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Calling all M3C Graduates!
Nottingham Trent University are currently advertising two positions. Please see the links below for further information:
Lecturer in English https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=7210
Research Assistant, Trent Editions https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=7214
BACKLIT Gallery: Arts and Heritage Research Coordinator
As part of a wider Arts and Wellbeing Programme BACKLIT this opportunity will offer you the chance to research and deliver a project about the First County Asylum once based at King Edwards Park, Sneinton.
The postholder would work with BACKLIT and partners (including UoN,…
The Future Perfect
23 November 2019
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Please join us from 2-6 pm on Saturday 23 November for The Future Perfect, exploring the archive and our interactions with it.
Reflecting on the changing perspectives and multiplicity of archives - from a realm of deep storage to a fluid and generative resource - The Future Perfect explores how archives become entangled with the present moment.
Speakers: Sue Breakell, Alice O'Hanlon, Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski,…
The International Placement Scheme (IPS) is an annual programme providing Research Fellowships to AHRC/ESRC-funded doctoral students, early career researchers and doctoral-level research assistants.
The purpose of the call (described as an ‘IPS Fellowship’) is to provide early career researchers (ECR), doctoral level research assistants and AHRC/ESRC funded doctoral students with dedicated access to the internationally renowned collections/ programmes/ expertise held at the IPS institutions.…
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Tue, 3 December 2019
Fazeley Studios, 191 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, B5 5SE
'Leveraging your PhD' will focus on:
Pitching your PhD for creative industries and cultural sector jobs
Key skills, experience and attributes needed by the sector
Hacking job applications
Panel discussion about top tips for applications, CVs and interviews
The workshop will be facilitated by Hannah Bird and Dr Ceri Gorton (Bird & Gorton),…
Reflecting on the shifting perspectives on archives, from a realm of 'deep storage' to a fluid and generative resource.
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Join Sue Breakell, Brighton University Design Archive, Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski, PhD researcher/artist/archivist and Alice O'Hanlon, freelance archivist, in discussing the archive - from its materiality and organisation to the conceptual and creative practices engaged with it.…
Why is there no historical note in The Harrowing? A number of readers have asked me this over the past two-and-a-half years since the novel was first published. It’s a question that, I’ve come to realise, goes to the heart of what I believe historical fiction is all about. In this post I’ll explore my decision not to include a note (no, it wasn’t down to laziness) and how this fits into my wider philosophy as regards writing fiction set in the past.
In all three of my Conquest novels,…