All Souls Fellowship for Philosophy doctoral student
Dr Ellen Clarke has been awarded a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship at All Souls, Oxford.
Faculty of Arts
History of Art Professor to deliver Paul Mellon Lectures at National Gallery
Elizabeth Prettejohn, Professor of History of Art at the University of Bristol, is currently delivering The Paul Mellon Lectures 2011. The final two lectures in the series will be delivered on 7 February, 'A Taste of Spain', and on 14 February 'Postscript: On Beauty and Aesthetic Painting'.
Be enchanted: University Library hosts spellbinding exhibition of rare books
An assemblage of rare and unique books and periodicals associated with the English art historian, poet, architect and typographer Herbert P. Horne (1864-1916) is being exhibited on the ground floor of the Arts and Social Sciences Library until 25 July.
Professor awarded French accolade
Professor Susan Harrow of the University’s Department of French has been awarded a prestigious accolade for her services to French culture. Professor Harrow has been awarded the grade of ‘Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques', an Order, founded by Napoleon in 1808, to reward those who have made a major contribution to French education and culture.
Conference marks 70th birthday of Bob Dylan
The UK’s foremost Dylan scholars come together for a conference at the University of Bristol today, Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday, to celebrate and reflect on the career of this highly influential singer, composer, poet and performer.
University of Bristol Theatre Collection celebrates 60th anniversary with first Artist in Residence
Bristol artist Clare Thornton will become the inaugural Artist in Residence at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection as part of the diamond anniversary celebrations of this internationally renowned theatre and performance archive.
Faculty of Arts scoops four AHRC awards
Four prestigious collaborative doctoral awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council have been awarded to Bristol University’s Faculty of Arts. Four PhD students will work with the ss Great Britain Trust, Czech Radio and the Imperial War Museum.
Remembering dictatorship
Life under state socialism is the theme of a series of free public events hosted by the University of Bristol this September as part of research into the legacy of socialist dictatorship and its impact on the post-socialist present.
Archaeologists discover skeleton in doctor’s garden
A skeleton, possibly dating from Roman times, has been unearthed by archaeologists from the University of Bristol during a dig in the garden of vaccination pioneer Dr Edward Jenner in Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
Uncovering the secrets of pioneering doctors' gardens
Funded by a grant from the Wellcome Trust, Dr Clare Hickman of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology will investigate how surgeon John Hunter and vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner used their gardens to further their outstanding medical activities.