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From 200 books to 200 registers
On Friday, March 3rd I passed my comprehensive exams. Aimed at providing a solid background for future research and teaching, the ‘comps’, as they are fondly called, involve reading about 200 books...
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Researching at the archives
As some of you know, the whole purpose of spending the year in Barcelona is to undertake research for my PhD thesis. Friends back in Toronto, however, reading this blog, ask me whether I do anything...
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Finally!!
And since we are the subject of PhD comics… here’s a good one, very a propos, since I was actually wondering about the value and significance of my research in the grand scheme of things:
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Thesis
Someone found this blog today after searching for “the light at the end of the thesis.” There must have been a mistake. From where I stand that light is just a rumour. I know it exists – it must! – but...
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This will be a crucial year
Chatting with one of my profs the other day, I realized that to finish my dissertation this year and do all the other things I want to do (i.e. teach, organize events, work on crrs website, committee...
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Grad school
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whBrTOzj0Kw] I apologize for the loud music at the beginning of this one: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsLPqdFNxm4]
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