The arts are an intrinsic part of what it means to be human – they're threaded through everything we do and everything we are.
By Professor Sarah Street, Professor of Film and Foundation Chair of Drama, School of Arts From October to December 2023, the British Film Institute (BFI) curated a special UK-wide season of screenings and events to celebrate the work of visionary British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. In a partnership spanning thirty-three years and twenty-four […]
By Fiona Feane, PhD History of Art candidate, School of Humanities With Bristol Common Press celebrating the return of the Albion, a 200-year-old printing press beautifully restored following a successful crowdfunding campaign, we caught up with PhD candidate Fiona Feane to learn about another interesting story from its history: her 2022 summer internship. Although Bristol […]
By Professor Samir Okasha, Professor of Philosophy of Science, School of Arts Professor Samir Okasha tells us about Representing Evolution, a £1.4m ERC Advanced Grant currently underway in the Department of Philosophy. Led by Samir, the five-year research project in the philosophy of science aims to deepen our understanding of how evolution is, has been, […]
By Professor Havi Carel and Assistant Professor Ian James Kidd (University of Nottingham) To mark World Philosophy Day, Professor Havi Carel and Assistant Professor Ian James Kidd (University of Nottingham) provide an update on their Epistemic Injustice in Health Care (EPIC) project. Havi first introduced us to EPIC back in April and with the project […]
By Professor Kate Skinner, Professor of African History, School of Humanities Professor Kate Skinner tells us about a collaborative project which uses historical film to challenge misrepresentation of gender activism in Ghana. Given the under-representation of Ghanaian women in national and local politics, this research is an important intervention. Kate and her collaborators recently received […]
By George Thomas, Faculty of Arts Research Events and Communications Coordinator The Autumn Art Lectures are here again and this year we are on the move! 2023 marks the 118th anniversary of the Autumn Art Lecture series. Conceived as a platform for Art and Art History in what was then University College Bristol, the series […]
By Dr Eleanor Rycroft, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, School of Arts Dr Eleanor Rycroft tells us about her project which explored attitudes to women walking, from the Renaissance period to the present day. The workshops piloted during the project aimed to collect women’s contemporary experiences of walking, especially by night. The project recently […]
By Ash Bond, PhD Creative Writing student, School of Humanities As the first proofs of her debut novel arrive in bookshops, PhD Creative Writing student Ash Bond introduces us to the wonderful world of Peregrine Quinn and explains how her time at Bristol has influenced her writing. My debut novel Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic […]
By Dr Saima Nasar, Senior Lecturer in the History of Africa and its Diasporas, School of Humanities With the advent of a new academic year fast approaching, we caught up with some of our Faculty Research Centres and Groups to see what they got up to last term. Here, Dr Saima Nasar tells us about […]
By Alice Kinghorn, PhD History candidate, School of Humanities As PhD History candidate Alice Kinghorn’s co-authored article with Professor Hilary Carey appears in the latest edition of the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, we caught up with Alice to find out how her experience as a postgraduate research (PGR) intern prepared her for publishing in […]