In what ways might memories of television programmes be connected to personal memories? Dr Helen Piper of the University of Bristol is currently working on a project ‘Remembering Television’ that aims to explore the ways in which television became embedded in our personal lives.
Works by two University of Bristol composers will be performed at the BBC Proms this Sunday [12 August] by the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.
Shine, an exhibition of contemporary artists' responses to Victorian prints held by the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, is on display in the Collection until 28 February 2013.
Bristol Alumna, Es Devlin, has designed the set for the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony.
In the 1990s, more than 300,000 Peruvian women and 20,000 men were sterilised without their consent. A unique ‘interactive documentary’ telling the victims’ stories will be launched on Wednesday [19 March].
Joyce Ferrier, former secretary in the Departments of French and Italian, died in late 2013. Professor John Parkin offers this appreciation.
An archaeological excavation of Ynys Môn’s least known Neolithic chambered tomb – Perthi Duon, west of the village of Brynsiencyn on Anglesey – has begun. The work is being carried out by a team from the Welsh Rock Art Organisation under the direction of Dr George Nash of the University of Bristol and Carol James.
An innovative new display exploring the role of objects in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century portraits opens at the National Trust’s Montacute House on 15 March 2014, bringing together examples of the items depicted alongside their painted counterparts.
‘What is a paratext, and where can we find it in ancient Roman texts? How do we interpret these texts 'paratextually'? And what does this approach suggest about a work's original modes of plotting meaning, or the assumptions that underpin our own interpretation? These are just some of the questions explored in a new book edited by University of Bristol classicist, Dr Laura Jansen.
A fascinating archive of material including props, prompt scripts and photos from every production in the history of one of Bristol's premier arts organisations, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (SATTF), has been donated to the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, one of the world’s largest theatre collections dedicated to British theatre history.
