The Medieval West
The culture of the West Country in the Middle Ages and its role in shaping the identity of Medieval England is the focus of a new research project at the University of Bristol.
Faculty of Arts
New Winterstoke Chair in English
Daniel Karlin, one of the world’s leading scholars of Victorian poetry, takes up the Winterstoke Chair in English at the University of Bristol at the start of the academic year.
Rare Anglo-Saxon treasure sees the light of day
A very rare Anglo-Saxon gold ring is to go on display at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire after being shown in the BBC2 series Digging for Britain. The series also features excavations at Berkeley carried out by archaeologists from the University of Bristol who have uncovered evidence for a Dark Age monastery before the castle was constructed in the eleventh century.
Beauty will save the world
Postgraduate students from around the UK and overseas will come together next week [Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 September] for a conference on art and social change.
Archaeologists investigate secret wartime HQ of Churchill's British Resistance
The remains of the World War II headquarters of Winston Churchill’s secret resistance force are being surveyed by a team of archaeologists, including postgraduate researchers from the University of Bristol.
Moving Walls, Changing Seasons
History of Art student, Francois Vandame, is the curator of an exhibition of new works by the Bristol-based urban art collective, the Def Bombin Kru (DBK), hosted at the Bristol Gallery from Saturday 5 March.
Meeting the challenge of curating artistic research output
Project CAiRO (Curating Artistic Research Output), a JISC-funded project undertaken collaboratively between JISC Digital Media, the Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television and the Digital Curation Centre aims to provide the arts practitioner-researcher with skills to successfully manage research data.
The irresistible pull of the femme fatale
Angelina Jolie, Anna Chapman, Naomi Campbell – celebrities, spies and divas who the media love to hate. The modern day female icon holds much in common with the archetypal femme fatale, whose enduring appeal dates back to Eve, the Sirens and Medusa. Now, a new collection of essays from distinguished arts scholars examines fatal femininity as a cultural preoccupation across different historical epochs.
Acknowledging the colonial roots of Italy’s heritage
The complex nature of Italy’s colonial past and the reluctance with which it has been viewed in contemporary culture have ordinarily led academics to shy away from the subject. A new book that draws on insights from across the arts and social sciences redresses that imbalance by exploring for the first time the interaction between the colonised and the colonisers.
Watershed screening for ‘Jake’ documentary
A documentary film made by six alumni of Bristol’s MA in Film and Television Production will been shown for the first time in the UK at a preview screening at Watershed on Wednesday 30 March at 17:50.