More applications
For those who've been following ... you will know I didn't get the scholarship. It didn't come as a great surprise since the research council receive 6,000 applications for 1,500 grants. The odds were stacked against me. Anyway, there were two studentships available for a project on Sparta and I decided to apply for one of those. It involved telling lies to get out of work early and working on my proposal through the night. Well not exactly through the night but I went to bed only when I couldn't read the words anymore and set the alarm for 5am. I had time in work to tweak it into shape and I emailed off before lunchtime today. Apparently there's an interview next week - it better be Monday or Tuesday because after that I'm off to Crete. I've explained this in my cover letter. I did the best I could with the proposal - I was pleased with it, particularly given the rushed circumstances in which it was produced. I think it would be a really interesting project - Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra. They appear in epic and in tragedy, and there are lots of sources for them. It's in the lap of the gods now!