Critical Creativity: a symposium for Timothy Mathews Friday 22nd Sept. Organised by UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society Why does engagement with art matter? As Timothy Mathews retires from his long career as Professor of Comparative Criticism in the French
Conf. Programme English: Shared Futures Wed 5th-Fri 7th July Newcastle, UK
THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND CREATIVE WRITING IS AN IMPORTANT AND DYNAMIC ENTERPRISE. We will celebrate the discipline’s intellectual strength, diversity and creativity and explore its futures in the nations of the UK and across the world. Wednesday
Hubris: an ancient concept for a modern age?
Shaoni Bhattacharya What did four of the last five British Prime Ministers have in spades? So offensive a vice (or quality) that it was a crime in ancient Athens, that even children, slaves and women – who had no rights
What are they thinking?
(Photo credit: Isaac James Creative. AAMC Foundation) An email has this banner image across the top. What are you likely to think? If you are me, you recognize “my world.” A lecture hall, filled with name-tagged, slightly bored people. What
AHHE journal Special Issue: Tuning History
ENGLISH SHARED FUTURES CONF.NEWCASTLE 5TH-7TH JULY
‘THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND CREATIVE WRITING IS AN IMPORTANT AND DYNAMIC ENTERPRISE. We will celebrate the discipline’s intellectual strength, diversity and creativity and explore its futures in the nations of the UK and across the world.’ Wednesday
The Future of Aural Skills in Universities and Conservatoires
by Paul Fleet, AHHE Associate Editor for Music Hello again. My first blog highlighted particular upcoming music conferences, and in keeping with this I wanted to report to you my thoughts from a recent Aural Skills Pedagogy Symposium that was
Translating Theatre: an update by Margherita Laera and Flora Pitrolo
by Margherita Laera and Flora Pitrolo, University of Kent A few months ago Jan Parker wrote a blog [TRANSLATING THEATRE: ‘FOREIGNISATION’ ON STAGE] about our AHRC-sponsored project entitled ‘Translation, Adaptation, Otherness’, following her attendance of our symposium on theatre
Nothing to see here
Karen J Leader (Art History class at Mount Holyoke) The photograph reproduced above drives me bonkers. Every time I see it, I have a conniption. Why, you might ask. It seems innocuous; playful and inoffensive. A cute youngish looking
‘Intercultural university models for the 21st century’- Editor’s introduction
WINDS OF THE SOUTH Intercultural university models for the 21st century By Manuela Guillerne, Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra Winds of change are whistling through social, political and cultural institutions, all over the