During June and July this year (2024), I was chosen to be an intern for the Collaborative Research Internship project titled ‘Lench’s Trust Almshouses: Old Age provision in 19th/20th Century Birmingham’, led by Professor Nicholas Crowson of Contemporary British History. I worked alongside another history student, Megan Paskin, to reconstruct lives of women who lived in … Continue reading “Lench’s Trust Almshouses: Old Age provision in 19th/20th Century Birmingham by Jessica Harris – CRI 2024”
Category: Archive
George Stubbs: The Horse in the English Landscape – by Joe Canning (CRI 2025)
For the past month I have been assisting Dr. Michaela Giebelhausen, from the university’s Art History and Visual Studies department, conduct research for her future monograph on the artist George Stubbs. The title of this future work is to be, George Stubbs: The Horse in the English Landscape. Michaela has myriad questions to answer with … Continue reading “George Stubbs: The Horse in the English Landscape – by Joe Canning (CRI 2025)”
The Film and Television Archive by Andreia Marujo (CRI 2025)
Hello, my name is Andreia, and I am doing an MA in International Heritage Management at the University of Birmingham. When I heard about the opportunity to do a CRI internship, I didn’t think twice. I was very excited. All the internships sounded incredibly interesting, and it was hard to choose the one where I felt … Continue reading “The Film and Television Archive by Andreia Marujo (CRI 2025)”