Latest news stories drawn from the Schools and Departments of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham. Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/artslaw/news.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2013-05-21T17:43:49Z William Fallows

Gideon describes how many of the games we play and the films we watch shape our perception of the ancient past.

2013-05-21T11:13:00Z 2013-05-21T13:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/classics/news/2013/podcast-nisbet.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Report on the 46th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies held in March at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham

2013-05-21T09:55:00Z 2013-05-21T09:47:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/bomgs/news/2013/report-spring-symposium.aspx Stephen Rea

It is with an overwhelming sense of loss that the Department of History has to announce the death of its much-loved colleague, Francesca Carnevali. Following a long illness, Francesca passed away peacefully on the morning of Saturday 18 May 2013. She was with her family and her husband at their house in Piombino.

2013-05-20T15:49:00Z 2013-05-21T09:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/carnevali.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Scholarships awarded to students in German Studies.

2013-05-20T15:10:00Z 2013-05-21T14:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/german/news/2013/summer-school-scholarships.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Joint Honours History and History of Art student Sophie Edwards talks about curating an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.

2013-05-17T12:29:00Z 2013-05-17T12:17:00Z http://thegolovine.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/george-catlin-the-npg-videos-with-our-very-own-jh-student-sophie-edwards/ William Fallows

A Redcrosse performance at St George's Church in Edgbaston.

2013-05-17T11:35:00Z 2013-05-17T11:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/looking-at-englishness.aspx William Fallows

Peter Gray explores the myths surrounding the mission.

2013-05-17T11:35:00Z 2013-05-20T17:14:00Z http://www.birminghampost.net/news/2013/05/16/how-the-dam-busters-mission-became-a-british-wartime-legend-65233-33340301/ William Fallows

Doctoral researcher Islam Issa wins award for 'Fragmentation, Censorship and an Islamic Journal: A History of the Translation of Milton into Arabic'.

2013-05-17T10:03:00Z 2013-05-17T14:01:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/islam-issa.aspx William Fallows

Professor Nicholas Crowson presents the latest Birmingham Brief.

2013-05-16T14:42:00Z 2013-05-20T17:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/crowson-brief.aspx Stephen Rea

Up to two scholarships are available for full-time students on the Global History MA in 2013-14. The scholarships will cover full-time tuition fees at the rate applicable to UK or EU students.

2013-05-16T13:43:00Z 2013-05-16T13:31:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/scholarships/pgtfunding.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Professor Matthew Rampley was interview by Satnam Rana (BBC Midlands Today) on the role of public art and in particular how public art can benefit Birmingham.

2013-05-16T09:56:00Z 2013-05-16T09:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/rampley-interview.aspx William Fallows

What's behind the popularity of Richard & Judy's Book Club?

2013-05-15T11:51:00Z 2013-05-15T11:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2013/beyond-the-book.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

An interview with Dr Louise Hardwick and Dr Alessandro Corio has been published by the French Caribbean newspaper France-Antilles.

2013-05-15T09:30:00Z 2013-05-15T09:15:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/hardwick-interview.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Besides being a 'forced marriage' between opposites, this is also a 'coalition of the losers', since neither the PD nor the PDL are able to command a majority in Parliament with closer allies.

2013-05-13T16:19:00Z 2013-05-13T16:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/thebirminghambrief/items/09-05-13Italys-new-left-right-government-not-the-normalisation-of-the-countrys-politics-as-yet.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Head of Birmingham Law School appeared on the BBC on Sunday 12 May 2013. Item starts about 43 minutes into the programme.

2013-05-13T10:49:00Z 2013-05-13T11:06:00Z http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01s9g1w/Sunday_Politics_West_Midlands_12_05_2013/ William Fallows

Paul Thompson and Susan Hunston have been successful in their application to the ESRC for funding for this two year research project on interdisciplinary discourse.

2013-05-13T10:47:00Z 2013-05-13T10:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/global-environmental-change.aspx William Fallows

An opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the unique Chinese business and cultural environments through a professional internship with the British Council, Shanghai.

2013-05-13T10:47:00Z 2013-05-13T09:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/crcc-scholarship.aspx William Fallows

Emily Russell has been offered a two-month summer internship at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

2013-05-13T10:46:00Z 2013-05-13T09:44:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/united-nations-internship.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham law lecturer and pro bono director responds to the government's proposed Immigration Bill

2013-05-10T23:08:00Z 2013-05-10T23:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/immigration-bill-bharat-malkani.aspx William Fallows

Professor Tony McEnery (Lancaster University) delivered the annual John Sinclair Lecture [streaming video].

2013-05-10T14:55:00Z 2013-05-13T10:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/tony-mcenery.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Emily Russell, currently a student on the MA in Translation Studies, has been offered a two-month summer internship at the United Nations Headquarters.

2013-05-10T14:33:00Z 2013-05-10T14:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2013/internship-united-nations.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

University Music Society Big Band were awarded at the National Concert Band Festival.

2013-05-10T13:47:00Z 2013-05-10T13:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2013/platinum-awarded.aspx Stephen Rea

Report of a workshop and town meeting held in Ede, Nigeria on the 5th and 6th December

2013-05-10T11:45:00Z 2013-05-10T11:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/research/knowing/news/ede-workshop.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

During the current academic year the University has been planning changes to the School and Department structure for the academic disciplines of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology.

2013-05-10T09:56:00Z 2013-05-10T09:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/news/2013/changes-2013.aspx Stephen Rea

Telegraph article quoting Professor Gary Sheffield

2013-05-09T16:25:00Z 2013-05-09T15:02:00Z http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/10037507/Historians-complain-Governments-WW1-commemoration-focuses-on-British-defeats.html Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Malcolm Spencer and DAAD-Lektorin Dorothee Sachse took six students to Stratford upon Avon to see the matinee performance of Brecht's 'Life of Galileo'.

2013-05-08T09:54:00Z 2013-05-08T09:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/german/news/2013/brecht-galileo.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Our two brilliant football teams and their DAAD-Lektorin, Dorothee Sachse, travelled to London to compete in the famous 10th DAAD Sauerkraut Cup Tournament.

2013-05-08T09:40:00Z 2013-05-08T09:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/german/news/2013/daad-sauerkraut-cup-2013.aspx William Fallows

Audio recording of Australian radio interview with Dr Erin Sullivan.

2013-05-08T09:10:00Z 2013-05-08T10:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/erin-sullivan-australia.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Angela Kershaw has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for the next academic year to pursue her research.

2013-05-07T11:24:00Z 2013-05-08T12:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/kershaw-leverhulme-fellowship.aspx William Fallows

Birmingham Centre for Modern and Contemporary History annual lecture.

2013-05-03T15:51:00Z 2013-05-08T09:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/slavery.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

On 17 April Dr Kate Doolin spoke at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference in Birmingham on the use of restorative justice approaches as part of the Government's proposals for Anti-Social Behaviour reforms in England and Wales.

2013-05-03T15:51:00Z 2013-05-03T15:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/05/doolin-anti-social-behaviour.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Lecturer Martin George, module leader for Land Law and Commercial Conflict of Laws, wins 2013 student-nominated award

2013-05-03T14:55:00Z 2013-05-03T14:49:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/05/award-teaching-george.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Ironbridge's renewed relationship with the Historic American Building Survey

2013-05-03T14:09:00Z 2013-05-10T09:47:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/ironbridge/news/2013/historic-american-building-survey.aspx Stephen Rea

Gabriella Jones, a first year undergraduate English and Philosophy student is a support act for Beyonce at the first UK show of her world tour on 26 and 27 April at Birmingham's LG Arena. Prior to this, Gabriella has been the support act for internationally recognised musicians including The Killers, Roxy Music and Jay-Z.

2013-04-30T13:52:00Z 2013-04-30T13:47:00Z http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/25/beyonce-fan-to-support-superstar-on-world-tour-after-chance-encounter-3667408/ Stephen Rea

Dr Matthew Francis presents the latest Birmingham Brief on 'Home ownership in the UK is declining but help for first-time buyers might incur a political price too high to pay'

2013-04-30T12:37:00Z 2013-05-08T10:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/Birmingham-Brief-0404.aspx William Fallows

Bursary available to work on a project to study professional archives that John Hick and his family donated to the University.

2013-04-30T11:24:00Z 2013-05-08T09:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2013/hick-bursary.aspx William Fallows

Second year student Joe Howard has won a national prize for his compositional work from the National Centre for Early Music.

2013-04-30T10:07:00Z 2013-05-08T10:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2013/university-student-wins-prize-for-his-composition.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

It's not often in your life you get to spend two hours with the most important person in the world!

2013-04-29T16:26:00Z 2013-04-29T16:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/ironbridge/news/2013/obama.aspx William Fallows

Naomi Thompson to present at the Joint Session of the Mind Association and the Aristotelian Society.

2013-04-29T15:03:00Z 2013-05-08T10:12:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2013/pg-success.aspx William Fallows

Two University researchers from the Department of Modern Languages have recently returned from fieldwork in the French Caribbean island of Martinique.

2013-04-29T15:02:00Z 2013-05-08T10:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/hardwick-fieldwork.aspx William Fallows

Dr Geoff Barnbrook and Dr Oliver Mason have just published an exciting new book with co-author Ramesh Krishnamurthy on collocation.

2013-04-29T13:14:00Z 2013-04-29T09:51:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/collocation-applications-implications.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Alumna Katie Hall describes her experiences of studying MA History of Art.

2013-04-29T09:41:00Z 2013-04-29T09:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/katie-hall.aspx William Fallows

Reinvent Shakespeare for yourselves in Stratford.

2013-04-29T09:32:00Z 2013-05-03T13:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/shakespeare-creativity-launched.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Elizabeth L'Estrange has been awarded a grant to pursue her research project, Anne de Graville (c.1490-c.1540) and her Library.

2013-04-26T10:38:00Z 2013-04-26T10:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/lestrange-fund.aspx William Fallows

The horrific terrorist attack in Boston has captured the attention of the western world over the past week. Initially, the media and wider speculation concentrated on who carried out the attacks and why?

2013-04-25T09:14:00Z 2013-04-25T08:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/reflecting-terrorism-hewitt.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Article at public-service-co.uk discsses House of Lords Select Committee report Ready for Ageing and the Birmingham Policy Commission, Healthy Ageing in the 21st Century, chaired by Professor Jean McHale

2013-04-24T13:21:00Z 2013-04-24T12:16:00Z http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22230 Alberto Guglielmi

Staff and students from German Studies at the Universities of Birmingham and Aston met at the end of February for the annual pub quiz.

2013-04-24T13:17:00Z 2013-05-13T13:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/german/news/2013/pub-quiz.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Lou Cabrera joins the Centre as the Deputy Director for International Links.

2013-04-24T09:09:00Z 2013-04-24T09:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/globalethics/news/2013/deputy-director.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The latest book by Dr Louise Hardwick, lecturer in French Studies and expert in Francophone Caribbean, was published this month.

2013-04-23T15:08:00Z 2013-04-23T15:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/hardwick-childhood.aspx William Fallows

The first annual conference organised by the postgraduate contingent of the Centre for the Study of Cultural Modernity, at the University of Birmingham. See the conference website for further details and the call for papers.

2013-04-22T13:50:00Z 2013-04-22T13:47:00Z http://pgculturalmodernity.wordpress.com William Fallows

Contemporary Indian writer, and University of Birmingham alumnus U.R. Ananthamurthy is celebrating being shortlisted for a Man Booker Prize in 2012 with his novel Bharatipura.

2013-04-22T13:25:00Z 2013-04-22T13:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/man-brooker-prize.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Clodagh Brook is leading the 2nd workshop for the AHRC-funded project, Interdisciplinary Italy 1900-2015 in Rome today.

2013-04-22T10:10:00Z 2013-04-22T10:05:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/italian/news/2013/brook-rome-workshop.aspx William Fallows

The British Association for American Studies 59th Annual Conference will take place in April 2014 at the University of Birmingham.

2013-04-22T10:09:00Z 2013-05-01T15:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2013/british-association-for-american-studies-59th-annual-conference-to-be-held-at-birmingham.aspx Stephen Rea

Joanne Krawec (MA West Midlands) was the PG winner.

2013-04-18T14:31:00Z 2013-05-08T10:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/essay-competition.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The Ironbridge International Institute of Cultural Heritage held its international conference, Tourism and the Shifting Values of Cultural Heritage: Visiting Pasts, Developing Futures, in Taipei earlier this month.

2013-04-18T13:10:00Z 2013-05-03T14:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/ironbridge/news/2013/tourism-cultural-heritage-report.aspx Stephen Rea

Margaret Thatcher's place in modern British history is important, no doubt about that, and historians will be arguing over it for the foreseeable future. PhD student Daisy Payling offers some thoughts on how Baroness Thatcher's death is likely to affect her research.

2013-04-18T10:34:00Z 2013-05-08T09:58:00Z http://moderncontemporarybham.wordpress.com/ Jonathan Laidlow

Article on Male Circumcision co-authored by Birmingham Law School's Professor of Socio-Legal Studies wins 2013 SLSA Article prize

2013-04-17T16:18:00Z 2013-04-17T16:19:00Z http://www.slsa.ac.uk/content/view/62/218/#article Stephen Rea

New book By Professor Mathew Hilton, Professor Nicholas Crowson, Dr James McKay and Jean-Francois Mouhot

2013-04-17T14:25:00Z 2013-05-08T10:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/politics-expertise.aspx William Fallows

Professor Scott Lucas on Radio 4's Today programme.

2013-04-17T10:16:00Z 2013-04-17T10:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2013/olympus-has-fallen.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Heather Widdows to co-lead one of the first themes at Birmingham's new Institute of Advanced Studies.

2013-04-16T11:34:00Z 2013-04-16T11:13:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/globalethics/news/2013/IAS-Launch.aspx William Fallows

Many congratulations to Shakespeare Institute doctoral researcher Amy Routledge who has been selected to represent the University of Birmingham at the Universitas 21 conference in Vancouver, Canada in May!

2013-04-15T10:10:00Z 2013-05-17T09:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/amy-routledge-universitas-21.aspx William Fallows

Undergraduate workshop supported by the Annual Giving Fund.

2013-04-15T09:56:00Z 2013-04-15T09:53:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/shakespeare-today-and-the-student-experience.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Conference is Rust, Regeneration and Romance: Iron and Steel Landscapes and Culture, 10-14 July 2013, Ironbridge, UK

2013-04-12T16:37:00Z 2013-04-12T16:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/ironbridge/news/2012/rust-regen-romance.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Nikk Effingham's new textbook entitled An Introduction to Ontology is now out on Polity.

2013-04-12T11:25:00Z 2013-04-12T11:23:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2013/ontology.aspx Stephen Rea

David will be speaking about 'The World's Oldest Bible: How technology shapes belief' at the 2013 Hay Festival.

2013-04-11T15:17:00Z 2013-04-11T14:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2013/hay.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Gary Sheffield gave a seminar "Coalitions Compared: A Perspective on Alliance Warfare in World War I and World War II" to the VMA

2013-04-10T15:41:00Z 2013-05-08T10:33:00Z http://www6.vmi.edu/Content.aspx?id=10737424273 Stephen Rea

ITSEE Research Fellow Christina Kreinecker participates in a radio programme on the Passion Narratives on Austrian National Radio broadcast in Holy Week 2013.

2013-04-10T09:57:00Z 2013-04-10T09:48:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2013/kreinecker-broadcast.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The work of Birmingham FLAG - our student pro bono group is highlighted in an article in the Guardian about the effect of cuts to legal aid on the demand for pro bono services.

2013-04-09T13:16:00Z 2013-04-13T19:47:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/apr/08/legal-aid-cuts-student-solicitors Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Louise Hardwick was invited to visit Georgia Institute of Technology by Assistant Professor Dr Michael Wiedorn, a specialist in Francophone Caribbean cultures.

2013-04-04T14:23:00Z 2013-04-04T14:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/hardwick-conference-atlanta.aspx William Fallows

A major new research collaboration between Professor Guy Cook, from the Department of Education & Professional Studies, King's College London and Dr Alison Sealey at the University of Birmingham.

2013-04-03T20:30:00Z 2013-04-17T09:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/leverhulme-sealey.aspx William Fallows

Jeannette Littlemore co-authors a book on Figurative Language, Genre and Register. Information about the book and a podcast from Jeannette and her two co-authors, Alice Deignan and Elena Semino can be found here on the Cambridge University Press Website.

2013-04-03T11:00:00Z 2013-04-03T11:18:00Z http://bit.ly/10uYO6j Stephen Rea

Professor Allan Anderson is interviewed by Joshua Keating about the movements rapid growth

2013-03-28T16:11:00Z 2013-03-28T12:15:00Z http://ideas.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/03/26/why_pentecostalism_spread Jonathan Laidlow

Professor of Health Care Law is leading (with Professor Heather Draper) the third Birmingham Policy Commission, which is exploring how good ageing in a multi-cultural society is defined. It will look in particular at how good health in later life can be promoted.

2013-03-28T16:11:00Z 2013-03-28T11:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/policy-commissions/healthy-ageing/index.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Professor Ewan Fernie discusses teaching and learning in the new postgraduate programmes in Shakespeare and Creativity and the extraordinary creative environments of Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham.

2013-03-26T15:15:00Z 2013-03-27T10:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/fernie-heroes.aspx Stephen Rea

Sadiah Qureshi features in the latest Birmingham Heroes campaign.

2013-03-26T15:15:00Z 2013-05-08T10:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/sadiah-heroes.aspx Stephen Rea

Charlotte Hempel has been awarded a prestigious British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for the academic year 2013-2014 to work on a project entitled: The Development of Complex Literary Traditions in the Second Temple Period.

2013-03-26T15:13:00Z 2013-03-26T12:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2013/bamc-fellowship.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Professor Scott Lucas reflects on the war on Iraq, 10 years after the US warplanes launched the first phase.

2013-03-26T15:08:00Z 2013-03-26T09:30:00Z http://www.defencemanagement.com/feature_story.asp?id=22148 Stephen Rea

History student Hannah Whitton uses paper dolls and mime to illustrate the history of gay marriage in The Guardian student film competition finalist video.

2013-03-25T16:14:00Z 2013-05-08T10:03:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/video/2013/mar/21/gay-marriage-britain-history-student-film-video Alberto Guglielmi

Four undergraduate history of art students, as part of the RBSA Young Curators' project, have worked with ceramics specialist David Whiting to curate The Art of Clay exhibition.

2013-03-25T15:30:00Z 2013-03-25T15:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/art-of-clay-exhibition.aspx Stephen Rea

Article by Alba Fedeli published on The Qur'anic Manuscripts of the Mingana Collection and their Electronic Edition

2013-03-25T13:53:00Z 2013-03-25T13:40:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2013/mingana-article.aspx Stephen Rea

Pictures of the Eighth Birmingham Colloquium plus a link to the after-dinner presentation on You Tube.

2013-03-25T13:52:00Z 2013-03-25T13:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2013/eighth-colloquium-pictures.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Lisa Bortolotti has been awarded a 12-month AHRC Fellowship for her new project.

2013-03-25T12:50:00Z 2013-03-27T12:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2013/epistemic-innocence.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

CBOMGS series of Modern Greek Translations, including our latest title - Elias Maglinis, The Interrogation - now available to purchase online at the UoB e-shop.

2013-03-25T12:49:00Z 2013-03-25T12:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/bomgs/research/modern-greek-translations.aspx Stephen Rea

New MA available for 2013 entry

2013-03-25T12:26:00Z 2013-05-08T10:04:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/courses/postgraduate/taught/history/global-history.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The Court of Appeal cited Birmingham Law lecturer Dr Stephen W. Smith's recent monograph, End-of-Life Decisions in Medical Care this month.

2013-03-22T14:14:00Z 2013-03-22T15:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/smith-cited-court-appeal.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Lisa Downing explains to Matthew Reisz how society's unspoken prejudices are given voice in the discourse surrounding killers.

2013-03-22T14:14:00Z 2013-03-22T14:10:00Z http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/culture/the-subject-of-murder/2002694.article Jonathan Laidlow

The Centre for Professional Legal Education and Research is delighted to provide financial support for a select number of students to attend the forthcoming Criminal Bar Association Conference.

2013-03-22T12:01:00Z 2013-03-22T11:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/CEPLER/news/2013/students-cba.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The University of Birmingham is proud to host the forthcoming Criminal Bar Association 2013 Spring Conference on Saturday 27th April in the prestigious Bramall Building

2013-03-22T11:38:00Z 2013-03-22T11:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/uob-cba-conference.aspx Stephen Rea

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Alex Silk.

2013-03-22T11:23:00Z 2013-03-22T11:15:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2013/silk-appointment.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Back in 1953, the Shakespeare Institute Players' inaugural performance, A Yorkshire Tragedy, featured Robert Loper, a Fulbright scholar who went on to become one of our most respected alumni.

2013-03-21T16:51:00Z 2013-03-21T15:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/shakespeare-institute-alumni.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Lisa Bortolotti has been promoted to the post of Professor of Philosophy in the School of Philosophy, Theology, and Religion.

2013-03-21T13:24:00Z 2013-03-21T12:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2013/lbpromotion.aspx Stephen Rea

We are currently developing a distance learning mode of this distinctive postgraduate programme, expected to be available for entry in September 2013.

2013-03-21T10:43:00Z 2013-03-21T11:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/courses/distance/thr/evangelical-charismatic-studies.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Is rights replication undermining international human rights law?

2013-03-21T10:17:00Z 2013-03-21T10:17:00Z http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/03/20/is-rights-replication-undermining-the-international-human-rights-system/ Alberto Guglielmi

As part of their module 'Hacking the Book', 2nd year English BA students have planned, designed and marketed a new app.

2013-03-21T08:30:00Z 2013-03-21T21:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/ibrum-app.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Members of the English Language and Applied Linguistics Division and their international MA students talk about 'real English' and the problems that it presents to international students.

2013-03-19T16:45:00Z 2013-03-19T16:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/word-of-mouth.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Two years on from the UN Security Council resolution that authorised NATO's military intervention in Libya, Professor Scott Lucas and other three University of Birmingham experts reflect on where we are now.

2013-03-19T10:23:00Z 2013-03-19T10:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/libya-two-years-on.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Two years on from the UN Security Council resolution that authorised NATO's military intervention in Libya, Dr Berny Sèbe and other three University of Birmingham experts reflect on where we are now.

2013-03-19T10:22:00Z 2013-03-19T10:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/libya-two-years-on.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Actress Abigail Rokison, who played Primrose in the top-rating TV show The Darling Buds of May, has taken on a new leading role in the performing arts.

2013-03-19T09:54:00Z 2013-03-19T09:51:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/03/15-Mar-Darling-Buds-of-May-actress-turned-Shakespeare-expert-offers-creative-approach-to-study.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The Friends of Birmingham Archives and Heritage is one of the first groups in the UK to receive a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) All Our Stories grant.

2013-03-18T15:22:00Z 2013-03-18T15:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/digbeth-speaks.aspx Stephen Rea

2013 sees the incorporation of the Centre of West African Studies (CWAS) into a larger Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA).

2013-03-15T22:40:00Z 2013-05-08T10:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/news/2013/dasa.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The Bramall Music Building won a Civic Trust Award at the prize giving in Cardiff.

2013-03-15T14:53:00Z 2013-03-15T14:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2013/civic-trust-award.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Professor Ewan Fernie has recently given two high profile public lectures in Dublin and Kingston.

2013-03-15T12:00:00Z 2013-03-18T15:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/fernie-lectures.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Matthew Hilton presents the latest Birmingham Brief

2013-03-15T11:33:00Z 2013-05-08T09:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/comic-relief.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The latest book by Professor Lisa Downing, The Subject of Murder, will shortly be released in hard copy format and has already garnered much attention.

2013-03-15T08:59:00Z 2013-03-15T08:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/downing-subject-murder.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The Royal Music Association's (RMA) 2014 Research Students' Conference will take place from Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 January at the University of Birmingham.

2013-03-15T08:59:00Z 2013-03-15T08:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2013/rma-conference-2014.aspx William Fallows

Video interview with 'Shakespeare and Creativity' course co-convenor.

2013-03-14T15:27:00Z 2013-03-14T15:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/shakespeare-creativity-ewan-fernie.aspx William Fallows

Sir Christoper Meyer speaks in the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series.

2013-03-14T11:10:00Z 2013-03-14T11:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/christopher-meyer.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

New editions, freely downloadable for study and performance, are now available from the Archive of Seventeenth-Century Madrigals and Arias.

2013-03-13T13:54:00Z 2013-03-13T13:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2013/ascima.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

On 12 March 2013 Dr Luca Rubini submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Appellate Body of the WTO, in the context of the pending Canada – Renewable Energy/FIT disputes (DS 412, DS426). In this high-profile case the Appellate Body is called to clarify key concepts of the definition of subsidy, in some cases for the first time, and develop its existing jurisprudence.

2013-03-13T12:43:00Z 2013-03-13T12:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/rubini-wto-energy-amicus-curiae.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Postgraduate student Hannah Squire discusses her experience volunteering for the National Trust.

2013-03-13T12:21:00Z 2013-03-13T12:01:00Z http://thegolovine.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/postgraduate-student-hannah-squire-discusses-her-experience-volunteering-for-the-national-trust/ William Fallows

Review from UoB Blogfest.

2013-03-13T09:45:00Z 2013-03-13T09:41:00Z http://uoblogfest.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/writers-bloc-presents-inter-university-poetry-slam/ Stephen Rea

Professor Heather Widdows has just returned from Tokyo where she gave a keynote address at the World Medical Association's Expert Conference on the Revision of the Declaration of Helsinki.

2013-03-12T12:28:00Z 2013-03-25T11:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/globalethics/news/2013/conference-wma.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Nick Gardner discusses the status of Basque during the 2013 Robert L. Trask Memorial Lecture.

2013-03-11T16:08:00Z 2013-03-12T09:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/hispanic/news/2013/status-basque.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

AHRC grant success for Dr Joanne Sayner.

2013-03-11T12:00:00Z 2013-04-24T09:15:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/german/news/2013/sayner-ahrc-award.aspx Stephen Rea

New book by Professor Allan Anderson

2013-03-11T10:37:00Z 2013-03-11T10:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2013/ends-of-earth.aspx William Fallows

Geraldine Collinge, Director of Events and Exhbiitions at the Royal Shakespeare Company, discusses our new postgraduate courses in Shakespeare and Creativity.

2013-03-08T16:02:00Z 2013-03-11T11:48:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/royal-shakespeare-company.aspx Andy Tootell

Academics and professionals working in the fields of heritage and tourism from across the world will convene in Taipei, Taiwan this spring for a five-day conference focusing on the changing ways in which cultural heritage is used, represented and interpreted within the development of international tourism.

2013-03-08T10:29:00Z 2013-03-20T10:04:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/03/8-Mar-Visiting-pasts,-developing-futures.aspx William Fallows

AHRC networking grant success for Dr James Mussell.

2013-03-07T09:26:00Z 2013-03-07T11:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/james-mussell-ahrc.aspx William Fallows

Northampton Chronicle report on research by Dr Martin Wiggins.

2013-03-06T22:41:00Z 2013-03-06T22:49:00Z http://bit.ly/W1egcN Stephen Rea

Video of guest lecture given by Professor Oliver Leaman.

2013-03-06T15:21:00Z 2013-03-06T15:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2013/al-ghazali.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The latest book by Dr Rosa Freedman, lecturer at Birmingham Law School and expert in International Human Rights Law, was published this week by Routledge as part of its Research in Human Rights series.

2013-03-06T11:33:00Z 2013-03-06T12:12:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/freedman-unhrc.aspx William Fallows

Research and Innovation Services arranged for five academic staff to visit Brussels and meet with staff from the European Policy Centre.

2013-03-06T10:06:00Z 2013-03-06T21:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/hardwick-epc.aspx William Fallows

Unlocking the treasures of our cultural heritage for a wide audience by using inspiring new digital media.

2013-03-05T20:23:00Z 2013-03-05T14:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/artslaw/news/2013/smartculture.aspx William Fallows

During the summer vacation of 2014 a new Marc Garnier organ will be installed in the Elgar Concert Hall of the Bramall Music Building.

2013-03-05T20:21:00Z 2013-03-06T14:12:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2013/new-pipe-organ.aspx William Fallows

The prize this year was won by Brian Curragh.

2013-03-05T20:20:00Z 2013-03-06T15:35:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/rosen.aspx William Fallows

Free sessions and talks with the DHD Project and the Do.Collaboration team.

2013-03-05T20:20:00Z 2013-03-06T15:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/hclh/news/2013/Arts-and-Science-Festival.aspx Stephen Rea

New book by Professor Richard Cust

2013-03-04T11:36:00Z 2013-05-08T09:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/charles-book.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham Law School's Graham Gee recently participated in a seminar panel on the impeachment of the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.

2013-03-01T14:07:00Z 2013-03-01T14:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/gee-sri-lanka.aspx Stephen Rea

A new blog about the history of 'the unruly sort of clowns' and other early modern peculiarities. New article by Jonathan Willis

2013-02-28T16:12:00Z 2013-02-28T16:01:00Z http://manyheadedmonster.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/for-yee-lead-your-liues-in-great-ignorance-puritan-ponderings-on-the-patchwork-of-popular-belief/ Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Berny Sèbe interviewed on the recent developments in the crisis in Mali.

2013-02-28T14:32:00Z 2013-02-28T14:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/sebe-arise-news.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Gary Sheffield quoted

2013-02-28T14:07:00Z 2013-05-08T10:11:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2013/feb/26/leeds-secondworldwar Stephen Rea

Bob Bushaway, one of the founding fathers of war studies at Birmingham has died

2013-02-28T11:07:00Z 2013-03-28T11:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/warstudies/news/2013/bob.aspx Stephen Rea

Issue two of our student-produced peer-reviewed journal is now available

2013-02-27T15:57:00Z 2013-05-08T10:05:00Z http://historyandcultures.com/current-issue/ Alberto Guglielmi

Professor Matthew Rampley presents 'the European Position' at the Institute of Advanced Studies' workshop 'Regional Curatorship: Does University Research Partnership Replace Regional Fine and Decorative Art Curatorship?'.

2013-02-26T11:45:00Z 2013-02-26T11:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/rampley-curatorship.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Video footage of a stimulating and illuminating lecture given at the University of Birmingham by the celebrated Guadeloupean author, Maryse Condé, is now available online (in French).

2013-02-26T10:32:00Z 2013-02-26T10:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2013/maryse-conde.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Charlotte Ross was invited to give a research seminar by the Italian Department at the University of Glasgow.

2013-02-25T10:33:00Z 2013-04-23T15:23:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/gender/news/2013/ross-seminar-glasgow.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

At the end of January Cambridge University Press published the latest work by Birmingham Law School's Professor Andrew Sanders, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology and currently Head of School.

2013-02-24T18:49:00Z 2013-03-06T12:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/sanders-bioethics-medicine-criminal-law.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

We interviewed two Languages alumni during a College of Arts and Law Careers event in February 2013.

2013-02-22T14:24:00Z 2013-02-22T14:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2013/careers-languages-interviews.aspx William Fallows

Video interview with 'Shakespeare and Creativity' course co-convenor.

2013-02-21T14:08:00Z 2013-02-21T16:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/shakespeare-creativity-abigail-rokison.aspx William Fallows

For a second year, the College of Arts and Law will be hosting a series of talks showcasing our top academics and the breadth of arts and humanities subjects studied by our students.

2013-02-21T13:25:00Z 2013-02-21T16:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/artslaw/events/2013/hay-festival-2013.aspx Stephen Rea

On behalf of the School of History and Cultures and the History and Cultures Workshop (HCW), Dr William Purkis has made a successful application to the Royal Historical Society's Postgraduate Speakers scheme.

2013-02-18T09:33:00Z 2013-05-08T10:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/royal-history-society.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The Centre for Professional Legal Education and Research is pleased to announce it has been awarded funding for Dr Julian Lonbay's input into a three year study led by the School of Education

2013-02-15T17:55:00Z 2013-02-18T10:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/cepler-study-lonbay.aspx William Fallows

Adam Ledger visits Mumbai.

2013-02-15T15:39:00Z 2013-02-15T15:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2013/adam-ledger-india.aspx William Fallows

Video interview with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's Head of Knowledge and Research.

2013-02-14T14:30:00Z 2013-02-14T14:26:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/paul-edmondson-on-shakespeare-and-creativity.aspx William Fallows

Robert McCrum responds to Gillian Wright's list of 'Feminist Turning Points'.

2013-02-12T18:48:00Z 2013-02-12T18:43:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/11/50-most-influential-books-by-women?CMP=twt_fd Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Ita Mac Carthy is currently spending three months as a residential research fellow at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.

2013-02-08T14:04:00Z 2013-02-08T13:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/italian/news/2013/mac-carthy-fellowship.aspx William Fallows

Watch the lecture given by Professor Mark Goodacre.

2013-02-08T13:57:00Z 2013-02-12T18:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2013/mark-goodacre-cadbury.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Berny Sebe 'viewpoint' on tensions in Tunisia following the assassination of Tunisian politician Chokri Belaid.

2013-02-08T13:57:00Z 2013-02-08T13:31:00Z http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21377325 William Fallows

Professor Michael Dobson's perspective on recent events.

2013-02-08T13:34:00Z 2013-02-08T13:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/richardIII-michael-dobson2.aspx Stephen Rea

Lisa Bortolotti (Philosophy) presents the latest Birmingham Brief.

2013-02-08T11:53:00Z 2013-02-08T11:49:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/Making-sense-of-psychiatry-the-cognitive-behavioural-therapy-debate.aspx Jussi Suikkanen

Philosophy PhD student Dr James K. Dew Jr. is featured lecturer.

2013-02-08T10:52:00Z 2013-02-08T11:05:00Z http://laurinburgexchange.com/view/full_story/21631036/article-Bible--science-focus-of-lecture William Fallows

To find out more about how to access support and finance for innovation and/or commercialisation, please visit the Birmingham Science City blog by clicking here.

2013-02-07T09:24:00Z 2013-02-07T10:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/hclh/news/2013/-BSC-Government-Support-for-RD-and-Innovation-.aspx William Fallows

Rose Whyman's new book published by Routledge.

2013-02-07T09:15:00Z 2013-03-09T16:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2013/stanislavski-the-basics.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham Law lecturer writes for the UK Constitutional Group Blog on the topic of "Who should have the final say in lower level judicial appointments?"

2013-02-07T09:13:00Z 2013-02-06T14:47:00Z http://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2013/01/30/kate-malleson-and-graham-gee-who-should-have-the-final-say-in-lower-level-judicial-appointments/ Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham Law School International Human Rights Lecturer writes on the topic of "Israel's Move Could Topple UN's House of Cards"

2013-02-06T11:55:00Z 2013-02-06T11:12:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-rosa-freedman/israels-move-could-topple_b_2589296.html Alberto Guglielmi

Read about some of the things our students and alumni have been up to over on our official blog, The Golovine!

2013-02-06T10:57:00Z 2013-02-06T10:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/student-news.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor David Thomas comments

2013-02-05T14:52:00Z 2013-02-05T14:19:00Z http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/why-extreme-islamists-are-intent-on-destroying-cultural-artifacts Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham Law School is delighted to announce the publication of Sophie Boyron's book "The Constitution of France: A Contextual Analysis". The book is published by Hart as part of its highly prestigious and successful "Constitutional Systems of the World" series.

2013-02-04T20:52:00Z 2013-02-06T11:09:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/boyron-constitution-france.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham Law School lecturer delivers papers at major conferences on international law in Paris.

2013-02-04T20:37:00Z 2013-02-04T20:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/orakhelashvili-paris.aspx William Fallows

Professor Karen O'Brien writing for the Birmingham Post.

2013-02-04T13:11:00Z 2013-02-04T13:12:00Z http://bit.ly/12mMKZ6 William Fallows

UoB Blogfest reports on the latest lecture in the Birmingham Visiting Writers Programme.

2013-02-01T15:06:00Z 2013-02-01T15:08:00Z http://uoblogfest.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/birmingham-visiting-writers-programme-simon-armitage/ Stephen Rea

Call for applications with a deadline of 28 February 2013.

2013-01-31T18:28:00Z 2013-02-05T10:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/scholarships/reaching-out.aspx William Fallows

Steve Hewitt takes part in televised debate on whether torture is ever justified.

2013-01-31T17:27:00Z 2013-01-31T17:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2013/big-questions.aspx William Fallows

University of Birmingham alumnus UR Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted for the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which recognises one writer for his or her achievement in fiction.

2013-01-31T10:16:00Z 2013-01-31T13:08:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/01/31Jan-Indian-alumnus-make-shortlist-for-Man-Booker-International-Prize.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

In an early indication of the successes to be achieved by close collaboration between B-Film and The Centre for World Cinemas at Leeds University, the AHRC has awarded £39,805 to the research centres under its Care for the Future Exploratory Awards 2012.

2013-01-30T11:12:00Z 2013-02-20T09:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/b-film/news/2013/collaboration-leeds.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

After having been eclipsed in the news by the events of the Arab Uprisings, Algeria is back in international headlines over the hostage crisis in Tiguentourine in Southern Algeria. The repercussions and long-term implications of this crisis must be understood in relation to Algeria's complex history and in particular its recent civil war experience.

2013-01-30T09:48:00Z 2013-01-30T09:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/algeria-anissa-daoudi.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Richard Cust took part in Radio 4's Sunday programme, speaking about King Charles the Martyr

2013-01-29T16:53:00Z 2013-05-08T09:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2013/cust-bbc4.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Gordon Lynch, Professor of Modern Theology at the University of Kent, opened this year's Cadbury Lecture series.

2013-01-29T16:18:00Z 2013-01-29T15:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2013/gordon-lynch.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Berny Sebe's perspective on Europe's attitude towards the Saharo–Sahelian region after the recent upraising of violence in Algeria and Mali.

2013-01-29T14:15:00Z 2013-01-29T14:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/thebirminghambrief/items/The-Sahara-and-Europe-so,-what-comes-next.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Robert Swanson has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for a comprehensive study on 'The English Parish, c.1290-c.1535'

2013-01-29T12:12:00Z 2013-05-08T10:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/research/projects/english-parish.aspx William Fallows

Call for papers for May 2013 symposium on 'Editing for Performance, Performance for Editing'.

2013-01-29T11:26:00Z 2013-01-29T11:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/re-animating-playbooks.aspx William Fallows

Luke Kennard's fourth collection of poetry reviewed in The Independent.

2013-01-29T11:25:00Z 2013-03-09T15:17:00Z http://t.co/XqiRxf8L Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Charlotte Ross was invited to give a research seminar by the Italian Department at the University of Kent.

2013-01-29T10:34:00Z 2013-02-27T11:15:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/gender/news/2013/ross-seminar-kent.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham Law School senior lecturer Dr Djakhongir Saidov took part in the Villanova Law Review Norman J. Shachoy Symposium on 'Assessing the CISG and Other International Endeavors to Unify International Contract Law'

2013-01-28T15:11:00Z 2013-01-28T14:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2013/saidov-villanova.aspx Stephen Rea

A member of the Anglican clergy who was born profoundly deaf is fronting a move to make churchgoing more appealing to the deaf community in Rochdale.

2013-01-28T10:11:00Z 2013-01-28T10:03:00Z http://rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/50/faith-news-articles/77122/chaplain-to-deaf-visits-st-andrews-dearnley Jonathan Laidlow

Research Fellow joins CBOMGS on a two-year fellowship sponsored by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Dr Amanda Phillips' project focuses on the role of objects in everyday life in the Ottoman Empire between 1600 and 1800.

2013-01-28T09:07:00Z 2013-01-28T09:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/bomgs/news/2013/research-phillips.aspx Stephen Rea

The Philosophy Department has launched a new interdisciplinary MA course for entry in September 2013.

2013-01-25T16:35:00Z 2013-01-25T16:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2013/lawethicspolitics.aspx William Fallows

Video recording of Michael Dobson interviewing Greg Doran.

2013-01-25T13:49:00Z 2013-01-25T14:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/greg-doran.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies is organising the UK's 46th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, which will take place at Birmingham University in late March, 2013.

2013-01-23T14:36:00Z 2013-01-23T14:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/bomgs/events/2013/byzantine-greece-microcosm-empire-symposium.aspx William Fallows

Come along and see our multi-touch applications at the FREE launch of the AHRC-funded Suburban Birmingham project.

2013-01-21T16:27:00Z 2013-01-21T16:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/hclh/news/2013/launch-suburban-birmingham.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The Ironbridge Gorge, home to the World's first cast iron bridge and birthplace of the industrial revolution, has been revealed as the second in the World's most recommended UNESCO World Heritage Sites to visit, according to TripAdvisor travellers

2013-01-21T16:26:00Z 2013-01-21T16:15:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/ironbridge/news/2013/gorge-top-ten.aspx Stephen Rea

Speaking as world leaders gathered for the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Dr Benedetta Rossi warned that preparing for climate-related disaster is a "substantially more effective approach… than emergency aid interventions developed in the aftermath of crisis".

2013-01-21T12:59:00Z 2013-05-08T10:47:00Z http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Preparation-better-than-aid/3711 Stephen Rea

Part of the Islamic Studies Seminar series. Speaker: Azmi Hj Mohammed

2013-01-18T11:20:00Z 2013-01-18T11:13:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/research/seminars/islamic.aspx Stephen Rea

Part of the Islamic Studies Seminar series. Speaker: Alison Dingle

2013-01-18T11:20:00Z 2013-01-18T11:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/research/seminars/islamic.aspx William Fallows

Our lecturers recommend books, websites and films to get you thinking further.

2013-01-17T13:13:00Z 2013-01-17T13:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/undergraduate/acs-recommends.aspx Stephen Rea

Heather Widdows' latest book, The Connected Self: The ethics and governance of the genetic individual, is now published with CUP.

2013-01-15T11:44:00Z 2013-03-11T10:05:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2013/connected.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Four Silks from No5 Chambers have been awarded Honorary Professorships by the University of Birmingham. The ceremony marked the opening of the University's Centre for Professional Legal Education and Research (CEPLER).

2013-01-14T09:30:00Z 2013-01-14T09:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/01/11-Jan-Honorary-Professorships-awarded-to-No5-Chambers-Silks.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Three years after the Haitian earthquake of January 2010, which killed thousands of people and devastated the lives of millions of Haitians, it remains apparent that the reconstruction of Haiti will be a long and difficult process.

2013-01-11T16:18:00Z 2013-01-11T15:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/haiti-three-years-on.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Elizabeth L'Estrange is giving a paper as part of the University of Cambridge's Graduate Research Seminars in History of Art.

2013-01-11T12:00:00Z 2013-01-11T11:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/lestrange-seminar.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Marie Giraud, MRes History of Art, takes you on a cultural tour of the Jewellery Quarter - a hidden gem within Birmingham's city centre where creative industries flourish.

2013-01-11T11:44:00Z 2013-01-11T11:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/jewellery-quarter.aspx Roxanne Mclean

An opportunity to see the Shakespeare Institute 'at work'.

2013-01-10T18:12:00Z 2013-01-15T09:51:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/open-afternoons.aspx William Fallows

Joe White, Polly Tisdall, Jo Gleave and Jo Newman join initiative to promote the West Midlands' most promising burgeoning talent in writing, directing and theatre-making.

2013-01-10T17:57:00Z 2013-01-10T18:32:00Z http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/news/news/the-writers-directors-and-theatre-makers-of-the-fi/ Stephen Rea

The blog is a collective research notebook for the Birmingham Centre for Modern and Contemporary History. It will contain posts on research by members of the Centre, details of workshops and other events that we're holding, and more general stuff about things we're interested in - books, films, or current affairs.

2013-01-10T12:16:00Z 2013-05-08T10:08:00Z http://moderncontemporarybham.wordpress.com/ William Fallows

Ewan Fernie, Abigail Rokison and Michael Dobson introduce our new postgraduate programmes.

2013-01-09T18:03:00Z 2013-05-03T09:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/creativity-courses.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Call for papers and date for your diary: upcoming conference organised by Professor Matthew Rampley at the Barber Institue of Fine Art.

2013-01-09T13:55:00Z 2013-01-09T13:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2013/call-papers-rampley.aspx William Fallows

Co-organised by the Shakespeare Institute, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and Notre Dame University.

2013-01-09T13:20:00Z 2013-01-11T09:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2013/nicholas-hytner.aspx William Fallows

The Observer reports on a new project from Ewan Fernie, Paul Edmondson and Michael Dobson.

2013-01-09T13:03:00Z 2013-01-09T13:45:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jan/05/shakespeare-euro-laureate Alberto Guglielmi

13 December 2012 was a very special day for the University. On that day 80 years ago, Lady Barber and the original trustees signed the Deed of Settlement, which effectively founded the Barber Institute of Fine Arts that was bequeathed to the University 'for the study and encouragement of art and music'.

2013-01-09T11:57:00Z 2013-01-09T09:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/01/barber-80.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Lisa Bortolotti will begin as an Associate Editor of the journal Ethical Theory and Moral Practice in March 2013.

2013-01-08T10:46:00Z 2013-01-08T10:35:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/associate-editor.aspx William Fallows

Professor Lawrence Anthony and Dr Yasu Noshima recognised by Japan Association of English Corpus Studies.

2013-01-07T19:47:00Z 2013-01-07T19:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2013/jaecs-alumni.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Berny Sèbe discusses the Arab Spring and whether the dynamics of change in the Middle East could be durably altered

2013-01-07T11:42:00Z 2013-01-07T11:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/predictions-2013-sebe.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

New edition of major work by Professor Nelson Enchong, Barber Professor of Law at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham.

2012-12-21T14:42:00Z 2012-12-21T14:40:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2012/enonchong-duress-2nd-ed.aspx Stephen Rea

The Philosophy department is appointing five new Distinguished Research Professors.

2012-12-21T14:12:00Z 2013-05-14T16:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/researchprofessors.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

University of Birmingham Music alumni reunion at the recently opened Bramall Music Building.

2012-12-20T13:58:00Z 2013-01-24T14:05:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/music-reunion-2012.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Gavin Schaffer is the principle investigator on the project which examines Reaching Out from Higher Education: Using Research for Community Learning and Development.

2012-12-20T11:16:00Z 2013-02-08T14:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/doctoral-skills-grant.aspx Stephen Rea

Candidate sought to work on Pauline catena manuscripts in conjunction with the ERC-funded COMPAUL project.

2012-12-19T16:33:00Z 2012-12-19T15:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2012/compaul-phd.aspx Stephen Rea

Publication of a full electronic transcription of Codex Bezae in collaboration with Cambridge University Library.

2012-12-14T10:25:00Z 2012-12-14T10:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2012/bezae-launch.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Dr Claire McIvor appears on Radio 4's Unreliable Evidence

2012-12-13T16:25:00Z 2012-12-14T15:26:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2012/mcivor-radio-4.aspx William Fallows

New video featuring staff and students discussing English Language, English Literature and Creative Writing.

2012-12-13T14:10:00Z 2012-12-13T14:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-video.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

This takes us to the question: 'can Berlusconi win again?' Can he win even this time, despite the scandals, the trials in which he stands accused of various crimes and, importantly, his lamentable record in stewarding the Italian economy over the last decade?

2012-12-13T10:34:00Z 2012-12-13T10:26:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/berlusconi-albertazzi.aspx Stephen Rea

The Centre of West African Studies at the University of Birmingham invites the submission of abstracts for the 2013 Cadbury Conference, on African newspapers, past and present.

2012-12-12T16:30:00Z 2012-12-12T15:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/events/2013/cadbury/index.aspx William Fallows

Alumni funding invested in new technology.

2012-12-12T15:21:00Z 2012-12-14T10:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/recording-lectures.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Karin Barber is the keynote speaker in an international conference on African poetry taking place in Osogbo, Nigeria

2012-12-11T11:19:00Z 2012-12-11T11:14:00Z http://www.punchng.com/feature/literary-punch/as-metaphor-merchants-head-for-osogbo/ Jonathan Laidlow

On Thursday 6 December, Birmingham Law School's Dr Marianne Wade spoke at a debate on "EU Criminal Justice" at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

2012-12-10T16:16:00Z 2012-12-11T16:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2012/wade-EU-parliament.aspx William Fallows

Palgrave Macmillan publish monograph.

2012-12-10T14:41:00Z 2013-03-09T16:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/plays-of-martin-crimp.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

These companion volumes examine recent French poetry and poetic practice, in particular through their connections with other genres, media and disciplines, and considers what new directions in poetic practice can be discerned.

2012-12-10T12:02:00Z 2012-12-10T11:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2012/publications-wagstaff.aspx Stephen Rea

Professors Nicholas Crowson and Matthew Hilton recently presented their research to 20 delegates from the from Bureau of Civil Affairs of Guangzhou Municipality, China

2012-12-06T16:02:00Z 2013-02-08T14:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/guangzhou.aspx Stephen Rea

Congratulations to Professor Matthew Hilton on his AHRC £197,984 grant to establish an archive of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, based on the depositions of the papers of leading figures associated with the Centre, beginning with the papers of Stuart Hall.

2012-12-06T09:47:00Z 2013-02-08T14:09:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/cccs.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Video interview to Music alumna Bekah Cork during a College of Arts and Law Careers event in November 2012.

2012-12-05T16:01:00Z 2012-12-05T15:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/bekah-cork.aspx Stephen Rea

Two new Philosophy distance learning MA programmes are now open for admissions.

2012-12-05T13:02:00Z 2012-12-06T09:31:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/distancelearning.aspx William Fallows

Caroline Tagg speaks to Radio Oxford.

2012-12-03T14:47:00Z 2012-12-10T15:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/happy-birthday-text-message.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World (AMPRAW) will take place at the University of Birmingham is a two-day postgraduate conference which will take place on the 10th and 11th of December 2012 in the University's Arts building. One of the keynote speakers is Dr Elena Theodorakopoulos who teaches Classics at Birmingham.

2012-12-03T12:21:00Z 2012-12-03T13:09:00Z http://ampraw2012.wordpress.com/ Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham Law School Senior Lecturer Dr Djakhongir Saidov has been invited to act as Rapporteur for the CISG Advisory Council on the issue of Conformity of Goods and Public Law Regulations.

2012-11-30T14:19:00Z 2012-11-30T15:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2012/saidov-CISG-rapporteur.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham Law School Senior Lecturer co-writes piece for OUP's Medical Law Review and blog.

2012-11-30T12:34:00Z 2012-11-30T12:17:00Z http://blog.oup.com/2012/11/zombie-drugsantipsychotics-dementia/ Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Alessandro Corio, Marie Curie Research Fellow in French Studies, recently gave a paper at the conference 'Postcolonial Bodies', a two-day research conference on many different issues related to the body in the Francophone postcolonial cultures and literatures.

2012-11-30T11:49:00Z 2012-11-30T11:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2012/annual-conference-corio.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Languages for All offers 10-week taster courses for beginners (staff, students and members of the public welcome).

2012-11-29T13:51:00Z 2012-11-29T12:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2012/taster-courses.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The prestigious Ironbridge Lecture will this year be delivered by cultural object law specialist, Professor Norman Palmer QC on 5 December 2012. Hosted at the University of Birmingham, the lecture entitled 'Who owns, Who knows, Who cares? – Legal milestones on the trail of orphaned and abducted art' will explore the often problematic journey that objects undertake before they arrive in the museum.

2012-11-29T13:24:00Z 2012-11-30T11:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/11/29-Nov-Orphaned-and-abducted-art-Who-owns,-Who-knows,-Who-cares.aspx Stephen Rea

David Hunters latest article in the Brititsh Medical Journal

2012-11-28T15:21:00Z 2012-11-28T15:03:00Z http://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2012/11/16/enhancing-the-ill-the-therapy-enhancement/ Stephen Rea

Lisa Bortolotti's paper on the right not to know is now available now open access thanks to Wellcome Trust funding

2012-11-28T15:21:00Z 2012-11-28T15:11:00Z http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11019-012-9449-x William Fallows

Rose Whyman delivers a guest lecture at the National Theater Academy of Oslo.

2012-11-27T17:22:00Z 2012-11-27T18:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/stanislavski.aspx William Fallows

Professor Russell Jackson joins colleagues from the Shakespeare Institute.

2012-11-27T17:18:00Z 2012-11-27T17:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/filming-shakespeare-webinar.aspx William Fallows

Adam Ledger's book published by Palgrave Macmillan.

2012-11-27T17:12:00Z 2013-03-09T16:31:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/odin-teatret.aspx Stephen Rea

The Philosophy department is delighted to announce the appointment of three new Birmingham Fellows.

2012-11-23T15:17:00Z 2012-12-21T13:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/birminghamfellows.aspx William Fallows

2nd Year Drama student, Harriet Henderson, discusses her experience as a Professional Bursary Winner.

2012-11-23T14:56:00Z 2012-11-23T14:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/generic/internships/funding/professional/case-studies.aspx William Fallows

ACS student newsletter - Election Special.

2012-11-23T14:27:00Z 2012-11-23T14:50:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/acs/capitol-letters-issue-2.pdf Jonathan Laidlow

Registration is now open for our Tourism and the Shifting Values of Cultural Heritage: Visiting Pasts, Developing Futures conference, taking place in Taipei in April 2013.

2012-11-22T15:08:00Z 2013-03-14T11:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/ironbridge/news/2012/registration-opens.aspx Stephen Rea

During the next three years, the College of Arts and Law's Graduate School will be able to offer four scholarships each year especially for the Masters-level philosophy and global ethics students

2012-11-22T09:52:00Z 2012-11-22T12:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/scholarships.aspx Caroline Ashton

On the evening of Saturday 17 November, the Royal Shakespeare Company presented Redcrosse at Coventry Cathedral for the Cathedral's 50th birthday. Redcrosse was written by Professor Ewan Fernie in conjunction with the major contemporary poets Jo Shapcott, Michael Symmons Roberts and Andrew Motion.

2012-11-22T09:14:00Z 2012-11-22T13:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/Redcrosse-in-Coventry.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Louise Hardwick has received a major European funding award of over 209,000 Euros. The prestigious Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship is awarded to leading European researchers who are developing innovative research collaborations which deepen our understanding of the world around us.

2012-11-21T11:08:00Z 2012-11-21T11:08:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2012/european-funding-hardwick.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The official launch of the University of Birmingham's brand new music building will be celebrated with a two-week calendar of concerts and events starting from 25 November.

2012-11-20T18:45:00Z 2012-11-20T18:51:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/11/20-Nov-Brand-new-music-venue-creates-buzz-on-birminghams-music-scene.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Charlotte Ross presented Tony Scott's film 'The Hunger' as part of 'Shout'

2012-11-16T13:38:00Z 2012-11-16T13:31:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/italian/news/2012/hunger-ross.aspx William Fallows

Professor Matthew Hilton has received an ARHC Networking Grant to create a network to investigate humanitarianism.

2012-11-14T09:59:00Z 2012-11-14T10:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/hiltongrant.aspx Cat Taylor

The Shakespeare Institute is delighted to announce that Dr Chris Laoutaris, currently of University College, London, will be taking up a Birmingham Fellowship at the Institute in the autumn of 2013.

2012-11-13T09:48:00Z 2012-11-13T09:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/chris-laoutaris.aspx Stephen Rea

Congratulations to Dr Sadiah Qureshi from the School of History and Cultures on the award of a Philip Leverhulme Prize for "Modern history of race, empire and science" under the Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History category.

2012-11-12T16:52:00Z 2013-02-08T14:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/leverhulme-sadiah.aspx Cat Taylor

The Shakespeare Institute will be hosting an open afternoon for prospective students on Thursday 29 November 2012.

2012-11-09T14:44:00Z 2012-11-09T14:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/nov-open-afternoon.aspx William Fallows

Award-winning composer and University of Birmingham graduate, Jonathan Goldstein (BMus Music, 1989) is celebrating the release of his debut classical album Cyclorama.

2012-11-09T13:50:00Z 2012-12-20T11:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/jonathan-goldstein-cyclorama.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates in any area of German Studies. The award, made under the AHRC Block Grant Partnership scheme, must be taken up on 1 October 2013, and will be held, subject to satisfactory progress, for a period of three years

2012-11-09T09:49:00Z 2012-11-09T09:49:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/german/news/2012/ahrc-doctoral-award.aspx Cat Taylor

Lucy Shilling, Tilly Salter, Joanne Goldhawk and Matthew McGrath are third-year students in American and Canadian Studies who are currently doing a required year abroad at an American university as part of their degree. Before the world congratulated Barack Obama on a second term in office, Lucy, Tilly, Matthew and Joanne, wrote about their experiences of being on the U.S. Election campaign trail.

2012-11-08T13:50:00Z 2012-11-08T13:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/artslaw/news.aspx?SyndicationType=2 Alberto Guglielmi

Music students from Raffles Academy in Singapore will have the opportunity to embark on the University of Birmingham's first-year undergraduate Music curriculum from 2013.

2012-11-07T16:30:00Z 2012-11-07T16:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/birmingham-singapore-music-curriculum.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Iconoclasm in revolutionary Paris: the transformation of signs (SVEC, Oxford, 2012)

2012-11-06T09:57:00Z 2012-11-09T15:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/iconoclasm-clay.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Kate Ince and Rob Stone are invited attendees at the workshop hosted by the University of Leeds' The Centre for World Cinemas on Friday 9 November

2012-11-05T09:55:00Z 2012-11-05T09:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/european-heritage-ince-stone.aspx Stephen Rea

CMR1900 aims to bring together the known writings by Christians and Muslims about one another and against one another in the period 1500-1900. Its scope is global, with the intention of identifying and analysing these works in all parts of the world.

2012-11-01T13:47:00Z 2012-11-01T13:35:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/cmr1900.aspx Stephen Rea

Iain Law was interviewed by Mathieu Ricard on BBC WM radio on Thursday 1st November, about happiness, and whether meditation can make us happier

2012-11-01T12:53:00Z 2012-11-01T12:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/iainbbcwm.aspx Stephen Rea

Naomi Standen (Birmingham), Catherine Holmes (Oxford) and Scott Ashley (Newcastle) are now co-operating to create a UK-based network of medievalists with interests in the global

2012-11-01T12:17:00Z 2013-02-08T14:05:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/ahrcstanden.aspx Stephen Rea

Call for Papers for the Eighth Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament

2012-10-31T10:33:00Z 2012-10-31T10:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2012/colloquium-cfp.aspx Stephen Rea

Virtual Shakespeare Theatre Archive under development

2012-10-31T10:33:00Z 2012-10-31T10:26:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2012/shakespeare.aspx Stephen Rea

ITSEE presentations at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting in 2012

2012-10-31T10:33:00Z 2012-10-31T10:23:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2012/sbl2012.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Information on Holly Wain reports on her Undergraduate Research Scholarship

2012-10-31T09:28:00Z 2012-10-31T09:26:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/holly-wain-scholarship.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Italian studies will host the One-day conference on 14 December 2012.

2012-10-26T15:02:00Z 2012-11-06T11:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/italian/news/2012/conference-albertazzi.aspx Cat Taylor

Professor Ewan Fernie from the Shakespeare Institute recently gave the opening plenary at the aggregation conference on 'Measure for Measure' at the Sorbonne.

2012-10-26T12:20:00Z 2012-10-26T12:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/ewan-fernie-plenary.aspx Cat Taylor

A podcast by Michael Dobson from the Shakespeare Institute.

2012-10-26T11:54:00Z 2012-10-26T11:53:00Z http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2012/09/michael-dobson-a-boy-from-stratford-1769-1916/ Jonathan Laidlow

Birmingham lecturer chairs seminar at UK Supreme Court on "Judicial Independence and the UK Supreme Court". The seminar is part of an AHRC-funded project on "The Politics of Judicial Independence".

2012-10-26T11:17:00Z 2012-12-12T14:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/news/2012/gee-supreme-court.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Working in collaboration with Franco D'Intino, Michael Caesar has overseen the translation and editing of a critical edition of the Zibaldone for what will be seven years by the time the book is published next year.

2012-10-26T09:28:00Z 2012-10-26T09:18:00Z http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News-and-Events/Features/Pages/Translating-the-Zibaldone.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

"Over the last few weeks, an aspect of policing that raises a number of political, legal and ethical dilemmas has come to the fore, namely: how do we police the police when they are accused of wrongdoing?" Dr Bharat Malkani writes for the Birmingham Perspective

2012-10-25T12:11:00Z 2013-02-06T14:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/perspective/policing-the-police-bmalkani.aspx Cat Taylor

The H. G. Wells Society recently announced the inaugural Giles Hart Prize for an essay that makes an outstanding contribution to Wells studies. The prize was awarded to Professor Steve Ellis in the Department of English.

2012-10-25T11:46:00Z 2012-10-25T11:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/giles-hart-prize.aspx Stephen Rea

Eunice will be looking to develop an integrated theoretical social (re)integration framework for children born of war and their ex-combatant mothers in light of the unique but extreme challenges faced by these categories in contemporary African armed conflicts.

2012-10-25T11:22:00Z 2013-02-08T14:12:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/Eunice.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

A new project involving the Shakespeare Institute's Ewan Fernie will be performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company on Saturday 17 November 2012.

2012-10-25T09:34:00Z 2012-10-25T09:35:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/Redcrosse-to-be-performed-by-Royal-Shakespeare-Company.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Widdows has a new book, The Connected Self: The Ethics and Governance of the Genetic Individual (Cambridge University Press).

2012-10-24T11:35:00Z 2012-10-24T11:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/globalethics/news/2012/connected.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Jeremy Morris gave a keynote talk on New Media and Civil Society in Russia at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, 5-7 October.

2012-10-24T10:51:00Z 2012-10-24T10:40:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2012/jeremy-morris-conference.aspx Stephen Rea

A successful Time and Modality Workshop, organised by Alistair Wilson and Nikk Effingham, was held on Monday the 20th of September at the ERI Building.

2012-10-24T10:19:00Z 2012-10-24T09:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/time-and-modality.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Heather Widdows has recently published a Global Ethics textbook entitled Global Ethics - an Introduction (Acumen)

2012-10-22T15:50:00Z 2012-10-22T15:26:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/globalethics/news/2012/introglobalethics.aspx Stephen Rea

A recent publication on the commodification of human tissue has been written by Heather Widdows with two of her current PhD students, Herjeet Marway and Sarah-Louise Johnson.

2012-10-22T15:02:00Z 2012-10-22T14:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/globalethics/research/projects/commodification.aspx William Fallows

The fear-inspiring quizmaster of daunted Newsnight guest politicians and cowering University Challenge teams alike, Jeremy Paxman, brought his rugged curiosity to the university's Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.

2012-10-19T16:59:00Z 2012-10-19T16:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/paxman.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Heather Widdows has been made the new Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics

2012-10-19T15:10:00Z 2012-10-19T14:48:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/globalethics/news/2012/new-director.aspx William Fallows

Video recording of 17 October seminar with Professor Scott Lucas, Dr Adam Quinn and Jonna Nyman.

2012-10-19T13:08:00Z 2012-10-19T13:08:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/events/2012/scott-lucas-seminar.aspx Stephen Rea

Heather Widdows (Philosophy) and Sheelagh McGuinnes (Law) present the latest Birmingham Brief

2012-10-16T16:15:00Z 2012-10-17T09:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/womens-freedoms.aspx Stephen Rea

The Centre of Philosophy of Religion proposes to appoint 4 short-term William Paton Visiting Fellowships - 2 during the Spring 2013 (starting anytime between Jan 7th and 22nd March, 2013) and 2 during Autumn 2013 (starting on 30th Sept. 2013).

2012-10-16T12:49:00Z 2012-10-16T12:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/willian-paton.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The Department of Art History, Film and Visual Studies is pleased to announce the launch of its official blog, The Golovine (http://thegolovine.wordpress.com).

2012-10-16T09:34:00Z 2012-10-16T10:48:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/golovine.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Matthew Rampley will be keynote speaker at the NORDIK 2012 conference of Art Historians in Stockholm on October 24-27

2012-10-11T16:03:00Z 2012-10-11T15:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/matthew-rampley-nordik.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of an Undergraduate open day talk delivered by Dr Andrew Bayliss about studying Ancient History at the university.

2012-10-11T10:41:00Z 2012-10-11T10:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/classics/news/2012/open-day-video.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

BA History of Art student Jess Holroyd spent two weeks working at McCann PR on an internship created in partnership with the University.

2012-10-10T14:32:00Z 2012-10-10T14:23:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/mccann-internship.aspx Cat Taylor

Professor Wendy Scase delivers an undergraduate open day talk on studying English Literature at the University of Birmingham.

2012-10-10T14:23:00Z 2012-10-10T14:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/eng-lit-open-day-talk.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Karolina Stefaniak, translator and terminologist at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation, will spend a month at the University during autumn 2012 and will give two talks, open to everyone, about the work of the EU.

2012-10-10T10:37:00Z 2012-10-30T11:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2012/translator-visit-birmingham.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Over the past 20 years significant numbers of curatorial posts have been lost, and instead regional collections have looked to University research partnerships to fill the gap. The workshop examines this situation, and considers the challenges and the opportunities it presents. What are the futures for museums and galleries outside of the capital cities of Britain?

2012-10-10T09:49:00Z 2012-10-11T15:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/curating-in-regional-museums.aspx Stephen Rea

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce three new appointments: Professor Scott Sturgeon, Dr Maja Spener and Dr Alberto Vanzo

2012-10-10T09:30:00Z 2012-10-25T09:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/newappointments.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Charlotte Ross was shortlisted for the Excellence in Doctoral Researcher Supervision Awards in June 2012

2012-10-08T13:44:00Z 2012-10-08T13:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2012/charlotte-ross-doctoral-researcher-supervision-awards.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

No-input live coding is where no synthesis or pattern generation is explicitly used, instead feedback loops are created in software, and manipulated with DSP algorithms. The result is a resonating structure that is its own unruly kind of audio synthesis.

2012-10-08T11:02:00Z 2012-10-08T11:39:00Z http://toplap.org/clive-no-input-live-coding/ Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Charlotte Ross and Luca Malici both have chapters in the edited collection Queer Crossings. Theories, Bodies, Texts (Mimesis).

2012-10-07T18:38:00Z 2012-10-10T15:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/gender/news/2012/ross-malici-publication.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Professor Lisa Downing will deliver a lecture at the University of Amsterdam on 19 October 2012.

2012-10-07T18:30:00Z 2012-10-22T13:53:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/gender/news/2012/lisa-downing-amsterdam-lecture.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Dr Charlotte Ross gave an invited talk at the film festival in Milan "Lesbiche Fuorisalone", from 3 to 7 October 2012.

2012-10-07T07:40:00Z 2012-10-10T15:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/gender/news/2012/charlotte-ross-matrimoni-bostoniani.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Charlotte Ross presented a paper entitled 'Self-same tongues of condemnation or approof: discourses around lesbian and female same-sex desire, 1870-1914' at the conference in Bologna (Italy).

2012-10-07T01:38:00Z 2012-10-10T15:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/gender/news/2012/charlotte-ross-conference-bologna.aspx Cat Taylor

A year spent at the University of Virginia, USA, through the eyes of a British exchange student. Natalia Scorer, studying American and Canadian Studies wrote a thoughtful and insightful blog about her Year Abroad experiences in Charlottesville.

2012-10-05T15:47:00Z 2012-10-05T15:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/natalie-scorer-blog.aspx Stephen Rea

The Rev Leon Golding (MA Philosophy) has been made the new Anglican Bishop for the MoBay region of Jamaica

2012-10-05T15:25:00Z 2012-10-05T15:20:00Z http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/westernnews/New-Anglican-Bishop-for-MoBay-Region_12674890 Stephen Rea

A new seminar series organised by our postgraduates for postgraduates. It aims to enable postgraduates both in and out of the University of Birmingham to keep up to date with one another's research in a lively and informal atmosphere.

2012-10-05T11:41:00Z 2013-02-08T14:15:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/hcworkshop.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Ron Geaves (Liverpool Hope University): 'The Significance of the Writings of Shaikh Abdullah Quilliam'

2012-10-04T12:09:00Z 2012-10-04T12:05:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/research/seminars/islamic.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The new lecture series from the Department of Modern Languages began on 26 September 2012, with the first lecture will be delivered by Professor Silvio Torres-Saillant from Syracuse University in the USA.

2012-10-04T10:28:00Z 2012-10-04T10:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/events/2012/modern-languages-lectures-series-inaugural-lecture.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

Professor of Composition, Michael Zev Gordon has a new commission from the BBC

2012-10-01T15:07:00Z 2012-10-01T15:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/bohortha.aspx Cat Taylor

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' originally made for TV from Peter Hall's 1959 stage play but never transmitted is to be shown at the Picturehouse cinema in Stratford-upon-Avon on 7 October 2012.

2012-10-01T14:32:00Z 2012-10-01T14:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/shakespeare-birthplace-film.aspx Stephen Rea

Kate Skinner recently received an AHRC Research Networking Grant to research Beyond the National Archives: innovation and inter-disciplinarity in researching Ghana's past

2012-10-01T10:09:00Z 2012-10-01T09:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/news/2012/ahrc-grant.aspx Stephen Rea

Eric Ives, Emeritus Professor of English History at the University of Birmingham, passed away on September 25th aged 81.

2012-09-28T13:09:00Z 2013-02-08T14:12:00Z http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2012/09/obituary-eric-ives Jonathan Laidlow

Amongst the guests was Professor Mike Robinson, Chair of Cultural Heritage at the University of Birmingham and Director of the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage

2012-09-28T12:12:00Z 2012-09-28T12:51:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/ironbridge/news/2012/prince-wales-visits-ironbridge.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

One day cross-disciplinary symposium bringing together lawyers and scientists to discuss common problems associated with the legal use of scientific evidence and to explore potential solutions to these problems.

2012-09-27T16:11:00Z 2012-09-27T09:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/events/2012/evidence-symposium.aspx Cat Taylor

Lucy Vernon, studying American and Canadian Studies, talks about her internship at Maverick Television during the summer.

2012-09-26T18:33:00Z 2012-09-26T13:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/lucy-vernon-intern.aspx Cat Taylor

The Shakespeare Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Abigail Rokison as Lecturer in Shakespeare and Theatre as of 1 January 2013.

2012-09-26T09:45:00Z 2012-09-25T14:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/abigail-rokison.aspx Stephen Rea

In her new book Deryn Guest asks, for feminist biblical scholars to resist more strongly than ever the threats of a diluted feminist agenda and feminist politics, the erasure of women's concerns from public consciousness, the loss of autonomy for feminist space? Or is it the time to make a definite shift and abandon the language of 'feminism'?

2012-09-24T16:39:00Z 2012-09-24T15:49:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/Beyond-Feminist-Biblical-Studies.aspx Stephen Rea

The September 2012 newsletter is now available

2012-09-19T11:19:00Z 2012-10-16T11:26:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/history/cwmh/newsletters/newsletter-sept-2012.pdf Roxanne Mclean

The AHRC's 2011/12 annual report has revealed that, of the 94 English institutions that applied to the AHRC for research funding, the University of Birmingham ranked second for the total value of awards.

2012-09-18T13:08:00Z 2012-09-18T11:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/news/2012/AHRC-Tables.aspx Cat Taylor

Professor Dick Ellis, Department of American and Canadian Studies, and PhD student Ceren Sengezer participated in the exciting and highly successful Inaugural Conference of the European Beat Studies Network.

2012-09-17T13:17:00Z 2012-09-17T10:31:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/european-beat-studies.aspx Cat Taylor

Dr Vicky Angelaki, lecturer in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts, has organised a one day conference in London to discuss the work of Martin Crimp.

2012-09-17T10:05:00Z 2012-09-17T09:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/vicky-angelaki-book.aspx Cat Taylor

Tilly Salter has just started her Year Abroad at the University of Iowa, and the experience is already exceeding expectations.

2012-09-14T13:53:00Z 2012-09-14T12:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/obama.aspx Cat Taylor

Dr Aengus Ward, from the Department of Hispanic Studies, has been awarded an AHRC Research Grant of over £550k for a four year project.

2012-09-05T10:04:00Z 2012-09-05T09:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/hispanic/news/2012/aengus-ward-ahrc.aspx Stephen Rea

George Chryssides (Honorary Research Fellow) discusses in an article in The Telegraph, the impact of the death of Sun Myung Moon and his legacy

2012-09-04T11:32:00Z 2012-09-04T11:12:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/moonies.aspx Stephen Rea

Applications are invited for the 2013 Cadbury Fellowship Scheme, which will focus on research on African newspapers, past and present.

2012-08-28T16:33:00Z 2012-08-28T15:49:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/news/2012/cadbury.aspx Cat Taylor

The Shakespeare Institute was delighted to welcome a group of American high school students bereaved by the events of September 11 2001, taking part in an educational tour of Britain.

2012-08-24T11:31:00Z 2012-08-24T10:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/british-council-summer-camp.aspx Cat Taylor

John Fagg and Sara Wood win 2012 School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies award for Excellence in Teaching and Supporting Student Learning (ETSSL).

2012-08-23T15:31:00Z 2012-08-23T15:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/excellence-award.aspx Cat Taylor

Dr Elizabeth L'Estrange will be talking about studying History of Art at university as part of the Art History Master Class organised by the Wallace Collection in London.

2012-08-22T14:14:00Z 2012-08-22T13:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/the-wallace-collection.aspx Caroline Ashton

Award-winning actress, writer and television personality Meera Syal visited the Shakespeare Institute to discuss her performance as Beatrice in the RSC's current production of Much Ado About Nothing.

2012-08-22T12:26:00Z 2012-08-22T14:01:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/meera-syal-at-the-shakespeare-institute.aspx Cat Taylor

Emily Woolley, winner of the University of Birmingham's Global Challenge Award is spending the summer working at Museum Victoria in Melbourne. Read her blog to learn more about her internship.

2012-08-20T11:48:00Z 2012-08-21T09:40:00Z http://globalchallengemelbourne.blogspot.com.au/ Caroline Ashton

We are delighted to make available as podcasts three plenary papers from the 35th International Shakespeare Conference, which took place at the Shakespeare Institute from August 5th-10th 2012 on the theme of 'Working with Shakespeare.'

2012-08-15T10:42:00Z 2012-08-15T10:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/35th-International-Shakespeare-Conference.aspx Cat Taylor

Jess Rogers, studying BA Drama and Classical Literature and Civilisation, was an Administration and Marketing intern at Motionhouse Dance Theatre Company this summer.

2012-08-15T10:40:00Z 2012-08-15T09:45:00Z http://careersbham.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/arts-administration-and-marketing-intern-with-motionhouse-dance-theatre-company/ Cat Taylor

This year, the Sam Beighton Prize for the best BA dissertation in History of Art was awarded to Catherine Cook for her study of Wassily Kandinsky's, Murnau-Staffelsee I.

2012-08-14T13:43:00Z 2012-08-14T16:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/history-of-art-dissertation-winner.aspx Cat Taylor

Students and recent graduates of the Drama and Theatre Arts course have been involved in several roles within the Olympics.

2012-08-14T11:18:00Z 2012-08-14T10:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/olympic-achievements.aspx Stephen Rea

Recent review of Heather Widdows' book 'Global Ethics - an introduction'

2012-08-13T10:59:00Z 2012-10-18T14:48:00Z http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120812/spectrum/book3.htm Hugh Houghton

Professor David Parker elected Fellow of the British Academy.

2012-08-10T15:03:00Z 2012-08-10T12:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2012/parker-fba.aspx Stephen Rea

Congratulations and best wishes for the future to our class of 2012!

2012-08-09T13:53:00Z 2013-02-08T14:13:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/graduation.aspx Cat Taylor

Dr Emma Wagstaff, lecturer in French Studies, has been awarded a research network grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

2012-08-09T11:27:00Z 2012-08-09T11:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2012/emma-wagstaff-research-grant.aspx Stephen Rea

David Hunters recent article in the British Medical Journal discussing the new WHO report which examines the role that local government should play in Europe.

2012-08-09T09:48:00Z 2012-10-19T20:08:00Z http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4881#aff-1 William Fallows

Scholars from all over the world will attend the 35th International Shakespeare Conference, 'Working with Shakespeare', at the University of Birmingham's Stratford-upon-Avon base from 5th – 10th August.

2012-08-08T08:34:00Z 2012-08-08T08:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/08/07-Aug-Shakespeare-Scholars-35th-Summer-Symposium-in-Stratford.aspx Stephen Rea

Short soundbites with Philosophy, Theology and Religion students on their graduation day in July 2012

2012-08-07T16:07:00Z 2012-08-09T11:50:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/news/2012/graduation2012.aspx Stephen Rea

Lisa Bortolotti has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Small Grant in Ethics & Society for a project entitled Moral Responsibility and Psychopathology

2012-08-07T14:01:00Z 2012-10-19T20:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/moral.aspx Yujin Nagasawa

An international workshop on alternative concepts of God was held at Winterbourne House and Garden at the University of Birmingham on the 19th and 20th of July, 2012.

2012-08-07T13:59:00Z 2012-08-13T11:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/Alternative-concepts-of-God.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Yujin Nagasawa was interviewed for the forthcoming PBS documentary "Closer To Truth"

2012-08-07T13:58:00Z 2012-08-07T15:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/closertotruth.aspx Cat Taylor

The Shakespeare Institute was very pleased to host Marilyn Halperin during her visit to Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham last week.

2012-08-02T11:37:00Z 2012-08-02T11:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/marilyn-halperin.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of interviews with graduating students from the BA American and Canadian Studies

2012-07-30T12:19:00Z 2012-07-30T11:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/acs-graduates-2012.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of interviews with graduating students from the BA English with Creative Writing course

2012-07-20T14:15:00Z 2012-07-20T13:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-with-creative-writing-graduates-2012.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

A video of interviews with graduating students from the BA Modern Languages courses.

2012-07-19T14:33:00Z 2013-05-16T14:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2012/modern-languages-graduates-2012.aspx Stephen Rea

Alumnus Dr. R. A. Milwoods (postgraduate study in Philosophy of Religion and Theology at Birmingham) new book 'African Humanity' has received critical acclaim for his new sensitive approach in examining the impact of slavery on modern African life.

2012-07-18T11:53:00Z 2012-10-19T20:10:00Z http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/7/prweb9702469.htm Stephen Rea

Congratulations to Dr Charlotte Hempel who is the new Executive Editor for the Dead Seas Discoveries journal

2012-07-17T15:12:00Z 2012-09-19T12:05:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/dead-sea-discoveries.aspx Cat Taylor

Preparations and rehearsals for the Barber Opera are now underway.

2012-07-16T13:51:00Z 2012-07-16T13:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/Steffanis-Orlando-Generoso.aspx William Fallows

New bilingual research blog from Mónica Jato.

2012-07-13T15:44:00Z 2012-07-16T15:08:00Z http://unbarcocargadode.wordpress.com/ Stephen Rea

The Department has recently produced a new student video for tha BA War Studies programme.

2012-07-10T17:21:00Z 2013-02-08T14:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/undergraduate/bawarstudies.aspx Stephen Rea

Janet Sullivan was the winner for the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham Research Poster Conference with her poster on 'Discovering a lost Black Country landscape: using GIS to discover the pre-industrial landscape of Oldbury'.

2012-07-10T14:47:00Z 2012-07-10T14:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/cwmh/news/2012/poster.aspx Cat Taylor

Alison Sealey presents research she is doing into how animals are represented in different kinds of discourse

2012-07-10T09:50:00Z 2012-07-10T14:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/What-they-say-and-how-they-say-it.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of Dr Mary O'Neill giving a talk about studying the Music programme at the open day in June 2012

2012-07-09T12:14:00Z 2012-07-13T08:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/Music-undergraduate-open-day-talk.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of Professor Scott Lucas giving a talk on BA American and Canadian Studies at the open day in June 2012

2012-07-09T11:24:00Z 2012-07-09T10:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/American-and-Canadian-Studies-open-day-talk.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

A video of Dr Emma Tyler discussing the BA Modern Languages course at the open day in June 2012

2012-07-09T10:20:00Z 2013-05-16T14:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2012/Modern-Languages-open-day-talk.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of Professor Matthew Rampley giving an undergraduate open day talk on studying History of Art

2012-07-06T13:50:00Z 2012-07-09T16:08:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/History-of-Art-Undergraduate-open-day-talk.aspx Cat Taylor

A video of Dr Luke Kennard talking about the BA English with Creative Writing course at the undergraduate open day

2012-07-06T13:50:00Z 2012-07-06T11:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/Undergraduate-open-day-talk-for-English-with-Creative-Writing.aspx Cat Taylor

The Shakespeare Institute became a prime location for one of the most popular television chat shows in China when the star and crew of 'A Date with Lu Yu' arrived in Stratford.

2012-07-05T10:07:00Z 2012-07-05T09:53:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/Shakespeare-Institute-has-A-Date-with-Lu-Yu.aspx Catherine Byerley

Students from two leading universities in Taiwan are visiting the West Midlands this week to participate in a University of Birmingham summer school.

2012-07-04T16:46:00Z 2012-07-11T12:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/07/University-summer-school-showcases-the-best-of-West-Midlands-culture-.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Applications are now being sought for 10 interns at leading cultural organisations within the West Midlands region as part of the University's Cultural Partnership Scheme. The paid placements are for 6 months and will start in October 2012.

2012-07-04T14:04:00Z 2013-03-11T13:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/culture/volunteering/regionally.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Lisa Bortolotti from the Department of Philosophy was recently a guest blogger for the Neuroethics & Law Blog and her first introductory post is now out.

2012-07-04T12:32:00Z 2012-10-19T20:12:00Z http://kolber.typepad.com/ethics_law_blog/2012/05/new-guest-blogger-for-the-month-of-june-by-lisa-bortolotti.html Cat Taylor

History Emeritus Professor Eric Ives looks at the cases of two English monarchs who broke with convention by selecting spouses for reasons of the heart, rather than political convenience

2012-07-02T15:51:00Z 2012-07-02T15:30:00Z http://www.historytoday.com/eric-ives/marrying-love-experience-edward-iv-and-henry-viii Cat Taylor

New publication from Professor Matthew Rampley in History of Art

2012-07-02T12:27:00Z 2012-07-02T12:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/Art-History-in-Europe.aspx Cat Taylor

The Music Department is offering three doctoral scholarships for Autumn 2012 and the deadline for receipt of applications is Monday 16 July 2012

2012-06-29T15:37:00Z 2012-06-29T15:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/music-doctoral-scholarships-2012-13.aspx Stephen Rea

The History department and the Main Library have acquired half the OMGUS files (Office of the Military Government, US, in Germany, 1949)

2012-06-26T16:19:00Z 2013-04-18T13:23:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/omgus.aspx Cat Taylor

Professor Ewan Fernie and Dr Jacquelyn Bessell attended the Radical Shakespeare Teaching Roundtable event which was held at the Shakespeare institute

2012-06-25T14:32:00Z 2012-06-25T14:04:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/shakespeare-teaching-roundtable.aspx Stephen Rea

Congratulations to William F. Stewart, has been awarded a PhD for his thesis on a Canadian general of the First World War.

2012-06-25T14:10:00Z 2012-06-25T13:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/warstudies/news/2012/phd-success.aspx William Fallows

Podcast by Dr Caroline Tagg

2012-06-25T13:45:00Z 2012-10-25T17:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-language-of-text-messaging-and-social-networks.aspx Stephen Rea

Isabel Wollaston and Charlotte Hempel have been awarded a grant of £6,000 by a Charitable Foundation for a three year project entitled Jewish Heritage and Culture: Birmingham Perspectives.

2012-06-25T10:47:00Z 2012-06-25T10:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/jewish-heritage.aspx William Fallows

Announcement of the Shakespeare Institute's participation in new projects with LMU University in Munich

2012-06-22T16:32:00Z 2012-06-22T15:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/institute-participation-LMU-University-Munich.aspx William Fallows

Professor Ewan Fernie has been appointed Visiting Scholar in the English Department at Eton College.

2012-06-22T16:32:00Z 2012-06-22T15:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/ewan-fernie-appointed-Visiting-Scholar.aspx William Fallows

Congratulations to PhD students who have won funding to support development events for the wider Institute community

2012-06-22T16:32:00Z 2012-06-22T15:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/development-events-funding.aspx William Fallows

The Shakespeare Institute congratulate the University of Birmingham 2011/12 PhD studentship competition winners

2012-06-22T16:32:00Z 2012-06-22T15:40:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/phd-studentship-competition.aspx William Fallows

Dr Alison Sealey reported on ways in which English Language undergraduate students participate in research in the department.

2012-06-22T16:31:00Z 2012-06-22T15:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-language-ug-research-talk.aspx William Fallows

Readings from the Vernon Manuscript at Community Day 2012

2012-06-22T16:30:00Z 2012-06-22T15:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/vernon-manuscripts-readings-at-community-day.aspx William Fallows

One month intensive language course.

2012-06-20T17:13:00Z 2012-06-21T15:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/russian/news/2012/petrozavodsk.aspx William Fallows

Video interview with two final year students.

2012-06-20T17:13:00Z 2012-06-21T15:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/russian/news/2012/2012-video.aspx Cat Taylor

The official Facebook page for the History of Art department at the University of Birmingham: for prospective students, current students, staff, alumni and friends

2012-06-18T15:12:00Z 2012-06-18T13:47:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/history-of-art-facebook-page.aspx Cat Taylor

Five star review from the Birmingham Post for the launch of this year's Summer Festival of Music

2012-06-18T12:22:00Z 2012-06-18T12:07:00Z http://bit.ly/MkWPKV Stephen Rea

In the latest Birmingham Brief, Chris Shannahan explores the the 'Troubled Families' programme launched by the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles on 11th June 2012, which is the latest attempt to respond to a persistent question, 'Why do people become disconnected from mainstream society?

2012-06-15T15:43:00Z 2012-06-15T15:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/Troubled-Families-Or-Just-Broke-in-Britain.aspx William Fallows

Video interviews with academics and students from the School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham's Community Day 2012.

2012-06-12T16:48:00Z 2012-06-12T16:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/community-day-2012.aspx Cat Taylor

Video interviews with final year students.

2012-06-01T14:07:00Z 2012-06-21T11:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2012/languages-undergraduates-video.aspx Natasha Sweet

Staff and students come together in Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate the 60th birthday of the Institute.

2012-05-31T17:09:00Z 2012-05-31T16:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/alumni-sixty-years.aspx William Fallows

Video recordings of talks from Professor Wendy Scase, historian Michael Wood and illuminator and calligrapher Patricia Lovett.

2012-05-31T15:46:00Z 2012-05-31T14:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/events/2012/discovering-vernon.aspx Stephen Rea

Full electronic transcription of Codex Sinaiticus made at ITSEE now available for download.

2012-05-31T09:25:00Z 2012-05-31T09:15:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/news/2012/sinaiticus-transcription.aspx William Fallows

Matthew Rampley has edited the May 2012 issue of the journal Centropa, on the topic of museums in eastern and central Europe.

2012-05-29T17:46:00Z 2012-05-30T10:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/museums-central-eastern-europe.aspx William Fallows

Barber Institute exhibition in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery, co-curated by postgraduate students.

2012-05-24T13:51:00Z 2012-05-24T16:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/facing-the-music.aspx Stephen Rea

The May 2012 newsletter is now available

2012-05-24T11:15:00Z 2012-10-16T11:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/history/cwmh/newsletters/newsletter-may-2012.pdf William Fallows

The MA History of Art programme is to benefit from a unique 3-year partnership agreement that has just been secured between the Barber Institute and the National Portrait Gallery, involving the loan of touring exhibitions from the Gallery to the Barber.

2012-05-21T17:43:00Z 2012-05-21T17:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/news/2012/national-portrait-gallery.aspx William Fallows

Professor Michael Dobson in a new video welcome.

2012-05-21T14:49:00Z 2012-05-21T14:44:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/about/index.aspx Stephen Rea

David Cheetham and Yujin Nagasawa have been awarded a grant of 8500 Euros

2012-05-21T13:21:00Z 2012-05-21T13:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/philosophyofreligion/news/2012/research-grant.aspx William Fallows

MPhil research student Imogen Wiltshire visits Cheltenham's Planned Environment Therapy Trust.

2012-05-18T13:20:00Z 2012-05-18T13:51:00Z http://www.pettrust.org.uk/archive-news/arthur-segal-research Stephen Rea

A meeting of the network group 'Theology, Faith and the City' took place on Wednesday 2nd May

2012-05-17T13:57:00Z 2012-06-07T14:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/events/2012/Theology-faith-city.aspx Ben Hill

Simon Halsey, Director of the CBSO Chorus, will take up a new role at the University of Birmingham as Professor and Director of Choral Activities.

2012-05-16T10:46:00Z 2012-05-22T14:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/05/16-May-12-Simon-Halsey-appointed-to-new-role-at-University-of-Birmingham.aspx William Fallows

AHRC funding for Dr Berny Sèbe (Birmingham) and Dr Alexander Morrison (Liverpool).

2012-05-15T18:47:00Z 2012-05-15T18:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/research/outposts-of-conquests.aspx William Fallows

June touring dates for Liz Tomlin's production.

2012-05-15T18:47:00Z 2012-05-15T18:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/poolgamejune.aspx William Fallows

Audio recording of Ideas Lab conversation with James Walters.

2012-05-15T15:36:00Z 2012-05-15T15:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/acs/news/2012/hobbit.aspx William Fallows

Video recording of recent event introduced by Joe Bennett.

2012-05-11T11:54:00Z 2012-05-11T11:49:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/owen-jones.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Heather Widdows will discuss 'The Perfect Human' at How the Light Gets In, the philosophy and music festival at Hay-on-Wye

2012-05-10T14:04:00Z 2012-10-18T14:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/Heather-Widdows-at-How-the-Light-Gets-In.aspx Louise Woodall

June dates for Birmingham, Aston, Wolverhampton and Coventry.

2012-05-09T14:58:00Z 2012-05-30T11:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/hclh/news/2011/demonstrator-events.aspx William Fallows

BA Drama and Theatre Arts students interviewed.

2012-05-03T17:38:00Z 2012-05-03T17:31:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/ug-study-videos.aspx William Fallows

Dr Valerie Rumbold research project.

2012-05-01T17:41:00Z 2012-05-01T17:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/dunciad.aspx William Fallows

Screenings to take place at the Midlands Arts Centre in May.

2012-05-01T17:21:00Z 2012-05-01T17:14:00Z http://galbascat.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/ii-catalan-basque-and-galician-cinema.html William Fallows

Update on the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award funded research project.

2012-04-30T14:41:00Z 2012-04-30T14:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/winchester-college.aspx William Fallows

BA American and Canadian Studies alumnus Ross Cohen's film 'Willowbrook' in the Official Selection.

2012-04-30T13:46:00Z 2012-04-30T13:41:00Z http://www.willowbrookmovie.com/ William Fallows

A special edition of the peer-reviewed journal Le Moyen Age edited and introduced by Elizabeth L'Estrange.

2012-04-30T10:59:00Z 2012-04-30T10:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/womens-patronage.aspx William Fallows

'Breakfast with Mugabe' and 'King David, Man of Blood' republished by Oberon Modern Plays.

2012-04-30T10:25:00Z 2013-03-09T16:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/plays-republished.aspx Stephen Rea

University of Birmingham doctoral researchers continue to add new entries to growing online resource.

2012-04-26T16:10:00Z 2013-02-08T13:43:00Z http://findingshakespeare.co.uk/category/shakespeares-100 William Fallows

Audio recording of Katherine Craik's Thursday seminar.

2012-04-26T15:36:00Z 2012-04-26T15:24:00Z http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2012/03/katherine-craik-the-renaissance-sublime/ William Fallows

Erin Sullivan awarded Universitas21 staff fellowship to conduct research at the University of Queensland's Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

2012-04-26T15:36:00Z 2012-05-01T17:50:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/universitas-21.aspx William Fallows

Shakespeare Institute receives 'Circles of Influence' alumni funding for this project and looks forward to sharing more podcasts and videos with Shakespeare lovers across the world in the next year.

2012-04-26T15:35:00Z 2012-05-02T10:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/giving/circlesofinfluence/projects-supported.aspx William Fallows

A new digital project dedicated to documenting the performances and events of the World Shakespeare Festival

2012-04-26T15:35:00Z 2012-05-02T10:34:00Z http://yearofshakespeare.com/ William Fallows

Birmingham Ensemble for Electroacoustic Research to perform two works as part of this year's Noisefloor Festival at Staffordshire University.

2012-04-26T12:26:00Z 2012-04-26T12:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2012/noisefloor.aspx William Fallows

Video interviews with four BA History of Art undergraduates.

2012-04-24T14:13:00Z 2012-04-24T14:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/rome-study-trip.aspx Stephen Rea

A new film about Reg Cline-coles research in Nigeria

2012-04-19T11:53:00Z 2013-03-21T11:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/research/urban-growth.aspx William Fallows

College of Arts and Law academic staff to speak at this year's festival.

2012-04-16T12:56:00Z 2013-02-21T16:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/hay-festival.aspx William Fallows

Michael Toolan will be giving talks at three universities in Madrid (UAM, UCM, and St Louis University, Madrid Campus), and a plenary at Symposium on 'The Failed Text' in Granada, Spain.

2012-04-13T13:30:00Z 2012-04-13T13:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-failed-text.aspx William Fallows

Jeanette Littlemore co-authors paper.

2012-04-13T11:43:00Z 2013-03-09T15:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/figurative-proficiency.aspx William Fallows

A paper by Michael Toolan on the role and nature of 'good' lexical repetition in literary creativity published in a collection entitled Discourse and Creativity, ed. Rodney Jones, with Longman.

2012-04-13T11:43:00Z 2013-03-09T15:22:00Z http://catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk/educator/product/Discourse-and-Creativity/9781408251881.page William Fallows

Almut Koester speaks at the annual conference in Glasgow.

2012-04-13T11:26:00Z 2012-04-13T13:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/iatefl.aspx William Fallows

Adam Ledger developing theatre project with mac birmingham and The Bone Ensemble.

2012-04-12T10:57:00Z 2012-04-12T10:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/caravan-show.aspx Stephen Rea

Features keynote address from Eric Ives, Emeritus Professor of English History at the University of Birmingham, and author of the definitive Anne Boleyn biography, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn.

2012-04-05T10:34:00Z 2013-02-08T14:19:00Z http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/what-s-on/books/new_literary_festival_at_blickling_hall_will_open_the_book_on_anne_boleyn_1_1332959 William Fallows

Liz Tomlin's latest playtext, the Pool Game, is to be produced by Geiger Counter Theatre in June 2012.

2012-04-03T16:29:00Z 2012-04-03T15:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/pool-game-ace.aspx William Fallows

Dr Jacquelyn Bessell quoted in BBC News article.

2012-04-02T11:01:00Z 2012-04-02T10:52:00Z http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17476117 William Fallows

New play by Pat Rowe, graduate of our MRes in Playwriting Studies.

2012-04-02T10:47:00Z 2012-04-02T10:38:00Z http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/JERUSALEM-TANGO-Set-for-Leeds-London-Run-May-1-31-20120329 William Fallows

Contractors working on the new Bramall concert building treated to an impromptu hard hat concert.

2012-03-28T14:20:00Z 2012-03-28T14:25:00Z http://www.venuebirmingham.com/about-us/blog/bramall-builders-hit-high-notes William Fallows

April lecture to be delivered by Drama alumna, Emma Darwin, author of 'The Mathematics of Love' and 'A Secret Alchemy'.

2012-03-27T16:55:00Z 2012-03-27T16:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/events/2012/emma-darwin.aspx Stephen Rea

On 2 March 2012, a workshop which included academics, heritage professionals and graduate students was held in Special Collections at the University of Birmingham.

2012-03-27T15:31:00Z 2012-03-27T15:09:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/cwmh/research/made-in-britain.aspx Stephen Rea

Report on the Bromford Dreams project, the focus of the March 2012 Forum

2012-03-27T13:54:00Z 2012-03-27T13:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/urbantheology.aspx Stephen Rea

University Senate approves new PhD by Distance Learning study mode in Arts and Law subject areas.

2012-03-27T12:55:00Z 2012-05-16T15:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/news/2012/dl-phd.aspx Stephen Rea

A video report on the 2012 Cadbury Lectures series: "Seeing and Believing in Modern Christianity"

2012-03-26T13:10:00Z 2012-05-31T13:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/news/2012/cadbury.aspx William Fallows

Charlotte Flint gives a paper on 'The Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood and their Contemporaries'

2012-03-22T18:02:00Z 2012-03-22T18:01:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/bcur.aspx William Fallows

Professor Lisa Downing to join in September 2012.

2012-03-22T17:41:00Z 2012-03-22T17:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/news/2012/lisa-downing.aspx William Fallows

PhD student Val Brodie talks about how she used the Louis Marder Scholarship to further her research in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust archives.

2012-03-22T17:32:00Z 2012-03-22T17:26:00Z http://bloggingshakespeare.com/henry-v-in-search-of-an-ending William Fallows

Research students to start a new journal.

2012-03-22T17:32:00Z 2012-03-22T17:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/shakespeare-institute-review.aspx William Fallows

Dr Caroline Radcliffe and Dr Sadia Qureshi contribute chapters.

2012-03-21T17:08:00Z 2013-03-09T16:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/talking-fish.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, took part in a short question and answer session with students from the Department of Theology and Religion

2012-03-21T15:09:00Z 2012-03-21T14:47:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/archbishop-questions.aspx William Fallows

Dr Elizabeth L'Estrange inviting applications for an undergraduate research scholarship.

2012-03-21T11:17:00Z 2012-04-02T13:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/franco-flemish.aspx William Fallows

Dr Caroline Radcliffe to speak at British Library conference in April.

2012-03-21T11:07:00Z 2012-03-21T10:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2012/manuscripts-still-matter.aspx William Fallows

Dave Gunning explores whether talent transcends racial differences in modern Britain.

2012-03-20T13:20:00Z 2012-03-20T13:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/winners-losers.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, gives the closing lecture in the 2012 Cadbury Lectures series

2012-03-20T10:08:00Z 2012-03-20T10:12:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/williams-lecture.aspx William Fallows

Steve Hewitt discusses his research with Louise Tickell in The Guardian.

2012-03-14T10:48:00Z 2012-03-14T10:38:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/mar/12/intelligence-recruitment-use-informers-secret Stephen Rea

Dr Chris Shannahan features in the latest predictor podcast from the University's Ideas Lab

2012-03-09T11:45:00Z 2012-03-09T11:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/predictor-podcast.aspx Stephen Rea

David Morgan (Duke University) delivers the first of the 2012 Cadbury Lectures on 'Protestant Visuality'.

2012-03-07T15:24:00Z 2012-03-07T15:16:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/artslaw/news.aspx?SyndicationType=2 William Fallows

DVD published by Bodleian Library Publishing

2012-03-05T13:49:00Z 2013-03-09T15:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/vernon-dvd-published.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Pierre Purseigle took part it a debate on the Armenian genocide and French politics on Al Jazeera

2012-03-01T13:41:00Z 2012-03-07T13:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/Debating-genocide.aspx Stephen Rea

A new video giving an overview of the Bromford Dreams research project and it's culmination in the production of a graffiti cube by local youth from the estate.

2012-03-01T09:50:00Z 2012-03-01T09:44:00Z http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBkEAS4MLl4&list=UUqQjOdBPR64mCMhISXfkFMg&index=1&feature=plcp William Fallows

New publication edited by Matthew Rampley.

2012-02-27T15:36:00Z 2012-02-27T16:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/heritage-identity-ideology.aspx William Fallows

MA Translation Studies student publishes anthology.

2012-02-27T13:54:00Z 2012-02-27T15:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/news/2012/libby-heighway.aspx William Fallows

Financial Times interview with Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly, graduate of our Single Honours Drama degree.

2012-02-27T09:41:00Z 2012-02-27T09:38:00Z http://on.ft.com/yIRmYx William Fallows

The confessions of a Sicilian mobster are to be exposed in a one-off performance of Dacia Maraini's My Name is Antonino Calderone at the mac next week as part of a three-day 'Italy and the Mafia' spectacle coming to the city of Birmingham.

2012-02-22T13:59:00Z 2012-02-27T14:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/02/22Feb-Life-of-Italian-mafia-to-be-revealed-in-city-performance.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor John Hick, one of the most influential philosophers of religion of his time, and Emeritus H. G. Wood Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, has died aged 90.

2012-02-20T10:27:00Z 2012-02-20T10:26:00Z http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/9087324/Professor-John-Hick.html Stephen Rea

BBC coverage of the Bromford 'dream cube' art project led by Dr Chris Shannahan

2012-02-16T11:15:00Z 2012-02-16T11:11:00Z http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-17043075 William Fallows

Alice Grimes reviews the recent performance for UoBlogfest.

2012-02-13T12:25:00Z 2012-02-13T12:21:00Z http://uoblogfest.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/birmingham-university-singers-perform-at-the-barber-institute/ Stephen Rea

Bromford Dreams brings together international urban artists Mohammed 'aerosol' Ali, local youth and The department of Theology and Religion

2012-02-13T11:28:00Z 2012-02-13T12:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2012/Bromford-Dreams.aspx Stephen Rea

The Centre of West African Studies launches a new website

2012-02-10T12:17:00Z 2012-05-02T13:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/news/2012/our-africa.aspx William Fallows

Palgrave Macmillan publish Dr James Mussell.

2012-02-09T09:41:00Z 2013-03-09T15:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/19th-century-press.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Helen Beebee has been awarded a grant under the AHRC Emerging Themes and the Cross Council programme Connected Communities

2012-02-07T13:53:00Z 2012-07-18T10:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2012/ahrc-beebee.aspx William Fallows

Erin Sullivan successful in bidding for AHRC Connected Communities funding.

2012-02-07T13:13:00Z 2012-02-07T13:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/global-communities.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Leslie Brubaker has won the PROSE Award for excellence in Humanities with her book: Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era, c. 680-850: A History

2012-02-06T13:25:00Z 2012-02-06T13:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/bomgs/news/2012/prose.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Standen contributed to the radio show 'In our time'

2012-02-03T14:55:00Z 2012-03-07T13:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2012/naomi-standen.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Rown Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury will be speaking at this years Cadbury Lectures

2012-02-01T13:55:00Z 2012-02-01T13:53:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/news/2012/rowanwilliams.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Gary Sheffield featured on BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussing WWI British commander Douglas Haig, Friday 27 January

2012-02-01T00:00:00Z 2012-03-07T13:12:00Z http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9687000/9687998.stm Jonathan Laidlow

A report on the international Theoretical Archaeology Group conference 'Central TAG' which took place at the University of Birmingham 14-16 December 2011

2012-01-30T12:07:00Z 2013-01-24T13:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/archaeology/news/2012/centraltag.aspx William Fallows

Martin Wiggins publishes first volume of the comprehensive resource.

2012-01-26T10:53:00Z 2013-03-09T15:35:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/martin-wiggins.aspx Stephen Rea

Welcome to Dr Alastair Wilson, the new Birmingham Fellow in the Philosophy Department. Alastair works on the philosophy of quantum mechanics and comes to us from a postdoc at Monash. We are delighted to have Alastair with us!

2012-01-25T14:28:00Z 2012-01-25T14:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/philosophy/wilson-alastair.aspx William Fallows

Shakespeare Institute involvement with latest RSC production.

2012-01-23T03:36:00Z 2012-01-21T13:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/taming-of-the-shrew.aspx William Fallows

The Journal of Art Historiography 2012 Conference, to be held on 26-27 March 2012 at the University of Birmingham.

2012-01-18T12:00:00Z 2012-01-18T17:04:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/events/2012/after-the-new-art-history.aspx William Fallows

Peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Renaissance Studies.

2012-01-15T17:34:00Z 2012-01-15T17:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2012/rensoc.aspx Stephen Rea

Following the successful launch of the Ghana Alumni group last June a second event hosted by Lynne Brydon from the Centre of West African Studies was held in at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra in November.

2012-01-11T14:04:00Z 2012-05-03T16:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/news/2012/ghana-alumni.aspx William Fallows

Professor Ewan Fernie writing for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's 'Blogging Shakespeare'.

2012-01-11T10:07:00Z 2012-01-23T16:14:00Z http://bloggingshakespeare.com/shakespearience-4-hamlet%E2%80%99s-depression William Fallows

Thomas Middleton's The Collected Works, along with the companion volume Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture, of which Professor John Jowett of the Shakespeare Institute is an Associate General Editor, was recently given the Early Modern studies award.

2012-01-10T14:06:00Z 2012-01-10T14:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/collected-works.aspx William Fallows

MPhil Playwriting graduate (2002) Madani Younis talks to the Yorkshire Post about becoming the artistic director of the Bush Theatre, London.

2012-01-09T10:39:00Z 2012-03-21T13:21:00Z http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/the-arts/theatre/the_big_interview_madani_younis_1_4117559 William Fallows

Shakespeare Institute Thursday research seminar line-up.

2012-01-04T15:27:00Z 2012-01-23T16:14:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/events/seminars.aspx Amy Cory

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.

2011-12-19T10:40:00Z 2012-01-29T20:23:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/12/19-Dec-Pantomime-–-The-perfect-form-of-Christmas-entertainment-Oh-yes-it-is!-.aspx William Fallows

Louise Hardwick gives paper on the genre of the récit d'enfance/childhood memoir and its place in studies of autobiography.

2011-12-13T14:52:00Z 2011-12-13T10:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/news/2011/european-science-foundation.aspx William Fallows

Professor Rob Stone to join in September 2012.

2011-12-07T11:14:00Z 2011-12-07T13:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/news/2011/chair-film.aspx Stephen Rea

Jelle van Lottum joins us to begin work on his ESRC project, 'Migration, human capital and labour productivity: the international maritime labour market in Europe, c. 1650-1815'

2011-12-07T10:06:00Z 2012-03-07T09:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2011/birminghamfellows.aspx William Fallows

Video interview with current students.

2011-12-06T14:16:00Z 2011-12-06T14:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2011/undergraduates-interview.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr William Purkis report on a 'Nella Pelle Into the Skin' - a recent conference in Rome about tattooing and permanent body marking.

2011-12-02T15:58:00Z 2012-03-07T12:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2011/nellapelle.aspx William Fallows

The award ceremony took place on 30 November at Stationers' Hall in London.

2011-12-02T11:39:00Z 2011-12-02T14:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2011/choral-category.aspx Stephen Rea

The latest newsletter is now available to download

2011-12-02T00:00:00Z 2012-03-07T13:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/history/cwmh/newsletters/newsletterNov2011.pdf William Fallows

Joanne Cormac delivers papers at three international conferences.

2011-11-25T11:55:00Z 2011-11-25T11:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2011/joanne-cormac.aspx William Fallows

Deadline for applications - 6 January 2012

2011-11-24T13:27:00Z 2011-11-24T13:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/care/news/2011/fellowship.aspx Stephen Rea

CWAS was pleased to join with the School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) and the Amilcar Cabral Institute of Political and Economic Research to host a high profile delegation from Guinea-Bissau.

2011-11-24T00:00:00Z 2012-05-03T11:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/dasa/news/2011/guinea-bissau-delegation.aspx William Fallows

Thursday seminar podcast

2011-11-23T15:17:00Z 2011-11-28T13:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/siobhan-keenan.aspx William Fallows

Keynote paper from Shelley Godsland.

2011-11-23T14:08:00Z 2011-11-23T14:13:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/hispanic/news/2011/fiesta-del-libro.aspx William Fallows

Guest lecture on detective fictions as a cultural response to specific socio-political contexts.

2011-11-23T14:01:00Z 2011-11-23T14:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/hispanic/news/2011/shelley-godsland.aspx William Fallows

Report including video, audio and photography.

2011-11-22T16:11:00Z 2011-11-22T16:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/60-report.aspx Stephen Rea

An Undergraduate research scholarship project

2011-11-16T00:00:00Z 2012-07-18T10:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2011/manipulation.aspx William Fallows

Congratulations to Mariko Nagase!

2011-11-15T14:27:00Z 2011-11-15T14:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/mariko-nagase.aspx William Fallows

Information on Department of Music receives a 98% satisfaction rating in the National Student Survey

2011-11-11T18:25:00Z 2011-12-02T14:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2011/Department-of-Music-receives-a-98-satisfaction-rating-in-the-National-Student-Survey.aspx William Fallows

Undergraduate research scholarship

2011-11-10T00:00:00Z 2012-03-21T14:15:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2011/heather-williams.aspx William Fallows

Video and written report from undergraduate research scholar Luke Darbyshire.

2011-11-09T16:30:00Z 2011-11-09T16:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/vernon/joinin.aspx William Fallows

Video interviews with director and third year students.

2011-11-08T14:57:00Z 2011-11-08T14:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/news/2011/the-wicked-lady.aspx William Fallows

Academics from the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music part of a University delegation.

2011-11-08T09:04:00Z 2011-11-08T13:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/news/2011/frankfurt.aspx William Fallows

Online publication of Dr Maureen Bell's recent history of the home of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.

2011-11-07T14:50:00Z 2011-11-07T14:44:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/about/mason-croft-history.aspx William Fallows

Ewan Fernie and Paul Edmondson hosted a special webinar to mark the launch of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's first online course, which is free for all and features both Professor Fernie and Professor Dobson.

2011-11-07T14:23:00Z 2011-11-07T16:00:00Z http://bloggingshakespeare.com/getting-to-know-shakespeare-2 Stephen Rea

As part of The Birmingham Brief, Dr Francesca Carnevali talks about banking regulation

2011-11-07T13:13:00Z 2012-03-07T10:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/6oct-banking-regulation.aspx Stephen Rea

As Part of The Birmingham Brief Dr James McKay talks about the role of lobbying in politics

2011-11-07T12:40:00Z 2012-03-07T12:13:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/21oct-lobbying.aspx William Fallows

English graduate and teacher Charlotte Gough interview by the BBC about mentor scheme.

2011-11-07T11:44:00Z 2011-11-07T11:42:00Z http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15592755 William Fallows

Members of staff from the English Department took part in an event at the university's Barber Institute, reading and talking about poems connected with paintings in the Barber.

2011-11-07T10:59:00Z 2011-11-28T13:57:00Z http://barber.org.uk/news_artandwriting.html William Fallows

A busy summer for Professor Jonty Harrison and BEAST.

2011-11-04T15:10:00Z 2011-11-10T15:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2011/jonty-harrison.aspx William Fallows

Performances and articles by Kenneth Hamilton.

2011-11-02T16:01:00Z 2011-11-02T16:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2011/liszt-hamilton.aspx Stephen Rea

Ideas Lab talks to Dr Sadiah Qureshi about her fascinating new book, 'Peoples on Parade: Exhibitions, Empire, and Anthropology in Nineteenth-Century Britain'

2011-11-02T13:17:00Z 2012-03-07T13:08:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2011/quereshi.aspx William Fallows

Undergraduate research scholarship.

2011-11-02T11:39:00Z 2012-03-21T14:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2011/charlotte-flint.aspx William Fallows

Thursday seminar podcast.

2011-11-02T11:05:00Z 2011-11-02T11:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/russ-mcdonald.aspx William Fallows

December 2011 conference to celebrate the 400th anniversary of The Tempest.

2011-11-02T09:53:00Z 2011-11-03T14:13:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/verona.aspx William Fallows

Karin Brown discusses the range of material available through the Virtual Manuscript Room.

2011-11-02T00:00:00Z 2011-11-04T09:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/finding-shakespeare.aspx William Fallows

AHRC Collaborative Doctorate 2010-2013

2011-11-01T13:46:00Z 2011-11-01T13:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/research/projects/material-culture.aspx William Fallows

Graduate Marta Fontanals-Simmons wins first prize in the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards.

2011-11-01T12:09:00Z 2011-11-01T12:03:00Z http://www.yeovilpeople.co.uk/Record-hopes-careers-fair/story-13675976-detail/story.html William Fallows

Matthew Rampley awarded the P John Rath award.

2011-11-01T10:52:00Z 2011-11-01T14:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2011/peasants-in-vienna.aspx William Fallows

Elizabeth L'Estrange awarded the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship's First Book Prize.

2011-11-01T10:39:00Z 2011-11-01T14:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2011/holy-motherhood.aspx William Fallows

Dr Jutta Vinzent awarded a Fellowship at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies.

2011-11-01T10:31:00Z 2011-11-01T09:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2011/research-fellowship-award.aspx William Fallows

Professor Michael Dobson reviews 'Anonymous' for The Guardian.

2011-10-26T13:09:00Z 2011-11-30T10:40:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/oct/26/shakespeare-is-no-fraud William Fallows

Thursday seminar podcast.

2011-10-24T16:41:00Z 2011-10-25T15:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/history-of-emotions.aspx William Fallows

Information on PhD student Matt Kubus wins Malone Society Prize

2011-10-21T13:27:00Z 2011-10-21T13:45:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/matt-kubus.aspx William Fallows

Hamlet production was the first major fundraising event.

2011-10-21T13:20:00Z 2011-10-24T12:47:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/memorial-scholarship.aspx William Fallows

Thursday seminar podcast.

2011-10-21T13:20:00Z 2011-10-21T13:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/podcast-tempest.aspx William Fallows

Thursday seminar podcast

2011-10-21T13:13:00Z 2011-10-21T13:53:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/lucy-bailey.aspx Stephen Rea

BBC profile of Medieval and Modern History graduate.

2011-10-19T11:10:00Z 2012-03-07T13:09:00Z http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14883043 William Fallows

Students gain work experience assisting lecturers on research projects.

2011-10-13T16:51:00Z 2012-03-21T14:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2011/undergraduate-research-scholarships.aspx William Fallows

One day forum hosted by Dr Kate Rumbold.

2011-10-13T13:32:00Z 2011-11-28T13:57:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/kate-rumbold.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Heather Widdows' new book, Global Ethics: An Introduction is now available.

2011-10-10T14:25:00Z 2012-10-18T14:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/news/2011/globalethics.aspx Stephen Rea

Elaine Mitchell recently presented a paper, 'A fine crop of peaches and several hundred geraniums' at Keele University.

2011-09-01T15:59:00Z 2012-03-07T13:30:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/cwmh/news/2011/elainemitchell.aspx Amy Cory

The Shakespeare Institute, the University of Birmingham's international centre for exploration of the work of Shakespeare and the drama of his time, is seeking to enhance its international prestige and reputation as the destination of choice for postgraduate study with the appointment of distinguished Shakespearean scholar, Professor Michael Dobson, as its new Director and Professor of Shakespeare Studies.

2011-08-31T14:51:00Z 2012-01-29T20:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/08/31AugDistinguishedShakespeareanscholarappointedasnewDirectorofShakespeareInstitute.aspx William Fallows

Video report from 2011 Community Day.

2011-08-09T17:16:00Z 2011-11-01T11:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/news/2011/time-capsule.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Pierre Purseigle audio interview

2011-08-02T15:37:00Z 2012-03-07T13:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2011/purseigle-predictor.aspx Stephen Rea

1997 BA Medieval and Modern History graduate.

2011-07-21T12:23:00Z 2012-03-07T11:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/2011/jon-glasby.aspx Stephen Rea

Former Modern History PhD student publishes acclaimed political biography.

2011-07-12T13:48:00Z 2012-03-07T09:48:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/matt-cole-book.aspx Stephen Rea

Dr Malcolm Dick contributes to new collection of essays.

2011-07-11T12:39:00Z 2012-03-07T13:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/cwmh/news/2011/hoskins.aspx Stephen Rea

Janet Sullivan, a History and Cultures PhD student has won first prize for the best College of Arts and Law poster in the University's recent Research Poster Conference.

2011-07-05T15:32:00Z 2012-03-07T13:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/cwmh/news/2011/research-poster-conference-winner.aspx William Fallows

Dr Nick Martin appointed Cardin Chair in the Humanities at Loyola University Maryland.

2011-06-29T13:02:00Z 2011-11-01T20:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/german/news/2011/cardin-chair.aspx William Fallows

Professor Richard Woodfield and Dr Marta Filipová appointed as Honorary Researchers.

2011-06-28T17:36:00Z 2011-11-01T09:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2011/new-research-fellows.aspx Stephen Rea

Members of the department receive national prizes

2011-06-22T02:50:00Z 2012-03-06T16:12:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/congratulations.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Peter Jones has been awarded The Business Archives Council Wadsworth Prize.

2011-06-03T11:51:00Z 2012-03-07T13:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/cwmh/news/2011/professor-award.aspx William Fallows

Information on the latest publication from Kate Newey: 'John Ruskin and the Victorian Theatre'.

2011-05-31T16:51:00Z 2013-03-09T16:35:00Z http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=279485 Stephen Rea

The latest Friends of the Centre for West Midlands History newsletter is available to download.

2011-05-19T00:00:00Z 2012-03-07T13:50:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/history/cwmh/newsletters/newsletter-8.pdf Stephen Rea

Congratulations to Dr Caterina Bruschi who has been awarded a 6 month AHRC fellowship for her project '"Familia inquisitionis": a study of inquisitors' entourage (13th-14th century).

2011-03-09T00:00:00Z 2012-03-06T16:09:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/bruschi.aspx Stephen Rea

The February 2011 Friends of the Centre for West Midlands History newsletter is available to download.

2011-02-17T00:00:00Z 2012-03-07T13:44:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/history/cwmh/newsletters/newsletterfeb2011.pdf Stephen Rea

Professor Gary Sheffield of the Centre for First World War Studies was interviewed by BBC News

2011-01-07T00:00:00Z 2012-03-07T09:53:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/sheffieldbbc.aspx Stephen Rea

Professor Matthew Hilton presented a briefing paper "Civic Participation and Social Responsibility"to the Strategy Unit of the Cabinet Office

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-03-06T16:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/news/briefing-paper.aspx William Fallows

Video interview with Dr Henry Chapman and Dr Richard Clay

2010-12-08T00:00:00Z 2013-01-21T16:49:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/hclh/facilities/microsoft-surface-table.aspx William Fallows

Information on the publication of Rose Whyman's book, 'Anton Chekhov'.

2010-08-11T00:00:00Z 2013-03-09T16:36:00Z http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415411448/ William Fallows

Two new publications this autumn from Tara Hamling

2010-08-04T00:00:00Z 2013-03-09T15:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2011/publications.aspx William Fallows

Exhibition curated by Richard Clay and Sue Tungate.

2010-03-01T00:00:00Z 2011-11-01T09:04:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/news/2010/boulton.aspx