{"id":7564,"date":"2024-07-09T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/humanities-blog\/?p=7564"},"modified":"2024-07-09T12:33:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:33:40","slug":"total-liberation-amys-english-literature-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/humanities-blog\/2024\/07\/09\/total-liberation-amys-english-literature-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Total Liberation – Amy’s English Literature PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Amie is a first year PhD English and American Studies<\/a><\/span> researcher. Her project focuses on the contemporary resonance of Red Rag: A Magazine of Liberation (1972-1980)<\/em> and subsequenty her doctoral thesis will form the most substantial account of this significant but largely forgotten feminist periodical to date, intervening into debates around contemporary feminist theory, periodical studies, women\u2019s history, labour history and cultural studies.<\/h6>\n

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Cover of Red Rag – ‘A magazine of women’s liberation’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Journey to PhD<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My PhD follows on from master’s study, with a break inbetween where I was working.\u00a0After a few years, I wanted to carry on research and started looking for opportunities that would support my interest in cultural history of the 1970s. At the time, I would have considered anywhere with a funded position but ultimately I was lucky enough to be chosen for a CDA offered by Manchester and People’s History Museum.<\/p>\n

Manchester is a great location for my work as I have access to the Working Class Movement Library<\/a> and the People’s History Museum<\/a> as resources.<\/p>\n

Communicating My Research<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I present in conferences and I also partake in public engagement work with additional funding from NWCDTP<\/a>. This is mainly through writing blog material<\/a> for the Peoples History Museum. Additionally, I also deliver workshops with targeted groups in the archives showcasing the socialist feminist material in the archives.<\/p>\n

I have also written for external publications such as Workers Liberty.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Amy’s Essential Skills for Future PhD Students <\/strong><\/h3>\n