Phew, what a day!
Research; then playing for a funeral; dashing home; then over to Edinburgh. A quick stop in the National Library of Scotland, then a social event for new IASH Fellows at Edinburgh University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
How to dress for such a day? I decided the black suited look was safest, and sallied forth looking one notch cheerier than an undertaker. Ah, well.
I met a friend, unexpectedly, at NLS. It’s the kind of place where you do meet people. (I first met my PhD external examiner there, a few days before the viva back in 2009.) I only had a short while to look at three Glasgow music publications today, but it was long enough. My main target didn’t actually tell me much, really. It was interesting to see it, but it had no obvious connection with ‘my’ Glasgow Victorian ladies.
And then, I met a lot of Fellows researching a lot of different things – it’s quite exhilarating to hear about so much interesting work. I’m looking forward to January 2025.
Fitbit tells me I walked just over 5 miles today. I really must research Edinburgh bus routes between now and January!
Karen McAulay, Musicologist 