Bristol Cathedral, in partnership with the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, is to carry out an archaeological survey of College Green. The survey will take place, weather permitting, on 18-20 June 2012, with a possible follow-up survey the following week.
Staff members, Dr Dorothy Rowe and Dr Barnaby Haran, and MA student, Sarah Kew, from the Department of History of Art will be giving public gallery talks, lectures and seminars around Bristol Museum and Art Gallery's current display of contemporary art entitled No Borders: Global to Local.
University of Bristol industrial archaeologist, Dr Cassie Newland, will be presenting the new landmark BBC Two series, The Genius of Inventions, which starts on Thursday 24 January.
Professor Gillian Clark of the Department of Classics & Ancient History at the University of Bristol has achieved the rare distinction of being elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the national academy for the humanities and the social sciences responsible for promoting research and scholarship in all branches of humane and social studies.
A student from the University of Bristol will be at the heart of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations this weekend. Andreas Stradis, 25, is part of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) and will be playing a key role in the two gun salutes at the Tower of London as part of the historic celebrations which will be viewed across the world.
Two Bristol University undergraduates are hoping to hit the big time with an ambitious feature film project which they’ve launched with the backing of industry professionals. Drama students Misha Vertkin and Jennifer O’Leary have established their own production company called Third Eye Productions and, with a host of awards already under their belt, are embarking on a mission to find 100 cast and crew members to make their latest film a reality.
Researchers at the University of Bristol are looking for people originally from Eastern European countries who currently live in and around Bristol to participate in a research project in which they will be asked to share their memories of living under socialism.
Professor John Steer died on 20 February aged 83. Michael Liversidge, Emeritus Dean of Arts, remembers the man whose appointment as the first Lecturer in European Art at Bristol marked the effective birth of the University’s Department of History of Art.
A new exhibition of works from the Bristol-based artist Karen Barber opens today at the Bristol Gallery. The exhibition, entitled 37 Degrees (after normal human body temperature), marks a continuing collaboration between the University of Bristol and the gallery.
Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have unearthed a unique slave burial ground on the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena. The excavation, which took place in advance of construction of a new airport on the island, has revealed dramatic insights into the victims of the Atlantic slave trade during the notorious Middle Passage.
