Want to help support my research?

My name is Olivia and I am a PhD candidate for the University of Bristol. I will be starting my research as of January 2020, researching European NeoPagan communities today, and how they are interacting with Mediterranean archaeological remains in order to reconstruct and innovate ancient religious ideas for their own spiritual practices. I am interested in how these communities and academia can work together to promote contemporary engagement with the study of the ancient world, in order to support the preservation of archaeological remains and knowledge for posterity.

If this is something that interest you, then great!

As well as taking a student loan to cover tuition and working part time to feed myself, paying for PhD research is always a tricky task!

I am therefore raising money to help fund my field research. I will need to go out and meet with NeoPagans, both within the UK and in Europe. I need to interview people, witness their pilgrimages, and see their temples (both ancient and modern). This is a vital part of my research and the ability to travel is something which is not covered by my loan!

So if you are indeed interested in the project, please consider helping me out here, or getting in touch through the links below. I welcome correspondence from people asking questions and providing insights!

Gofundme campaign >> https://www.gofundme.com/f/neopagan-phd-research

**I have run a gofundme campaign before where we raised around £600 to go towards my postgraduate study. THANK YOU! £300 of this has gone on a laptop to conduct research on as I had no other (and is only to be used for that purpose). I still have the remaining £300 ready to put towards my research, as promised. This second campaign is a continuation from that.

You can follow the project through these links:
https://neopaganmediterranean.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/oliviakinsman.bristol/

PhD Start Date

I am due to commence PhD study from the 27th January 2020 and will be conducting research under the supervision of Professor Ronald Hutton and Dr. Genevieve Lively at the University of Bristol.

This blog and my Facebook page are here to share my progress with the project, to ask questions and to interact with interest communities and people.