I spent each and every night until 4: 00 am, a time came when I could not write further, not even a single character of my dissertation. I went to the bed and start planning for next day progress of my dissertation

but helpless as I fell to sleep and the next morning, 8 o’ clock I was up

writing my dissertation again.

This is the most common situation for students because most if not all students have…

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Are you ready to start your dissertation research? Your research should illustrate a broad understanding of studies done in your area of study. Whether you are starting your research dissertations or have started already, I am going to discuss some important points that you should know in order to carry out an in-depth research productively. Not… Continue

Dear friends,
Sometimes life gets in the way of best laid plans and intentions. We had a death in the family in mid-April that turned our lives inside out, and now I will be traveling until mid August. At that time I will make a decision about whether to re-energize this site or go dark. Thank you for your patience.
With Best Wishes, Diane Cline

I participated in Government 2.0 Camp, an Un-Conference held this past weekend in DC. About 350 government workers, scholars, new media gurus, consultants, and interested members of the public gathered to brainstorm and share ideas on making government more accountable and facilitating citizen participation. Un-conferences, also known as… Continue

This weekend I attended a day-long conference open to the public on the Pompeii show at the Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art. Five academic papers were given in a small auditorium on aspects of Roman art and life. It was really my first academic Classics conference in quite a few years. I looked at it through the lens of a cultural anthropologist. Here are my… Continue