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e-bulletin
May 2012
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The Arts and Humanities Research Council [AHRC] supports
world-class research that furthers our understanding of human culture and
creativity.
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In this issue:
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Closing dates:
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AHRC/BBC Wales seminar on Dylan Thomas
New call
A new call has been issued for expressions of interest from arts and
humanities researchers from all disciplines within the arts and
humanities to participate in a half-day AHRC/BBC editorial seminar on
Dylan Thomas on the 29 June 2012 in Cardiff.
Find
out more about the call on our website.
Projects
explore groundbreaking ideas for new heritage experiences
Collaborative
awards
Six projects that have been commissioned out of the South West are
unlocking histories, hauntings and happenings in all kinds of UK heritage
attractions, as well as unravelling rich experiences through the use of
cutting edge technologies.
Find
out more on our website.
AHRC Knowledge
Exchange Hub celebrates the 'Digital Public Space'
New
FutureEverthing project
A new online artwork produced for the London 2012 Festival is offering
people the opportunity to see what is being said and felt about a
sporting event at the moment of triumph or despair thanks to the way it
visualises the online digital interactions, such as Twitter, as they
happen in what is known as the Digital Public Space.
For
more information please see our website.
AHRC appoints
new members to its Advisory Board
Five new
members
Meeting four times a year, the role of the AHRC Advisory Board is to
advise Council on the development of strategies that reflect AHRC's
Charter and the challenges facing arts and humanities research.
Find
out more on our website.
Archaeological
evidence for Saxon Britain glass industry
New
research
Research funded by the AHRC and led by the University of Reading has
revealed that finds at Glastonbury Abbey provide the earliest
archaeological evidence of glass-making in Britain.
For
more information please see our website.
British
religion has changed dramatically
Funding
initiative findings
Summing up findings from the £12m Religion and Society Programme at the
final Westminster Faith Debate last week, Professor Linda Woodhead argued
that research shows that religion in Britain has changed more rapidly
since the 1980s than our ideas about it.
Find
out more on our website.
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SCRIPT
Conference
6-8 June,
Edinburgh
The AHRC Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
at the University of Edinburgh (SCRIPT) will be ten years old in 2012. To
celebrate this event, SCRIPT is hosting a conference in Edinburgh on the
theme of 'Law and Transformation'
Further information is
available on the SCRIPT website.
Fifth annual
Subject Associations Meeting
20 June,
London
AHRC is holding its fifth annual Subject Associations Meeting. A special
panel session in the morning will focus on the value of research outside
the academy.
Further
information is available on our website.
Connected
Communities Programme Summit 2012
11-12 July,
Manchester
The theme of this year's event will be community engagement, with a
further focus on co-design and co-production of research.
Award holder
events
A selection
of events organised by our award holders
- 9th
International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval
(CMMR) - Music and Emotions
19 June, London
- Sculpture,
The Arts and The Decorated School
23 June, Leeds
- Fairness
and Responsibility in an Unequal Society
28 June, London
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Call
for Expression of Interest for research participation in an AHRC/BBC
Wales seminar on Dylan Thomas
Closing
date: 14 June
The AHRC and BBC Wales are organising a seminar that brings together BBC
and independent commissioning and production staff with arts and
humanities researchers specialising or with an interest in Dylan Thomas.
Find out more on our website.
Call for Research Grant - Environmental
Change and Sustainability: Thinking forward through the past proposals
Closing
date: 30 October
Applications for up to £1.5m (full economic cost) are invited under this
highlight notice in AHRC's standard and early career research grants
routes. The highlight notice addresses the 'Environmental Change and
Sustainability' area within the Care for the Future theme.
Find out more on our website.
Non-AHRC News and Competitions
News from
the arts and humanities community
The following items are not AHRC news but may be of interest to our
community.
· ASHPIT think tank,
28 May, University of Oxford
The think tank event will respond particularly to the new landscape of
Doctoral Training Centres and cross-HEI consortia, and to policy arising
from the impact agenda.
More information can be found on the project
blog.
· Worlds Together:
an international conference exploring the value of the arts in young
people's lives from Shakespeare to the digital realm. September 6-8,
2012.
Worlds Together is a collaborative conference between Tate Modern, the
British Museum, the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company
(RSC). It draws together different disciplines in order to ask what is at
stake for children�s cultural lives today.
More information can be
found on the RSC website.
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Arts & Humanities Research Council e-bulletin May 2012
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