Liberal Arts News
New publication: Edited collection by Dr Bryan Brazeau
Dr Bryan Brazeau, Senior Teaching Fellow in Liberal Arts, has recently published an edited collection entitled Beyond Aristotle’s Poetics in the Italian Renaissance: New Directions in Criticism (including an essay by Dr Brazeau with the title "Soul to Squeeze: Emotional History and Early Modern Readings of Aristotle's Poetics,” which focuses particularly on Lodovico Castelvetro's Poetica D'Aristotele vulgarizzata e sposta. (1570))
The collection is published with Bloomsbury Academic and is available in the Library.
ICUR 2020: Call for abstracts now open
Applications for the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) 2020 are now open!
ICUR is a great opportunity for you to present your research to a global audience. Sponsored by the Monash-Warwick Alliance, the video-linked conference will take place from 29-30 September 2020, connecting students at the University of Warwick, Monash University, as well as other institutions around the world.
The deadline for abstract submissions is Sunday 31 May 2020. You can submit your abstract here.
Article published for The Conversation on Cuban internationalism by Dr Stéphanie Panichelli-Batalla
Dr Stéphanie Panichelli-Batalla, the Head of School for Cross-faculty Studies, has had her latest article on Cuban internationalism published by The Conversation UK. The article is titled 'By sending doctors to Italy, Cuba continues its long campaign of medical diplomacy'. You can read the article in full here.
"Cuba stresses its programme to send doctors abroad is based in solidarity. But there are diplomatic and economic reasons too."
You can also read Dr Stéphanie Panichelli-Batalla's recent article published by The Oral History Review on laughter in oral history interviews with Cuban internationalist healthcare professionals here.
Liberal Arts student is set to cook up a storm in Slovenia
Congratulations to our final year Liberal Arts student, Eva Kastelic, who's been accepted onto Masterchef Slovenia! This is a fantastic opportunity and we wish Eva the very best of luck in the competition.
Dr Bryan Brazeau: Making a difference through teaching and supporting students
Dr Bryan Brazeau (SFHEA), Senior Teaching Fellow in Liberal Arts has recently been nominated for both the Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence, and the Warwick Awards for Personal Tutoring Excellence. This is a considerable endorsement of both Bryan's teaching practice and his approach towards his pastoral responsibilities.