rebeccawatterson 
I am in the midst of my final year (terrifying) and so this is the final December of my PhD. In November, I set out to write 50,000 words following the NaNoWriMo or AcWriMo challenge. I didn’t quite achieve that goal, but I hit some pretty major goals for myself and my PhD thesis, so … Read more
Welcome to November aka AcWriMo… where academia collectively agrees to write, write and write some more. Writing can be daunting, frustrating and overwhelming for many academics who wear so many hats and always have a lengthy list to do. Writing when you have a ‘to read’ book pile resembling the library from Beauty and the … Read more
My article GOT ACCEPTED in Ireland’s Own. Being a historian is one of my favourite things, but I never thought I would get published in magazines. It never crossed my mind that it was something I could or should do. Weird, huh, as I am a massive cheerleader of local and public history. But then, … Read more
Hi there! I’m Rebecca. Thought I would introduce myself because you know, it’s polite and that. I’m a 31 year old PhD researcher from Northern Ireland. I’m researching the use of psychosurgery in the UK, 1940-86. I’m a medical and social historian, and a huge fan of oral history. In my spare time, I am … Read more