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On behalf of the Midlands Arts and Humanities Futures Network, Professor Rachel Moseley argues for the importance of a co-ordinated approach across the education sector to secure the future of these disciplines.

Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick are delighted to be partnering with the Pod on a new collaborative research project: ‘Using Film to Affect Change: Mental Health, Social Advocacy and the Moving Image’.

In December's Material Musings, Chris Parr discusses the origins and significance of certain Egyptian obelisks in Rome, in an article titled: 'Points in Time: The Long Shadow of the Montecitorio Obelisk'.

You can read it here.

Associate Fellow Dr Emrah Atasoy received an IASH Heritage Collections Research Fellowship from the University of Edinburgh to work on Archiving Futures: Utopia, Dystopia, Environmental Crisis, Identity, and Inequality in Edinburgh’s Special Collections (January-July 2026).

Project Details:

Project Title: Archiving Futures: Utopia, Dystopia, Environmental Crisis, Identity, and Inequality in Edinburgh’s Special Collections

Host Academic: Mathias Thaler, Professor of Political Theory, the School of Social and Political Science, the University of Edinburgh and Chair of Political Theory

Summary of the Project:

This project explores utopian and dystopian visions with a focus on environmental crisis through Edinburgh’s special collections. Drawing on rare books, activist archives, and historical materials, it investigates how these sources imagine identity, inequality, and resilience while engaging with questions of governance and social organisation. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the research combines literary analysis, political theory, and decolonial thought to critique anthropocentrism and structural exclusions. It examines whether speculative imaginaries reinforce exclusionary worldviews or create possibilities for more inclusive and ecologically grounded futures. By connecting archival storytelling with contemporary environmental humanities, utopian and dystopian studies, and future studies, the project aims to respond to the growing need for innovative methodologies that link cultural narratives to real-world societal challenges.

Stephen Gundle and Janna Wong announce 'DINO'S TOP TEN', a ten-episode podcast series about legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis.

Uncover Warwickshire’s hidden histories. Join Harry McNeile and the team as they explore seven iconic locations—from Warwick Castle to Bosworth—revealing stories of legend, conflict, the occult, and post-Blitz regeneration.

Autumn School for Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers

Venice, 30 September – 4 October 2024

Dr Bryony White, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Warwick, is set to participate in a conversation on her new book, "Dirty Queers" at the Barbican Centre with journalist Amelia Abraham on November 30.

The evening event, scheduled for 4:30 pm, will seek to explore the differing uses and evolution of the term "queer," as well as its relationship to dirt and dirtiness.

More details on this event, alongside the ability to purchase tickets, can be found here

Are you looking for funding for a PhD in Modern Languages (incl. Translation Studies)? The University of Warwick’s annual Postgraduate Research Scholarships competition (2026 entry) opens on Monday 15 October and closes on 11 December 2025. Course applications must be made by 8 December 2025. Warwick’s School of Modern Languages & Cultures invites PhD applications from students with an outstanding academic record, who are very well-equipped to undertake doctoral study and whose research proposal promises to make a significant contribution to the field.

Get in touch with us to discuss your proposal

Maurice Beseng has published a new open-access article in the leading peer-reviewed journal Marine Policy, which is published by Elsevier.

The article, titled ‘Managing abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear in Cameroon’s marine small-scale fisheries: Perspective of local ecological knowledge’, explores the growing global challenge posed by abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear, and its contribution to multiple sustainability challenges including plastic pollution, damage to marine ecosystems, and threats to coastal livelihoods and food security.

Please click here to read more

In our ‘Beyond the Classroom’ interview series, we speak to our Liberal Arts module convenors to reveal the deeper purpose and vision behind their academic modules. In our first entry to the series, we spoke to Dr William Rupp about his module Do you hear the people sing? Revolution and the Modern Musical.

Click here to read more.

Applications are now open for Creative BridgesLink opens in a new window, a major new AHRC-funded doctoral training programme from the University of LeedsLink opens in a new window and the University of WarwickLink opens in a new window designed to expand and diversify the next generation of researchers in the screen industries.

The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance here at the University of Warwick, is absolutely thrilled to celebrate Dr. Eva Van Kemenade, who successfully defended her viva a couple of weeks ago! Eva’s commitment, perseverance and passion have led her to this incredible milestone, and we’re so proud to now call her Dr. Van Kemenade. Congratulations, Eva — what an achievement!

During a year of research leave, Prof. Beat Kümin has investigated the phenomenon of depositing chronicles and objects into tower spheres on top of prominent buildings like churches, town halls and fortifications. Documented from the Middle Ages to the present, seemingly only in and around territories of the erstwhile Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the custom provides fascinating insights into how local societies saw themselves and what they wished to pass on to successive generations. The project, supported by the German Gerda Henkel Foundation, has so far identified over 1600 sites and thousands of separate deposits (at one Zurich church, there were no fewer than 20 between 1505 and 1996). The funder has just released a video series of six episodes (accessible in both English and German) documenting field work in Switzerland in autumn 2003.

[English Trailer] [Episodes] [Project Homepage]

Diversity in STEM is a set of GCSE Biology, Chemistry, and Physics resources that are designed to fit into existing lessons.

All the resources are curriculum-aligned and provide a simple, effective, and engaging way to highlight diversity in the STEM classroom.

There is an interactive website—Diversity in STEM: The Challenge—to get started: Diversity in STEM: The Challenge Interactive Website

As well as downloadable slides and lesson plans from both the website and the TES teachers’ resource portal: Diversity in STEM Slides and Lesson Plans

All resources are free to download, use and adapt. 

 They were developed by Dr James Poskett at the University of Warwick with funding from the History Department and the British Academy.

Very pleased to announce the release of our report on cyber security expertise and diversity. You can read the web version here:

https://warwickcim.github.io/cyberexpertisediversity_survey/

This was a collaboration between Matt Spencer, Carlos Cámara-Menoyo and Timothy Monteath, with the support of the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security.

We make the case for:
> more extensive data collection to ensure that the implications of professionalisation for diversity in cyber security are well understood,
> enhancing the breadth of the specialisms recognised by the Cyber Security Council to better represent fields such as human factors or security awareness,
> better interdisciplinary engagement with the CyBOK framework to ensure that social and cultural expertise are recognised, and,
> empirical analysis of cyber security problems to ensure that specialisms are aligned with practical needs.