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NGOs - the changing face of grassroots activism

Description
Over the last 50 years increasingly affluent and educated citizens have turned away from traditional forms of mass politics: joining political parties, trade unions and voting in elections.
Date:
26/04/2013
Categories:
Arts and Law, Research

Wounded – the emotional story of two soldiers fighting a century apart

Wounded – the emotional story of two soldiers fighting a century apart
Description
As British military casualties continue to return from the war in Afghanistan, Wounded - an emotional new play by Jenny Stephens - tells the stories of two soldiers, fighting a century apart, but both coping with the aftermath of war. Informed by University research into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, as well as military medical practice in modern conflicts and the First World War, this timely and heart-warming site-specific play takes place at the Territorial Army Field Hospital in Kings Heath, Birmingham from October 30 to November 10.
Date:
30/10/2012
Categories:
Arts and Law, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Raising awareness of the brain

Description
It is becoming ever more important to understand how the brain works, in health and in disease. Top scientists and students from across the University of Birmingham are organising a series of events to engage public understanding of neuroscience - Brain Awareness Week.
Date:
13/03/2012
Categories:
Arts and Law, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Teaching

Archaeologist reveals evidence of mass graves at Nazi death camp

Archaeologist reveals evidence of mass graves at Nazi death camp
Description
Almost 70 years after the end of the Second World War a groundbreaking forensic archaeological study by the University has unearthed evidence of hidden burial sites at a former death camp where more than 800,000 Jews perished during the Holocaust.
Date:
18/01/2012
Categories:
Arts and Law, Research

Pantomime – The perfect form of Christmas entertainment? Oh yes it is!

Pantomime – The perfect form of Christmas entertainment? Oh yes it is!
Description
Research from the University of Birmingham has highlighted striking similarities between today's Saturday night television talent shows and another great Christmas tradition, the Victorian pantomime. The appeal of pantomime in providing spectacle, melodramatic villains and a guaranteed happy ending for a Victorian audience is paralleled today in Strictly Come Dancing and the X Factor.
Date:
20/12/2011
Categories:
Arts and Law, Research

Researchers to unlock distinctive West Midlands accent

Researchers to unlock distinctive West Midlands accent
Description
The West Midlands' linguistic heritage is set to be explored in a new research project comparing an ancient medieval manuscript originating from the area to the way today's residents speak. The research will examine how far people in the region share the language of their predecessors, captured in the Vernon Manuscript; the biggest surviving late-medieval English manuscript.
Date:
07/09/2011
Categories:
Arts and Law, Research

Redcrosse project seeks to reclaim Englishness and St. George

Redcrosse project seeks to reclaim Englishness and St. George
Description
A Shakespearean expert is seeking to reaffirm Englishness and St. George in an innovative new work.
Date:
02/02/2011
Categories:
Arts and Law, Research

A new henge discovered at Stonehenge

A new henge discovered at Stonehenge
Description
An archaeology team led by the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology in Austria discovered a major ceremonial monument less than one kilometre away from the iconic Stonehenge.
Date:
22/07/2010
Categories:
Arts and Law, Research
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