Wednesday 16 May 2012

Translation Studies Research Forum

Translation Studies Research Forum, Tuesday 22 May 2012, 2-5pm, Ashley Building, Room, 422, College of Arts and Law

Guest speaker: Professor Susan Bassnett
Following the very successful event with Professor Theo Hermans in 2009, we are delighted to announce that we will be holding another meeting of the Translation Studies Research Forum in May 2012.

Our guest speaker is Susan Bassnett, Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. Professor Bassnett is a leading figure internationally in the field and her publications include the seminal textbook Translation Studies (3rd edn 2002). She has also (co-) written or edited Translation, History and Culture (1990), Constructing Cultures: Essays on Literary Translation (1996), Postcolonial Translation: Theory and Practice (1998), The Translator as Writer (2006), Translation in Global News (2008) and Political Discourse, Media and Translation (2010).

During the first part of the afternoon, colleagues across the College working on translation-related topics will have the opportunity to discuss their research interests and current projects. Please let us know in the next couple of weeks if you would like to give an informal talk on your research (5-10 mins).

We hope that many of you will be able to attend!
Dr Angela Kershaw (French Studies) a.kershaw@bham.ac.uk
Dr Hilary Brown (Translation Studies) h.j.brown.1@bham.ac.uk

Postgraduate Enterprise Summer School for Doctoral Researchers

Is the Summer School for you?
· Are you a Doctoral Researcher looking to enhance your personal and professional development?
· Do you want to gain enterprise skills which can give you the edge in any career, whether it's private enterprise, academia or third sector?
· Do you want the opportunity to gain transferable skills to take your research and future career forward?
 
The Postgraduate Enterprise Summer School takes Doctoral Researchers from a wide range of specialist areas through an intensive week of training from Monday 23 July to Friday 27 July 2012. Participants will work together in small teams to solve a real strategy challenge being faced by an influential local organisation.
The course provides a fantastic opportunity for top quality training alongside the opportunity to work on real strategic issues.
No previous experience is required and participants from all subject areas are welcome. The programme costs £30 for the week and all lunches and refreshments are provided.
More information and how to register go to: www.ei.bham.ac.uk/pess

Tuesday 15 May 2012

The MRC at the University of Leicester

The MRC at the University of Leicester will be hosting two inter-disciplinary workshops on Medieval Metalwork lead by Dr. Helen Geake (National Finds Advisor, Portable Antiquities Scheme.)

Workshop 1: Animal Ornament, 2.30 - 4.00pm, Thursday 17th May

Workshop 2: Methods of Making Metalwork, 10.00 - 11.30am, Friday 18th May

On Thursday 17th May Dr. Geake will also be giving a public lecture on 'The sword in the hoard.'  All are welcome to attend. (6pm, Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of Leicester.)

To confirm a place email Owen Robertson ogr1@le.ac.uk

Many thanks,

Steve Ling

University Graduate School Mid- May update: the last few training workshops for 2011/2012 academic year and upcoming events and competitions

Training
Training is an important part of being a postgraduate researcher here at the University of Birmingham.  It’s nearly the end of the academic year and therefore nearly the end of this year’s training programme.  Take this last opportunity to brush up on those vital skills and experiences by booking your free place on the below courses:
 
 
Events
We’re proud to announce the upcoming Research Poster Conference is open for guests to book their free ticket.  Why should you attend this event I hear you ask? For several reasons including:
·         Excellent networking opportunity with peers across all five colleges (you never know who you’ll meet and how they can help you/ you can help them and the useful contacts you’ll create)
·         Getting to see and hear about current research here at UoB (most of the time we don’t know what’s going on in the next room so we’ve made it easy for you by organising such a variety all in the Great Hall)
·         Opportunity to network with high profile people across the University and people from local business
·         Food and drinks are provided
·         It’s a fun day of celebrating research here at UoB so if you can visit for 2 hours or 5 minutes you are more than welcome!
 
The Research Poster Conference is being held in the Great Hall on June 19th so please come and along and bring family, friends and supervisors.  Simply book your free place here.
 
 
Competitions
You can win £50 Amazon Voucher with just a Tweet!  Simply tweet @UoBGradSchool and tell us why you love your research with the hashtag #ugscomp by May 28th.  We’ll retweet all of our entries and our favourite will win £50 Amazon Voucher.  Twitter is an effective, fast and fun way of communicating and networking within the research community and we warmly welcome any tweets that are sent our way.