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Ruhleben Remembered
2008-01-24 17:04:00 During the First World War, thousands of British civilians were held at Ruhleben civilian internment camp in Germany. The prominence of some of these men (including England and Scotland international footballers) and the events and conditions at the camp ensured that Ruhleben was well-known to those back in Britain. Unable to escape, the thousands of men organised entertainment ...
Ry?nosuke Akutagawa and Rash?mon
2008-01-23 19:02:00 Working at home much of the time, more often than not, I have the radio on. If it gets too distracting, I have to switch off, but there are often programmes or items that send me scurrying through the byways of the internet to track down resources for inclusion in Intute. Such was the case ...
Creative Enterprise Conference 2008
2008-01-20 17:31:00 The Creative Enterprise Conference 2008 , to be held at Birmingham City University?s School of Jewellery, 12th March 08 (£90), will… “…explore current debates and practice in enterprise education for Art, Design and Media courses.” [and] “…give delegates an overview of enterprise curriculum development through practical demonstrations, networking opportunities and a showcase of the teaching models currently ... More About: Event
Call for papers: International aerial archaeology conference
2008-01-18 22:18:00 I am glad to announce that the International aerial archaeology conference of the Aerial Archaeology Research Group (AARG 2008) willbe held at Ljubljana on 9 - 11 September 2008. The conference will be hosted by the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana . Proposals for sessions, papers and posters are invited. Closing ... More About: Call , Papers , Conference
Pantomime dames, principal boys, kabuki and musicals Japanese-style
2008-01-18 17:17:00 Cataloguing records for Intute on the all-female Japanese musical revue company, Takarazuka Revue, at the end of the British pantomime season got me musing on the theatrical traditions of men playing women and women playing men. Pantomimes have gender reversal both ways, with ugly pantomime dames in garish makeup and costumes providing the laughs ... More About: Style , Principal , Musicals , Boys
Single, likes Sudoku*
2008-01-18 11:04:00 This morning (following a news item in the Guardian’s technology supplement I read on the train home yesterday) I’ve been playing with the latest ‘Web 2.0′ service to cause a stir - Spock. It’s a kind of shotgun marriage of a specific web search - for people (Spock reckons about a third of all searches ... More About: Humanities Computing , Single , Sudoku
Conference: Texts in Translation
2008-01-16 12:28:00 Registration is still open for the following one-day conference, organised by the UK Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) and the English Subject Centre: *Texts in Translation * Date: 31st January 2008 Venue: University of Sheffield, UK Of interest to colleagues from Modern Languages and English Studies in particular, this event will focus on ... More About: Literature , Classics , Conference
TOOLKIT launch event
2008-01-15 11:59:00 The launch event for TOOLKIT - a practical guide for work placements in the arts and cultural sector. Monday 4th February 2008 2pm-5pm Stratford Circus No fee, but advanced booking required. TOOLKIT has been commissioned by ACE and developed by LCACE in collaboration with a research team of Professor Mustafa Ozbilgin (University of East Anglia) and Dr. Ahu ... More About: Event , Launch , Toolkit
CollectingLiveArt symposium
2008-01-14 11:05:00 Saturday 26th January 2008 10am-6pm Club Row, Rochelle School, Arnold Circus, London E2 7ES This one-day symposium will include speakers and open panel discussions that will explore ways to sustain and ensure a legacy of Live Art practice. The symposium will be followed by a launch event for CollectingLiveArt 6-9pm, at the Rochelle School, with a programme of ... More About: Event , Symposium
British Sign Language Science Glossary launch
2008-01-12 12:23:00 A British Sign Language (BSL) Science Glossary launch event will be held on Friday 18 January 2008 at the Scottish Sensory Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ. Professor Marc Marschark, Honorary Professor in Deaf Education at Moray House School of Education, will provide the opening address. There will also be a presentation and ... More About: Event
Call for papers: New Views 2 - Conversations and Dialogues in Graphic Desig
2008-01-11 11:30:00 An international symposium defining graphic design for the future 9-11 July 2008, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London New Views 2 seeks to look in depth at the broader questions that graphic designers are facing today in terms of the profession and educational practices. At the same time, the symposium is meant to generate ... More About: Call , Graphic , Papers , Dial
Open meeting on less widely taught languages: projects and resources for te
2008-01-11 11:01:00 Date: Tuesday 15th January Venue: University of London, Senate House, Room N336 Time: 13.30-15.30 This event, organised by the Subject Centre for Languages , Linguistics and Area Studies, is open to anyone interested in less widely taught languages in higher education. Resource developers and representatives from key projects and initiatives will give short presentations about their work and discuss ... More About: Projects , Resources , Open , Meeting
CFP : Graft and Transplant - Identities in Question
2008-01-10 22:01:00 The University of Kent’s School of European Culture and Languages is calling on postgraduates to submit abstracts for its upcoming conference “Graft and Transplant - Identities in Question ” to be held on 24th May 2008. The interdisciplinary conference proposes to examine closely the process of becoming “other” or (re-)building an identity which the graft and ...
Archaeology: 1st Annual Antiquist Workshop
2008-01-09 18:09:00 Antiquist has issued a call for postgraduate students to attend the forthcoming workshop on 21-23 April 2008 at the Department of Archaeology , Southampton University. CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS The 1st Annual Antiquist Workshop will be hosted at Southampton University Archaeology Department in April 2008. The purpose of the Workshop is to provide postgraduate students in Archaeological Informatics and ...
CAAUK 2008 York
2008-01-09 11:21:00 Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology UK Conference 1-2 February 2008 - King’s Manor, The University of York A message from the organisers: Just a little reminder to all those who are hoping to attend the CAA UK conference in February who haven’t yet registered. You can make your booking by completing and returning (with payment) the ... More About: Event
Epiphany in Veneto
2008-01-06 20:12:00 Today’s post about Italy and Epiphany has prompted me to write some more about one region in particular, the Veneto . Italy hosts a diversity of cultures within its borders and this has resulted in different traditions being developed for the same occasion. The Befana, the old lady bringing sweets and gifts to children during the ... More About: Archaeology
Miyazaki Studies
2008-01-06 19:40:00 I’m supervising a student who’s doing her dissertation about a particular theme in some of the key films (Kiki, Totoro, Spirited Away) of Hayao Miyazaki, and it’s been an uphill struggle to find full-text serious online articles in English. So, for the sake of others in the same predicament, here are links to some free ... More About: Studies
Archaeology: Web-based resources presented at AIA meeting
2008-01-06 12:53:00 The annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is taking place in Chicago. Of particular interest to Intute users may be workshop 5I, entitled Web-Based Research Tools for Mediterranean Archaeology , which will take place today, January 6, between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM in the Water Tower, Bronze Level, West Tower, Hyatt Regency ... More About: Event , Resources , Meeting , Resent
La Befana - Italy and Epiphany
2008-01-05 21:59:00 Epiphany heralds a time of great excitement for Italian children, since it is when La Befana visits them. According to Italian folklore, La Befana is an old lady dressed in black robes and an apron who visits Italian children by broomstick on the eve of 6th January, bringing candy for the good children and coal ... More About: Italy , Epiphany
Call for posters: 17th International Congress of Classical Archaeology
2008-01-04 17:53:00 The International Association for Classical Archaeology (AIAC) announces the 17th International Congress of Classical Archaeology that will be held in Rome on 22-26 September 2008 and invites submissions of poster proposals. The theme of the conference will be Meetings between Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean. I also remind blog readers that Intute has recently catalogued ... More About: Posters
Archaeology: The Inclusive and Contentious Museum
2008-01-04 15:25:00 A series of international events centred on the definition and role of the museum will take place during 2008. The first is a conference entitled The Inclusive Museum that will be held at the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, the Netherlands, on the 8-11 June 2008, when The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum ... More About: Archaeology
British visual culture in the 1970s
2008-01-03 13:51:00 There’s to be an interdisciplinary “1970s Culture Conference“, 1st to 3rd July 08 in Portsmouth (UK). The organisers write that they have… “a large grant from AHRC to write the history of British visual culture in the 1970s.” Proposals for papers are due in by 31st January 08. This follows earlier conferences such as: The Feminist ... More About: Visual
New Year in Japan
2008-01-02 14:27:00 New Year (o-sh?gatsu) is the most important celebration of the year in Japan . Until the adoption of the western calendar in the late 19th century, Japan followed the Chinese solilunar calendar, but the New Year is now celebrated over the first three days of January. December is always busy with b?nenkai (literally ‘forget the year ... More About: New Year
Exhibition: Wrapping Japan
2007-12-30 16:33:00 The Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, London is holding an exhibition called Wrap ping Japan . The museum’s website shows some of the beautiful objects featured in the exhibition, including kimono, masks and wrapping cloths, and describes the significance of wrapping in Japanese culture: “In Japan, as in many other cultures, textiles are used to wrap people ... More About: Event , Exhibition
Anthony McCall
2007-12-30 12:12:00 Anthony McCall: 30th November 2007 ? 3rd February 2008, Serpentine Gallery, London. “One of the most sublime experiences of the year…You will never see anything like this again” Daily Telegraph. Currently at the Serpentine Gallery, London (see the Intute full record) is British artist Anthony McCall (born 1946). McCall was a key figure in the avant-garde London ... More About: Anthony
Dinner for One? Prosit Neujahr!
2007-12-26 21:28:00 British visitors to Germany at New Year may be a little surprised by the very British flavour to the country’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. For it has become a tradition for families to sit around the television and watch a British cabaret sketch from the 1920s. Although “Dinner for One” is virtually unknown in its home country, it ...
Last Advent calendar door opens
2007-12-24 09:45:00 The last posting in the Intute Advent Calendar is available for you to read today. It is a reflective piece about tracking the Intute: Arts and Humanities blog during December… don’t worry you can also read about the online Advent Calendar s we’ve enjoyed, and find out how to track Santa in 3-D tonight! Merry Christmas ... More About: Door
Advent calendar - tracking Santa
2007-12-24 03:19:00 Firstly, thank you for reading the Intute Advent Calendar . We have enjoyed writing these posts and have been surprised and pleased by the response. For those who just want to skip this serious post about our blog please click on Father Christmas to find out our final tip for festive online resources! Tracking this Blog Intute: Arts ... More About: Santa , Advent Calendar
Advent Calendar - Good King Wenceslas
2007-12-23 17:08:00 Most people in the English-speaking world recognise the popular carol, Good King Wenceslas at Christmastime: ?Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen.? (Lyrics are at Christmas-carols.net, a resource reviewed by Intute.) Image of Wenceslas and servant, used by kind permission of St. Wenceslaus Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA The lyrics describe a Czech ... More About: Calendar , Advent , Advent Calendar
Advent Calendar - Yule
More articles from this author:2007-12-22 01:01:00 The winter solstice - which falls on December 22nd this year - is the date of the pagan festival Yule . The festival marked the point at which the sun was believed to be reborn: after the solstice, the days would once again begin to lengthen, and the earth would be seen to gradually come back ... More About: Calendar , Advent , Advent Calendar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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