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Arts Faculty News Read more from Arts Faculty News
Faculty of Arts at Home 22 - Literature, Language and Translation: Building back Empathy: Research and Engagement during Lockdown
Dr James Hodkinson (German Studies, School of Modern Languages and Cultures) delivers a conversation with one of his key collaborators, the artist Mohammed Ali MBE (https://www.soulcityarts.com), explores the relationship between his research into Islam in Germany in the 19th Century and his public engagement projects including the Art of Empathy (2019) and Congregate (2020-), a collaborative livestream of visual art, film, music and conversation. James explores the concepts of kinship and empathy, and the power of art to allow us to view the world from alternate cultural perspectives.
Centre for Arts Doctoral Research Excellence Read more from Latest Announcements
CADRE PGR Resource Forum on Teams
We have created a PGR forum for all Arts PGRs. It is mainly a resource forum designed so you can add your own useful links. We would love you to join us. Request access here.
Classics and Ancient History Read more from Classics News and Events
Prof Michael Scott wins Classical Association Prize 2021
Professor Michael Scott of the Warwick Classics Department has been awarded the 2021 Classical Association Prize, awarded each year 'to an individual who has done the most to raise the profile of Classics in the public eye.' He will be presented with the award by Natalie Haynes at this year's online CA Conference 6-8th April 2021.
You can register to watch the prize-giving, as well as the rest of the conference, for free here: https://classicalassociation.org/events/ca-annual-conference-2021/
More about Michael's work can be found in this article: https://warwick.ac.uk/wie/staffengage/spotlight/february-michaelscott/
Michael has also written a blog about receiving the award: https://michaelscottweb.com/blog/classical-association-prize-april-2021/
More about the award, alongside previous winners, can be found here: https://classicalassociation.org/ca-prize/
English and Comparative Literary Studies Read more from English & Comparative Literary Studies News
Listen to Prof Stephen Shapiro on BBC Radio 3
Shahidha Bari is joined by Stephen Shapiro and guests to read volume 4 of Foucault's History of Sexuality, which has been translated into English for the first time.
Film and Television Studies Read more from Film and Television Studies News
Staff publications nominated for BAFTSS awards
Publications by Alastair Phillips and Helen Wheatley have been nominated for Awards by the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies
History Read more from History News
History of Art Read more from History of Art News
Paul Smith publishes book on painting, science and coloured shadows
Warwick professor explains why artists and scientists describe colours as 'beautiful'.
Theatre and Performance Studies Read more from Theatre & Performance Studies News
Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance Published
Congratulations to Prof. Silvija Jestrovic and Dr. Milija Gluhovic on the publication of the their Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance.
School of Modern Languages and Cultures Read more from SMLC - News and events
Bicentenary of the death of Napoleon: online afternoon of papers on Les masques de l’Empereur: Napoléon en spectacle (1796-1821) Thursday 23rd April 2021
Ahead of the anniversary of the death of Napoleon, SMLC colleagues Kate Astbury and Paola Perazzolo will be hosting an afternoon of papers exploring theatrical representations of Napoleon via YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krd7Fzo2Xak
13h00: Accueil et introduction (Katherine Astbury, University of Warwick)
13h15-14h30 – Session 1, Président Katherine Astbury (University of Warwick)
13h15-13h35 : Clare Siviter (University of Bristol), « Bonaparte et la censure du Directoire »
13h35-13h55: Paola Perazzolo (University of Warwick, Università di Verona), « Les « Journée(s) de Saint-Cloud » : les pièces de circonstance autour du 18 Brumaire »
13h55-14h15: Vincenzo De Santis (Università di Salerno) et Pierre Frantz (Université Paris-Sorbonne), « Les ombres de l’Empereur »
14h15-14h30 : Discussion
14h30-14h50 : Pause
14h50-15h45 – Session 2, président Pierre Frantz (Université Paris-Sorbonne)
14h50-15h10 : Maurizio Melai (Docteur des Universités de Pisa et Paris-Sorbonne) « "Otez à Sylla la mèche de Napoléon, et la pièce n'allait pas jusqu'à la fin" : sur un "succès de perruque" de Talma en 1821 »
15h10-15h30 : Laura O'Brien (University of Northumbria), « L’émergence de l’acteur "napoléonien" au XIXe siècle »
15h30-15h45 : Discussion
15h45-16h00 : Pause
16h00-17h00 – Session 3 Président Clare Siviter (University of Bristol)
16h00-16h20: Nicole Cochrane (University of Exeter), « La mise en scène de la défaite : expositions napoléoniennes et culture matérielle de la victoire à Londres au XIXe siècle »
16h20-16h40: Katherine Astbury (University of Warwick) : « Napoléon Harlequin »
16h40-17h00: Discussion et conclusion
Global Sustainable Development Read more from Global Sustainable Development News
Liberal Arts Read more from Liberal Arts News
Congratulations to the Warwick Institute of Engagement’s new Fellows from the School for Cross-faculty Studies
Congratulations to final-year Liberal Arts student Celine Nithila-George, Dr Gavin Schwartz-Leeper (Deputy Head of School for Cross-faculty Studies, Liberal Arts), and Dr Gioia Panzarella (Teaching Fellow and Student Experience and Engagement Manager in GSD) for being selected as Associate Fellows of the Warwick Institute of Engagement (WIE)!
Humanities Research Centre Read more from HRC News
Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies Read more from Cultural and Media Policy Studies News and Events
Brand new Accelerator & Incubator @1millstreet Leamington Spa for Warwick's creative and digital graduates
Creative Futures is a gateway between the University and the region's creative industries.
We inspire, educate & incubate on campus and at 1 Mill Street offering space, business support, mentoring and networking to support the growth of creative ideas, enterprises and innovation.
Do you have a creative business idea?
Our incubator will help graduate businesses become part of the UK’s largest creative cluster outside Greater London. Creative Futures provides an exciting opportunity for business teams to develop their entrepreneurial skills, test, launch and pitch their business ideas and get 6 months of free space and support to develop their creative enterprises in Leamington Spa.
Applications will open on 3rd August although we are collect Expressions of Interest now. This allows people to get further details and be notified as soon as applications launch; https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/enterprise/creativeanddigital/creativefutures-register
Centre for the Study of the Renaissance Read more from News
A ’History of Philosophy’ podcast on Renaissance ethics, by Prof David Lines
A ’History of Philosophy’ podcast on Renaissance ethics, by Prof David Lines.
Early Modern and Eighteenth Century Centre Read more from News
Dr Henry Cohn (1936-2021)
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"The History Department is deeply saddened by the passing of its Emeritus Reader, Dr Henry J. Cohn. Henry grew up in London and entered University College, Oxford, as a scholar, in 1954. Having taken his BA in 1957 and DPhil in 1963 (with a thesis on the government of the Rhine Palatinate in the fifteenth century), he moved on to a temporary post at Glasgow and a Lectureship in History at Leicester before coming to Warwick in 1967, two years after the foundation of the university. Here, he immediately gained the respect of his colleagues, serving as acting head in 1969 when still a lecturer and leading the department formally from 1986-89. As he told Bernard Capp and Fred Reid respectively, the latter proved a 'doddle' early on but then turned into a demanding job that required all his managerial and administrative skills. He convened a second-year module on ‘Germany in the Age of the Reformation’ and a Year 3 special subject on ‘The German Peasants’ War 1524-25', taking all his academic duties extremely seriously and setting exacting standards in all student-facing activities right up to his retirement in 2003. At the same time, however, Henry remained a distinguished researcher, drawing not least on his knowledge of multiple languages. He had particular interests in the political history of the Holy Roman Empire on the eve of the Reformation (the subject of a monograph on The Government of the Rhine Palatinate in the Fifteenth Century, translated into German in 2013), the German Peasants’ War of 1525 (where he identified anticlericalism as a central factor in a seminal 1979 Past & Present article) and latterly the Imperial Diet (the subject of several recent essays). As a recognized authority in the field of Reformation studies, he served as external examiner to Lyndal Roper, now Regius Professor of History at Oxford. Alongside, Henry took a life-long interest in Jewish history, most recently with a focus on the contested pontificate of Pius XII. At this moment, our thoughts are with his wife Loretta, family and friends. The History Department will remember Dr Henry J. Cohn as an esteemed colleague, dedicated teacher and eminent scholar."
For personal recollections by friends and former colleagues see:
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Global History and Culture Centre Read more from News from the Global History and Culture Centre
Historian’s Craft conferences on Zoom (York University Graduate History Student Association)
Professor Carlo Ginzburg
Monday, March 29th at 10 AM EST
Dr. Ginzburg (1939) has taught at the University of Bologna, at UCLA, at the Scuola Normale of Pisa. His books, translated into more than twenty languages, include, among many others: "The Night Battles"; "The Cheese and the Worms"; "Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method"; "History, Rhetoric, and Proof"; "The Judge and the Historian."
Other speakers in the series:
April 19th: Stephen Greenblatt (3 PM) - Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/99089470271
May 6th: Lynn Hunt (2 PM) - Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/93046894408
May 13th: Joan Scott (2 PM)- Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/95431442376
May 17th: James Cullingham (2 PM) - Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/92468728314
Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies Read more from CIM News
Live Chat with CIM Academics
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (
CIM's Live Chat session will run 12:00pm - 13:30pm (UK time) on Wednesday, March 17th, 2021.
The day will be organised roughly as follows:
12:00 - 12:10 : Brief introductions from CIM staff
12:10 - 13:00 Live chat session aimed at new enquirers (offer holders are also welcome)
13:00 - 13:30 : Live chat session aimed at offer holders (new enquirers are also welcome)
In order to join, please register here: https://meetandengage.com/akm0hlyb0
We look forward to meeting you soon!