Scientists sought to help put science in the news
The British Science Association is inviting applications for its 2014 Media Fellowship scheme, which gives scientists a chance to gain first-hand experience of how science is reported.
Faculty of Arts
£245,000 for research into England's first Deaf church
Dr William John Lyons, senior lecturer in the University of Bristol’s Department of Religion and Theology, has secured a three year Leverhulme Trust project grant worth £244,911 for his project 'Scripture, dissent and Deaf space: St Saviour’s, Oxford Street'.
Probing the ethics of Holocaust culture
Dr Tim Cole's interdisciplinary collaborative work on Holocaust Geographies has been chosen as one of a handful of recent representations of the Holocaust to be analyzed at a workshop at UCLA this weekend (21-23 April).
U-series dating suggests Welsh reindeer is Britain’s oldest rock art
A reindeer engraved on the wall of a cave in South Wales has been found to date from at least 14,505 years ago – making it the oldest known rock art in the British Isles. The engraving was discovered Dr George Nash from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology while he was exploring the rear section of Cathole Cave on the Gower Peninsula.
Crave at the Wickham Theatre
A rare revival of Sarah Kane’s modern classic Crave comes to the Wickham Theatre at the University of Bristol next week. Kane was a graduate of the University’s Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television.
Literary mood reflects the economic mood of past 10 years, study finds
The frequency of words expressing misery and unhappiness in books reflects the economic conditions in the 10 years prior to the work's composition, according to researchers in Bristol and London.
First Annual Penguin History Lecture explores the origins of sex
The First Annual Penguin History Lecture, a joint venture between the University of Bristol and Penguin which aims to bring the very best historians to a Bristol audience, will be given by Dr Faramerz Dabhoiwala, author of The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, at the M-Shed today [22 March].
Experience new music in Bristol this weekend
A showcase of new and experimental music takes place in Bristol this weekend [Friday 21 to Sunday 23 February 2014]. This tightly packed and stimulating programme of events, the first venture of Bristol New Music, will feature some of the best new music on the international arts scene.
New book published on Catherine of Siena
Dr Carolyn Muessig and George Ferzoco of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies have recently published A Companion to Catherine of Siena, the most comprehensive scholarly English-language resource available about this fourteenth century theologian and saint.
Students meet Mexican Ambassador
As part of a recent event to celebrate the University's links with Mexico, students attended a question-and-answer session with the Mexican Ambassador to the UK, Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza.