09 January 2022 Natalia Karolewska's Year Abroad Natalia Karolewska, a BA English student, completed her year abroad in Barcelona, Spain. She shares her journey including the challenges and successes, highlighting the benefits of going on a year abroad.
13 December 2021 Dr Emma West a finalist in the BBC Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinkers Scheme This week BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council announced the finalists for its yearly New Generation Thinkers scheme.
01 December 2021 Enduring, Surviving, Articulating: the HIV-AIDS Pandemic and New York Poetry Forty years ago, in June 1981, the first five cases of what later became known as AIDS were reported in the United States.
30 November 2021 New community-curated exhibition opens in the Shakespeare Memorial Room Birmingham Centre for Art Therapies have worked with communities across Birmingham to create a new exhibition titled: "the strawberry grows underneath the nettle", a title inspired by a quote from Henry V.
17 November 2021 Why do we need feminist translation? Feminist retellings can rewrite male-authored classic works to reflect the experience of women across time and support equal representation in how classic tales are read today.
10 November 2021 Utopia after the pandemic Dr Sebastian Mitchell delivering the latest Arts Matters talk.
05 November 2021 Who ever heard of Britain's state- sponsored literature? Dr Asha Rogers asks whether a historical perspective on state literary support strengthens the case to "bring the state back in" today.
27 October 2021 Our Haunted Shores This talk explores the value of understanding Britain's relationship to its coasts, shores, and beaches via the nation's own gothic literary tradition.
18 October 2021 Network for New York School Studies' inaugural poetry reading Report and video of the event.
29 September 2021 My month as an Arts Intern at The Birmingham Rep Third year Drama and Theatre Arts student, Emma, shares her experience of her Experience Arts internship at The Birmingham Rep
23 July 2021 World Shakespeare Congress 2021 Shakespeare Institute faculty and PhD students were extensively involved in this year's virtual World Shakespeare Congress, hosted by the University of Singapore.
23 July 2021 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust appoints Shakespeare Institute Director to its Board Professor Michael Dobson joins the board as one of the trustees that make up the charity's governing body.
Sustainability and environments How we are exploring issues of climate through the arts, humanities and law.
Birmingham ranked in top 70 in the world for Arts and Humanities The College of Arts and Law is placed 67th in the Times Higher Education 2022 rankings, making it one of the best places for study and research in this field globally.