Melissa Gatter

PhD candidate, University of Cambridge

PhD candidate in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge

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I did my fieldwork in a refugee camp

I will not sugar coat it: I work in a refugee camp designed to be an open-air prison in the middle of a desert. This means working long hours and witnessing people treated in a way that shouldn’t be allowed after fleeing from horrors that shouldn’t exist.

Melissa Gatter
Jun 4, 2019

Post-fieldwork struggles: Taking it one page at a time

The past few months have been, well, predictable and unexciting. Transitioning from fieldwork — and a nine-to-five job — was, and still is, draining. Post-fieldwork struggles are rarely discussed in the academe, and yet, from conversations with others who have returned from fieldwork, I realize it is common. And I just want to speak openly about it.

Melissa Gatter
May 30, 2019

Have I really been here for an entire year?

Today marks one year since I touched down on Jordanian soil to begin PhD fieldwork. And it also happens to be my 25th birthday. And guess what? Both of these markers terrify me!

Melissa Gatter
May 30, 2019

Academic blessing: I graduated in lingua mortua

Seven months after finishing my MPhil, I finally attended my graduation ceremony at Cambridge. I had heard it would be weird, involving a lot of Latin and an invasion of personal space. All of this much was true. But it was also actually really cool!

Melissa Gatter
May 22, 2019

Melissa Gatter

PhD candidate, University of Cambridge

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Have I really been here for an entire year?

Academic blessing: I graduated in lingua mortua

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