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The Web?s 15th birthday
2008-05-01 14:35:00 Happy birthday, World Wide Web! It’s 15 years old… Above is a copy of the letter (dated 30th April, click for large version) in which CERN released Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web invention to be free for anyone to use, with no fees due. People also began to install the world’s first Web browser at about ... More About: Event , Birthday
May Day
2008-05-01 11:30:00 Image of a maypole. From an original by CRASH-candy on Flickr, licensed as Creative Commons. The first of May has long been an important date in the British calendar, marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Many of the country’s May customs have grown out of pagan traditions - the Celts celebrated Beltane ...
Touching the void
2008-05-01 09:54:00 ?Marble comes doubly alive for me then, as I ponder, comparing, / Seeing with vision that feels, feeling with fingers that see?. (Goethe, Roman Elegies) Since the Renaissance, at least, the medium of sculpture has been linked explicitly to the sense of touch. Sculptors, philosophers and art historians have all related the two, often in strikingly ... More About: Event
Reforming the European State System in the Long Eighteenth Century
2008-05-01 09:44:00 An interesting looking conference for those interested in European political history, to be held at Klosterhotel, Vadstena, Sweden, 10 - 14 September 2008 and chaired by Professor Juha Sihvola, University of Helsinki and Dr. Koen Stapelbroek, Erasmus University Rotterdam. More information at http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=4543 More About: Event , System , State , Long
Photography, Ethnography and the City
2008-04-30 21:46:00 There will be a two-day conference on Urban Encounters: Photography , Ethnography and the City , at Goldsmiths in London. It’s on 16th-17th May 2008, when… “six panels will explore the nature of past and contemporary photographic approaches to the representation and evocation of city life [ … ] The panel themes will include: urban landscapes: from theory ... More About: Event
Workshop: Teaching medieval and early-modern culture to students of modern
2008-04-30 17:23:00 Places are still available on the following workshop, organised under the LLAS Subject Centre’s Workshop s-to-go scheme: *Teaching medieval and early-modern culture to students of modern languages* 23rd May 2008, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge Repeated on: 21st November 2008, University of Leeds This workshop aims to support the teaching of medieval and early-modern culture in modern languages - an area which ... More About: Culture , Students , Modern
Call for papers: Languages of the Wider World conference
2008-04-30 17:13:00 *Call for papers - Deadline: Friday 2nd May 2008* Languages of the Wider World : Valuing Diversity 15th - 16th September 2008, SOAS Conference website: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventite m.aspx?resourceid=2936 Organised jointly by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) and the SOAS-UCL Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Languages of the Wider World (LWW-CETL), this conference will bring together ... More About: Papers
Archaeology: conference on burial mounds in the Copper and Bronze Ages
2008-04-30 14:58:00 An international conference entitled Ancestral Landscapes: Burial mounds in the Copper and Bronze Ages (Central and Eastern Europe - Balkans - Adriatic - Aegean, 4th-2nd millennium BC) will be held at Udine, Italy, on 15-18 May 2008. This seems a very interesting conference for specialists. Abstracts (PDF file) can be accessed from the conference website. Here ... More About: Event , Archaeology , Conference
VADS re-launch: free copyright-cleared images for academic use
2008-04-25 15:13:00 Students and academics looking for visual arts images now have online access to a stunning collection of over 100,000 images with the re-launch of www.vads.ac.uk. The website has been developed by VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service), which re-branded and re-launched itself earlier this month and contains collections as diverse as the National Inventory of ... More About: Academic , Images , Free , Launch , Copyright
Call for papers: Society for Minimalist Music colloquium
2008-04-25 13:41:00 The Society for Minimalist Music is to hold a one-day colloquium at Goldsmiths College, University of London, on Saturday 13th September 2008. Papers on all topics relating to music and minimalism are invited. The subjects of ‘post-opera’ and ‘biography’ have both been suggested by members, so these are particularly encouraged. Paper contributions from composers on ‘minimalist ... More About: Call
Videogames in the Limelight
2008-04-24 17:34:00 The latest Limelight feature from Intute: Arts and Humanities is about “Researching videogames with Intute”. This provides an extensive view of the study of videogames using sources found freely on the Internet, including sample chapters from a number of books. YouTube videos are also mentioned, and here in the blog we are able to link ... More About: Videogames
Researching videogames with Intute / Children in Virtual Worlds
2008-04-24 15:18:00 A BBC and AHRC-sponsored conference is happening soon in London, titled Children in Virtual Worlds (22nd May 2008, University of Westminster)… “BBC Children?s and the University of Westminster invite you to the first conference in the UK to draw together producers and researchers working on virtual worlds and immersive gaming environments for children aged 7-11 online.” It ... More About: Videogames
1,000 years since the world?s first novel
2008-04-23 13:29:00 The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari), the story of the life and loves of Prince Genji and his descendants, written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, is thought to have appeared in 1008 and is widely recognised as the world’s first novel and the greatest classic of Japanese literature. This anniversary is being celebrated in various ways: ... More About: World , The World , Years
New Scottish CILT website
2008-04-18 13:03:00 The Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (Scottish CILT) launched its new website at the beginning of April after several months of redesign, reorganisation and professional consultation. Scottish CILT is a national languages centre established in 1991 “to provide information about languages for students and teachers, opinion formers and policy makers; to ... More About: Website
Maintenance Work Tues April 22nd
2008-04-18 09:18:00 On Tues 22nd April some searches may not work in Intute between 0700-0900 (BST). We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Minor maintenance work will be carried out on the Intute database during the JANET “at risk” period. More About: Work , Maintenance
New microsite promotes innovation in languages at 14-19
2008-04-17 16:16:00 CILT, the National Centre for Languages , has released a new microsite, Reshaping Languages, designed to promote innovative teaching in languages to the 14-19 age group. The site is illustrated with a wide range of videos and case studies “highlighting how new approaches to language provision can re-engage learners, inspire enjoyment and increase take-up of languages”. ... More About: Innovation
Conference: Languages of the wider world: valuing diversity
2008-04-16 10:54:00 A conference on Languages of the wider world: valuing diversity will be held at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) 15-16 September 2008. The conference “aims to identify common issues in order to facilitate collaboration, raise the profile, and make the case for increased HE provision of languages of the wider world” and ... More About: Event , World , Diversity , Conference
Italian Academies Project Presentation
2008-04-16 10:35:00 The Department of Italian at Royal Holloway, London is currently compiling an online catalogue of books held in the British Library published by Italian Academies between 1530 and 1700. At 2.30pm on April 29th, the researchers working on this AHRC-funded project will present an update of the project’s progress. There will also be a demonstration of the online ... More About: Event , Project , Presentation
Limelight: History of Modern Terrorism in the West
2008-04-16 01:59:00 April 16, anniversary of the killing by Red Brigades of Senator Roberto Ruffilli in Forlì, Italy, (an advisor of Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita), 1988 April 18, anniversary of the suicide bombing of the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people, 1983 April 19, anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, USA, 168 killed, 1995 (see ... More About: Terrorism , History , West , Modern , Limelight
Archaeology: update on Stonehenge
2008-04-15 18:46:00 I am reluctant in writing something on Stonehenge again partly because I do not want to overstate the current research and partly because preliminary results are still unknown. However, the interest is high, and it might time to publish a short update. First of all, there are two excavations that have been carried out recently, ... More About: Archaeology , Update
Europe on screen: Issues in the future distribution and exhibition of Europ
2008-04-15 13:35:00 A two day conference at The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, 11th-12th June 2008 The constant expansion of Hollywood into global film markets and the continually shifting notions of what constitutes the new Europe have resulted in increased debate over the future identity of ‘European’ cinema. Alongside these geo-political and economic changes, the rapid development of ... More About: Screen , Event , Future , Distribution
Conference: Integra 2008 - Solving the tensions between musicians and techn
2008-04-14 13:27:00 Integra 2008 Festival and Conference , Birmingham, 5-7th June 2008 http://www.integralive.org/festival-2008 The organisers of Integra 2008 welcome artistic directors, researchers, composers and performers to participate in the Festival and Conference. Integra 2008 is the closing event of “Integra - A European Composition and Performance Environment for Sharing Live Music Technologies”, a 3 year EU-funded project led by ... More About: Integra , Musicians
Postgraduate conference on Austrian literature - London
2008-04-11 20:52:00 The Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies in London is playing host to the 5th Postgraduate conference on current research in Austrian literature. The event will be held on 5th and 6th June 2008 and boasts an exciting programme of International speakers covering a range of topics relating to Austrian literature. Included are papers on the father-daughter ... More About: Literature , Event , Conference
CFP - Italian contemporary cinema
2008-04-09 20:01:00 The Department of Italian Studies at the University of Manchester is calling for proposals for its upcoming conference Italian contemporary cinema : Old and new tendencies : An International conference to be held on 13th June 2008. Papers are invited on any aspect of Italian cinema, but particularly on contemporary tendencies, diachronic retrospectives, and comparative ... More About: Cinema , Contemporary
Prokofiev study day
2008-04-08 11:16:00 The Serge Prokofiev Archive and the Royal Musical Association are holding a study day on Prokofiev at Goldsmiths, University of London on the 10th May 2008. The programme is as follows: 10:00 Registration and coffee 10:30 The giant and other animals: Prokofiev’s childhood compositions - Christine Guillaumier (Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) 11:00 The fiery angel: Musical ... More About: Study
Interpreting Messiaen?s piano music
2008-04-08 10:28:00 The Royal Academy of Music has announced a call for papers for the Symposium Interpreting Messiaen’s piano music, held in association with Southbank Centre’s Centenary Festival, From the canyons to the stars and in affiliation with the Royal Musical Association. The symposium will be held on Friday 17th October 2008, from 09:30 to 17:00, followed by ... More About: Piano
Conference report: What would a Bronze Age World System look like?
2008-04-08 04:01:00 Last week I have attended the What would a Bronze Age World System look like? World Systems approaches to Europe and Western Asia 4th to 1st millennia BC conference at the University of Sheffield. We announced the conference in this blog. The conference was held in memory of Professor Andrew Sherratt and has proved to ... More About: Event , Archaeology , Report
Conference: Protecting Cultural Heritage
2008-04-07 17:45:00 A conference entitled Protecting Cultural Heritage will be held on Monday, 21 April 2008, at 7.00 ? 8.30pm and will be followed by a drinks reception. The conference will be held at The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1. The cultural heritage of the world is presently under threat as never before, manifested by ... More About: Event , Archaeology , Conference
Archaeological conferences and other news
2008-04-06 02:36:00 I list here a series of calls for papers, notices of conferences, calls for participants in excavations and mixed news. ICOMOS 16th General Assembly, 29th September to 4th October 2008. The website of the 16th General Assembly has received various updates. It is now possible to register online for the event. A hotel room can be ... More About: News , Conferences
International Conference On Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conse
More articles from this author:2008-04-05 04:09:00 The Sixth International Conference on Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation will be held in Rome between the 8th and 14th of December 2008. The conference has been organised under the special patronage of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The main theme of the 2008 conference will be Documentation and Risk Management of ... More About: Science and Technology 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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