cultural associations of words relating to ‘masculinities’. So I am essentially finding out what …
Week 2: One Helluva Pizza Order!
I have had a doozey of a week. So on Saturday, as part of my new ‘Ellie will do ALL THE WALKING’ I walked up a hill with Erik. It was lovely, but we accidentally walked 11km when we should have done, like, 4. Woops…. So to celebrate (and soothe my aching hip) we ordered …
Week 1: It begins…
Good Friday, everyone! By which I don’t mean the religious holiday, but my weekly update of what I’ve been up to academically. It’s been dominates by applications, VIVA prep, working on my masculinities paper, and a lot of confusion. Postdoctoral positions require a very long CV and a research proposal that would fit with the …
What am I doing?
Hi everyone! My name’s Ellie, and I’ve just completed the mammoth task of submitting my PhD thesis. When I say mammoth, I am NOT exaggerating. In the few weeks since handing in this epic 75,000 word essay, a lot has happened, and I realised that writing everything down was probably good idea. If nothing else, …
Ellie Bennett 