torsdag 31. august 2017

Blackberry-picking, a poem by Seamus Heaney

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As a brief farewell to August, here is a seasonal poem by Seamus Heaney which was published in his debut poetry collection, Death of a nat...
tirsdag 29. august 2017

Intermesso in the last weeks of the PhD thesis, part 3 - out of doors

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The thesis is still progressing and I have not lost my optimism yet. In order to keep things that way, I tend to escape from the office wa...
søndag 27. august 2017

Intermesso in the last weeks of of the PhD thesis, part 2 - dismantling the office library

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Ever since beginning my work as a PhD candidate at the University of Southern Denmark, I have surrounded myself with books. The office shel...
fredag 25. august 2017

Intermesso in the last weeks of the PhD thesis

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So these are the spires in which he does his dreaming - Inspector Robert Lewis, Lewis, Pilot Episode, 2006 My days as a PhD candidate are...
mandag 31. juli 2017

Coral, by Derek Walcott

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To end the month of July, I give you a short and beautiful poem of Derek Walcott, a poet whose verse always makes me think of the summer mon...
lørdag 29. juli 2017

Saint Olaf in Rome

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Today is the feast of Saint Olaf of Norway, a day which in Norway is known as Olsok, coming for Old Norse "Olavsvaka", meaning t...
onsdag 26. juli 2017

The Summer Office

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Academic summers are not like other summers, and for me who am now at the tail-end of my PhD work this summer has been particularly marked...