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Disorder Contained heads to Shoreditch’s Rich Mix theatre for World Mental Health Day

Researchers from the University of Warwick and University college Dublin (UCD) have teamed up with Coventry based theatre group Talking Birds to explore the devastating effect of solitary confinement in prison in a new play, Disorder Contained: a theatrical examination of madness, prison and solitary confinement.

Thu 14 Sep 2017, 11:01 | Tags: University of Warwick, Theatre, History

Warwick Classics expert and TV presenter named National Teaching Fellow

University of Warwick academic, TV presenter and author, Michael Scott, has been recognised as one of the best higher education teachers of the year.


Luther's posting of the 95 Theses - did it actually happen?

Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517, what the Germans call the Thesenanschlag, is one of the most famous events of Western history - but did it actually happen? In 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation Professor Peter Marshall, of the University of Warwick’s Department of History reviews the available evidence, and concludes that, very probably, it did not - but, as Professor Marshall asks, does that matter?

Tue 15 Aug 2017, 10:45 | Tags: University of Warwick, History

Palazzo Pesaro Papafava hosts exhibition during Art Night Venezia

Warwick’s Venetian campus will host ‘Italy is Out’, a unique exhibition of photographer Mario Badagliacca’s work during this year’s Art Night Venezia, on Saturday 17 June.


Research informs new play exploring effect of solitary confinement on mental health

Researchers from the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick have teamed up with local theatre group, Talking Birds, to explore the devastating effect of solitary confinement in a new play, Disorder Contained: a theatrical examination of madness, prison and solitary confinement.

Thu 01 Jun 2017, 10:30 | Tags: Theatre, Centre for the History of Medicine, History

Trump’s CIA relationship on same painful path as Nixon says new research in Foreign Affairs

President Trump’s rocky relationship with the CIA is following a remarkably similar trajectory to President Nixon’s difficult dealings with the agency, according to new research by Iniversity of Warwick researchers published in the April 24th edition of the highly prestigious journal Foreign Affairs.

Tue 02 May 2017, 08:35 | Tags: Politics and International Studies, History

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