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)”
Category: History
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)”
Shakespeare The Video Game by Cam Castle (CRI 2025)
My experience on the CRI which I participated in was overwhelmingly positive. The basic premise of the thing was that we, a collection of interns, would play and review a variety of games which were either inspired by, directly based on, or which incorporated, Shakespeare. Having done this, we would fill out a form assessing … Continue reading “Shakespeare The Video Game by Cam Castle (CRI 2025)”
Lisel Haas – by Franziska Eggers (CRI 2025)
I am very grateful to have received the opportunity to take part in the Collaborative Research Internship programme, where I have been working on the Lisel Haas project with David Evans-Powell, Sara Jones and Bertz Associates. Lisel Haas was a German-Jewish emigré photographer who moved to Birmingham with her father in 1938. Having had an … Continue reading “Lisel Haas – by Franziska Eggers (CRI 2025)”
Finding Stories in Medieval Objects at the Museum of the Order of St John by Bethan Welch (CRI 2025)
My name is Bethan Welch, and I am studying MA International Heritage Management. Over the last six weeks, I have been lucky enough to work with the Museum of the Order of St John as a Collaborative Research Intern. The main aim of the internship has been to research ten objects from the medieval collection … Continue reading “Finding Stories in Medieval Objects at the Museum of the Order of St John by Bethan Welch (CRI 2025)”
‘Half and Halves and Racially Ambiguous Others’: Triracial Communities in the Modern US
UG Researcher Anya Aujla-Jones uses correspondence, research reports and more to help map and understand communities of Native, African, and Anglo-American ancestry in the USA.
Lost Voices of the Elizabethan Age – Maybe they aren’t so lost after all!
Hannah (BA History) discovers that academic research can be exciting in her project to shed light on some of the ‘lost’ letter-writers of Elizabethan England.
Gender and Violence in North India
BA History student Amy described the challenging but ultimately rewarding research she undertook to shed light on violence experienced by girls and women in early twentieth century India.
Legacies of Colonialism in the Midlands: Stunning Spaces with Hidden Imperial Faces?
Tiana Kelly embarks on a quest to link some of the Midlands’ most magnificent buildings with their colonial past, in partnership with fellow UG Researcher Asha.
German Vernacular Photographic Heritage of the Great War
There was much more to Oliver’s scholarship than searching through photographs for ‘funky beards’. Rather, these personal photographs of German soldiers provide a sometimes emotional insight into the lives of young men, many of whom were travelling abroad for the first time.