News from the Global History and Culture Centre
Lead your own (global) summer research project
The Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS) enables undergraduate students to carry out an interdisciplinary summer research project.
The scheme is open to any UG student at Warwick of a full-time or part-time course, in any year including first and final year students. Erasmus and exchange students are not eligible to apply.
If you are interested in developing a global research project, then please contact the Director of the Global History and Culture Centre (a.t.gerritsen@warwick.ac.uk) for an informal conversation, or, if you prefer, contact any of the members of the centre who could supervise your research.
Applicants must get the support of academic supervisor and can apply for a URSS bursary to undertake their research project, either in the UK or abroad, for between 6-10 weeks.
Final concert in the series: Ensemble Music for All Occasions
The final episode in our online concert series "Music, Culture, and Empire in 18th Century London", a collaboration between IT&T and the University of Warwick, was recorded in St Frideswide's Church, Osney, and showcases some of the diverse range of ensemble music from the contexts discussed in the rest of the series, featuring:
George Frederic Handel: "The Triumph of Time and Truth" Act 3 - Sinfonia
Felice de Giardini: Quartet in E flat major
Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli: Sonata da camera No. 6 in A major
George Frederic Handel: Violin Sonata in D minor
William Boyce: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major
The third episode in our online concert series "Music, Culture, and Empire in 18th Century London" is available on Youtube.
Flautist Jonathan Slade digs up some gems from "A Gentleman's Pocket Companion to the Flute" from the 1730s; Mark Baigent explores the journey of the hautbois from Louis XIV's court to George I's procession on the Thames; and Emily White looks at the almost complete disappearance of the previously ubiquitous trombone from England's courts and cathedrals.
You can read Maxine Berg's introductory essay to the series here.
Fellows of the British Academy
We are *extremely* proud that TWO associates of the Warwick Global History and Culture Centre (one a current member, Rebecca Earle, and one a key former member, Gurminder Bhambra, have been elected as fellows of the British Academy.
See also: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/gurminder-bhambra-fba/
Who knew potatoes could be this political?
Rebecca Earle's new book reviewed in The Telegraph on 20 June 2020, and here is a blogpost she wrote about the book:
https://www.cambridgeblog.org/2020/06/potatoes-in-a-pandemic/
‘Baked potato saved my life’, sang Matt Lucas, in a fundraising video for the NHS that brought smiles to faces across the UK. The joyful silliness helps explain its appeal. Of course a baked potato can’t save anyone’s life. Or can it'