As the chaos of the winter holiday and new year draw to a close (hopefully!) I thought it was appropriate to provide some updates about what I have been up to over the Autumn and Winter past.
- Following on from my trip to Greece at the end of September 2021 - where my partner and I consumed as much history 10 days would allow - I spent October finalising my Round 3 questionnaire and passing the ethics review before sharing it with potential respondents (Round 3: https://forms.office.com/r/90jCVUTKMn).
- In October I submitted an article to the Children of Artemis's Witchcraft & Wicca magazine. Here I outlined my study and invited readers to participate. (At the time of writing I thought I would be unable to include my Sekhmet chapter in the thesis - but since realised that I can!) I also submitted an small advert to the Pagan Federation's Samhain issue of Pagan Dawn magazine.
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| Article in issue 36 of Witchcraft & Wicca magazine. |
- In November I received peer reviewer and editor comments for an article I submitted to the Pomegranate Journal back in December 2020. I spent this month implementing the comments and suggestions, and ended up editing more than I had anticipated.
- Thanks to the Keil Scholarship award, of which I am a recipient, I was able to partake in an online course by GIRES entitled 'Introduction to Digital Humanities'. It is my hope that such courses will upskill me for a future career in the heritage industry.
- December was primarily occupied with personal matters and the winter holidays.
- This January I have been editing the final draft of my chapter for the Women in Classical Video Games edited volume, following peer reviewer and editor comments. Happily, I submitted this today!
This week I am due to submit documentation for my second Annual Progress Monitoring (APM), supporting my continued PhD candidature. As soon as February arrives I will be returning my full attention to the thesis itself. My next steps are:
- Reach out to more Goddess Communities, feminist and organisations, and religious studies organisations, advertising the project and questionnaires.
- Make progress on my reading list for Chapter 6 (Engagement with Heritage & Scholars).
- Start drafting paragraphs into Chapter 6.
