Arts Faculty News
Arts FABFest 2023: Schools Taster Day
Wednesday 28 June is our Arts FABFest 2023 Schools event. We are looking forward to welcoming 90+ year 8 students and their teachers from 5 local schools to an exciting programme of events put on by Faculty of Arts departments and the Warwick Arts Centre.
From sessions on multi-lingual Harry Potter to a Classics Roman Cookery session or a chance to experience a Virtual Reality environment. It is a showcase event about the Arts taking place within the RIBA award-winning FAB building, but also outside experiencing the wonders of the University's Sculpture Trail.
Totally FAB: Warwick Arts building wins RIBA Regional Award and Regional Building of the Year – West Midlands
At the RIBA Regional Award ceremony yesterday the architects, Feilden, Clegg, Bradley Studios and the University of Warwick were presented with two regional RIBA awards for the FAB building. In particular the RIBA Regional Building of the Year Award - the top award of the night.
Let Them Eat Quiche: A Culinary History of Coronation Food
In conversation with The Independent Professor Rebecca Earle, from the University of Warwick said. "This is a genuine innovation. Historically, members of the public were not urged to celebrate coronations by inventing new dishes, or by recreating the menus of the official banquets. Home cooks hoping to replicate the côtelettes de bécassines à la Souvaroff served at Edward VII’s 1902 coronation would have confronted a complex recipe involving fillets of snipe, pâté, brandy and truffles,” she says.
“The method was later described in royal chef Gabriel Tschumi’s cookbook [Royal Chef: Recollections of life in royal households from Queen Victoria to Queen Mary], but it was unlikely to inspire any but the most intrepid.
“Today’s efforts to encourage us all to join in by baking a coronation quiche reflect the enormous popularity of cooking as a leisure activity, as well as the monarchy’s attempts to repackage themselves for the 21st century.”
Alpacas Visit the FAB
The Department of History hosted some very different visitors in the Faculty of Arts Building. Students and staff were delighted to see three alpacas visiting the building. They took the lift to the 3rd floor departmental space for a meet and greet with the staff and student community.
Behind the screens: An evening with Hollywood screenwriter, Mika Watkins
Mika WatkinsLink opens in a new window studied English Literature at Warwick, before going on to create and executive-produce the hit YouTube premium series Origin. Her writing credits include Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix horror series Cabinet Of Curiosities; Stan Lee’s Lucky Man on Sky 1; and BBC1 period drama Troy: Fall of a City.
Mika will return to the English department next Wednesday, 1st February to share her experiences in the TV and film industries with current Arts Faculty students.
Assemblywomen! Warwick Ancient Drama Festival 2023 - Warwick Arts Centre 26-27 January
This January, the Warwick's Department of Classics and Ancient History presents: Assemblywomen! An Ancient Greek comedy bought to the modern stage at Warwick Arts Centre.
Written by Aristophanes, this play follows the women of Athens as they disguise themselves as men to infiltrate the government and take over the city.
The citizens of Athens are then left trying to adapt to their new leadership, resulting in a series of ridiculous situations.
Tiny Traces: African and Asian Children at London’s Foundling Hospital
Tiny Traces: African and Asian Children at London’s Foundling Hospital, which runs until 19 February 2023 at the museum in Bloomsbury, London, explores the stories of these children. It presents a history of London life across this period. Hannah Dennett, a postgraduate researcher in the University of Warwick's Department of History, has carried out the research behind the exhibition.
URSS Showcase 2022 - 16 November
The Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS) 2022 Showcase event will take place on Wednesday 16th November between 1-4pm in the Panorama room in the Rootes Building.
The event will provide an opportunity for you to meet this year's participants and find out more about their summer research projects. There will also be some live presentations. If you are considering applying for the scheme in 2023 or are just interested in research come and join us. Everyone is welcome.
URSS Showcase event programme is available at URSS Showcase 2022 ProgrammeLink opens in a new window
You can view some of last year's projects via the online showcase site at URSS Showcase 2021Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window.
Exhibition: Constellations of HOME
Exhibition comprising self-portraits, photographs and personal narratives created and curated by people who have experienced - or are experiencing - homelessness in Coventry. Held in the foyer of the FAB, 3 - 27 October 2022.
Warwick Words - History Festival 2 - 22 October 2022
Researchers from the Department of History will be delivering a series of talks at Warwick Words History Festival. Now in its twentieth year, Warwick Words is a popular annual event, bringing internationally acclaimed historians to share stories from the past to venues around Warwick.
Since 2012, the University of Warwick has collaborated with the festival on a series titled Tea Time talks, where academics from the Department of History discuss their research. This year, topics are:
History and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine – Professor Christoph Mick and Dr Claire Shaw, Saturday 8 October
Picking up the Pieces: Gender and Romantic Failure in late 20th Century Britain – Dr Zoe Strimpel, Saturday 22 October
The Politics of Touch in the late 18th Century – Professor Mark Philp, Saturday 26 November
The programme also includes a play written by PhD student David Fletcher and performed by Loft Theatre company. Taking the Waters tells the story of a cholera epidemic that took place in Leamington Spa in 1849, and the medical and political conflicts that surrounded it.
Other speakers at the festival include Tracy Borman, Max Hastings, Dan Jones, Adam Rutherford, Charles Spencer and Alison Weir. Tickets are available from Warwick Words’ website: https://warwickwords.co.uk/