My Progress so far

I finished the five modules I was attending at University College Cork at the end of March. They included Research skills and Digital Research Management and Editing Skills. The lectures were very beneficial. Six modudles are only required in addition to the thesis so I have only one more module to do.I am currently completing a number of assignments to gain the 5 credits for each module. One of them is a mock interview. I have registered an abstract for the phd showcase on 2 June in which I will give an oral presentation at UCC on my phd subject "Islamism and Nationalism in the Palestinian territories" I will also submit a written paper of 2,000 words which has the possibility of been inclcuded in the first UCC graduate academic journal been lauched at UCC later in the year. The aim of this showcase is to give phd students an opportunity to explain our research topic to a non-specialized audience.
I met my supervisor Oliver last Thursday and we discussed the content of my first chapter.I will meet him again on 27 May and must have something written for him by then.So over the next few weeks I will be writing a review on the existing literature on Islamism and Nationalism in the Palestinian Territories.Palestinian Identity after the Ottoman Empire and the formation of both Palestinian and Arab Nationalism.The background of Islamism in the Middle East, The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and its influence in the Middle East and on the rise of Islamism and Hamas in the Palestinian Territories,I will also look at Palestinian Islamist National Identity and the conflicting Ideologies within the Palestinian territories stressing that the thesis will cover these questions.I will also write a section on the methodology of my research.