‘It is always the first thing I am asked about in interviews, and always the main thing I talk about’ – Law student Angela explains what working on the UG Research Scholarship this summer has meant to her.
Baudelaire Song Project: Spotlight on Female Composers and Musicians
Emelia (BMus Music) worked with the Baudelaire Song Project team over the summer to bring to light the work of female composers and performers who have responded to the poems of Baudelaire – not an easy task!
The Realities of Research and the Joys of World War One Plays
Lydia Manley (BA English) shares what she learnt on her research quest to discover why one particular World War One play became such a global success.
Bombs Across the Pond: A Summer of Research
What drives individuals to commit acts of terrorism? This summer, Julia Smith (BA History) has been working with Dr Steve Hewitt to research the lives of 20 perpetrators of terrorist acts in Canada.
Interpreting and Planning the Landscape Architecture of Iron Age Marsh-Forts
In 2018, the College of Arts and Law funded several Postgraduate Placements, one of which supported a project aiming to shed more light on the poorly understood Iron Age Marsh-Forts. The project was led by the recent recipient of the Award for Outstanding Impact in Culture, Prof Henry Chapman, ably assisted by two Postgraduates including Theo Reeves, who shares his experiences here.
More than just Peaky Blinders and Dairy Milk – My Reflection on ‘Selly Oak Activism’
Holly Pittaway (BA History) learns about the activists ‘who helped mould Birmingham into what it is today’.
(Re)Creation? – Adapting Honoré de Balzac
The works of Honoré de Balzac, the French novelist and playwright, have been adapted into media from operas to graphic novels. This summer, it was up to UG researcher Rhys Morgan to find and catalogue them all.
The World Awheel: Americans in the Global Bicycle Age
Find out how Jethro (BA History) became an ‘efficient machine’ working with Dr Nathan Cardon to identify and catalogue information from nearly 30 volumes of cycling journals!
‘French Verse in Renaissance Britain’: A Joint Honours Dream
‘Women were responsible for producing some of the most important and popular texts translated in Renaissance Britain’ – Lucy Painter shares some of her findings from 5 weeks studying a range of translated books from Renaissance Britain.
Camera Time: Personal Photography and Everyday Modernity in Late Colonial Egypt
Personal photographs can be indispensable for research, writes Kristýna Picková, who worked with Dr Lucie Ryzova to catalogue and preserve nearly 15 years’ worth of material.