STAR2 is a residential training event for post-fieldwork writing up PhD students in Social Anthropology in Scotland that combines master classes focused on writing up PhD research projects with sessions preparing PhD students for careers in anthropology within and beyond the academy.
All STAR2 sessions will be specifically designed for post-fieldwork writing-up students of social anthropology. Drs Adam Reed, Aimee Joyce (St Andrews), Drs Magnus Course, Alejandro Escalante (Edinburgh), and Dr Nancy Wachowich (Aberdeen) will attend for the full 4 days. Master Classes in PhD writing over 3 days will be given by distinguished international social anthropologists: Prof Bob Simpson (Durham), Prof Cate Degnen (Newcastle) & Prof Soumhya Venkatesan (Manchester). These master classes provide writing-up PhD students with the opportunity to conceptualise and rethink their ongoing research work and writing practice with a recognized ‘master’ of the discipline and alongside peers from the three departments. These distinguished anthropologists also present their own research and writing trajectories to the students as a way of elucidating how their own training and research has shaped their careers.
Alongside the central strand of master classes, students will attend single sessions on various aspects of academic career training. These include sessions on publishing and writing for academic and non-academic audiences; impact and knowledge exchange; viva preparation; practice in conference panel organization and abstract writing, responding to peer review and writing grant proposals. We also organize a dedicated session on anthropological careers outside of the academy.
This is a residential event and students are expected to attend the whole event.