Wednesday 10 April 2013

Ford Madox Ford - 'The Good Soldier Centenary Conference' 12-14 September

'The Good Soldier Centenary Conference', is to be held at Swansea University, 12-14 September 2013.

Call for Papers:
 
Proposals are invited for an international conference on The Good Soldier. Long regarded as Ford Madox Ford’s greatest early achievement, The Good Soldier is one of the finest modernist novels in English. This conference seeks to widen our comparative assessment of Ford’s first masterpiece, whose centenary in 2015 will be marked by a special volume of essays in the annual series of International Ford Madox Ford Studies.

To see the full call for papers and for further details please visit the conference website: http://goodsoldier2013.weebly.com

Monday 8 April 2013

Annual Ph.D. Careers Conference - 18th June 2013

18 June 2013
10.00am – 3.00pm, Avon Room 
Are you graduating this summer, expecting a graduate job, summer placement or internship? Do you want to network with your future employer and meet our University alumni? Some top national and international companies are coming to the University on Tuesday 18 June 2013; please keep it in your diary!  
ADEPT’s 4th Annual PhD Careers Conference will warmly welcome all postgraduate researchers across the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the wider university. You can network with a wide range of employers and meet University alumni from the science, engineering, technology and consultancy sectors. 
You are also offered free CV checking, career advice from the Careers Network team and a FREE buffet lunch! 
More information about the conference can be found here

The Research Poster Conference 2013: an update from our Project Support Assistants

Hi my name is Gail Mobley and I’m a first year English Literature PhD from California. This year I’m part of the four person team organising the annual Research Poster Conference which will be held in the Great Hall on 12 June 2013.
Our project is still in the early stages, we recently closed our abstract application and the accepted presenters have until April 27th to submit their posters. Now our focus has shifted to inviting internal and external guests to the conference, within academic, professional and a variety of other sectors interested in postgraduate research. We are also working to put together two conference workshops for the presenters. One will be aimed at addressing academic/career intellectual needs; the other will hopefully target mental and physical wellbeing. Both should be a fun and relaxing way to kick off a conference.
So far it has all been quite exciting; I personally can’t wait to see the finished posters. Even if you haven’t applied to present at the conference it is still open to all postgraduates. Come take a look at what your fellow researchers are up to while enjoying a lovely free lunch. Hopefully it will inspire you to think about presenting next year. Studying in humanities I’m well aware that posters might not seem equally relevant to all disciplines, but the academic playing field is constantly changing. Conferences across all disciplines are increasingly including poster sessions as a way to include more postgraduate presenters, particularly in interdisciplinary and international settings. Drop by on the day to get a better idea of what posters are all about, at the home of the largest postgraduate poster conference in the Midlands, hosted by your university (and for this year only, yours truly). To book your free place as a guest visit: http://www.amiando.com/CGFIPXE.html

"Redcrosse, the Secular and the Sacred" An evening of performance and presentations on St George and the modern meaning of Englishness

The College of Arts and Law and St George’s Church, Edgbaston, are delighted to present the homecoming of Redcrosse, the new poetic liturgy for England and St George. Following acclaimed performances in Windsor Castle, Manchester Cathedral and Coventry Cathedral, the contemporary liturgy will premiere in the beautiful St George’s Church on Wednesday 24 April from 18:00

Deriving from a multi-grant-winning project led by Professor Ewan Fernie (Shakespeare Institute), Redcrosse takes its cue from one of the great neglected epics of English literature, Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. It offers its new vision of England and St. George through brand-new poetry by the former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, the winner of last year’s Costa Prize Jo Shapcott, Michael Symmons Roberts, Ewan Fernie and Andrew Shanks.
Performed by the Shakespeare Institute Players, Redcrosse directly addresses some of the most important issues currently relating to English literature and culture, such as the ever-changing nature of Englishness in an increasingly plural and globalised society. It also tests the potential for poetry, music and other creative arts to create and reshape new forms of religious experience and practice today.
Following the performance, leading University of Birmingham academics Professor Michael Dobson and Dr Chris Allen will join Reverend Julian Francis in presenting and discussing their views on the secular and the sacred and the meaning of Englishness in a modern society.
Time: 6 p.m. (refreshments included)
Venue: St George’s Church, 1 Westbourne Crescent, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3DQ
FREE EVENT. For more information, or to book a place, contact Charlotte Heap, Alumni Relations Manager for the College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham, on +44 (0)121 414 2787 or by emailing c.heap@bham.ac.uk.
Book your place now to take part in this unique event!