In another post from the archives, Charlotte McKnight describes her work with History’s Simone Laqua-O’Donnell and Ivana Frlan from the Cadbury Research Library to identify photography of children in missions (particularly the children of missionaries) – and medical photographs in the Church Missionary Society Archive which is held at the Cadbury Research Library.
The CAL PGT Research Placement Scheme 2018 is coming soon!
Edward Mushett Cole (CAL PG Student Experience Officer) explains what the PGT Research Placement is and what to look out for in the newly expanded scheme.
Phosphate Mining in North Africa – an Undergraduate Research Project
To celebrate the launch of the UG Research Scholarship scheme 2018, we’ve looked through the archives to showcase some more great student research. Here, History student Joanna Ballaster reflects on her 2016 project researching phosphate mining in North Africa.
The CAL UG Research Scholarship Scheme 2018 is Live!
‘CAL UGRS 2018 will be bigger than ever!’ – Jennifer Palmer (Student Experience Officer) shares her insight into managing the scheme (with a few tips for applicants) and how it’s gone from strength to strength over the years.
At the Crossroads of Empires: the Longobard Church of Sant’Ambrogio at Montecorvino Rovella (Salerno), Italy
Sean Deans (BA Ancient and Medieval History) shares his experiences of working with the ‘At the Crossroad of Empires’ project team to research an early medieval church in Italy, which encompassed everything from archaeological surveying and interviewing local residents to meeting the Mayor and attending a saxophone concert!
Art for English
To help enhance the study of English Literature at the University of Birmingham, Mary McGowan spent five weeks researching and cataloguing its amazing cultural collections and their links with Undergraduate modules, creating an innovative website for all UoB students of English Literature.
The Grenville Collection
Katriona Lawrenson (BA History) blogs about her experiences of cataloguing the collection of John Grenville, a former professor at the University of Birmingham whose extensive archive of microfilms is an important source for US foreign policy at the turn of the 20th century.
Curiosity on Campus – 5 Weeks of Summer as an Undergraduate Researcher
For the Undergraduate Research Scholarship scheme, in summer 2017 Zoe Lumsden joined the Baudelaire Song Project, working with Prof Helen Abbott and Dr Caroline Ardrey. Zoe reflects on this opportunity to combine her passions for music and languages during her time on this unique research project.
The Sound of the ‘Big Bang’: Cataloguing the Douglas French Archive
As a special advisor to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Geoffrey Howe, Douglas French was able to gather an extensive (and hitherto unseen) private archive of material relating to the conduct of economic policy in the 1980’s and in particular to the ‘Big Bang’ in financial services of 1986. Here, John Tibbits (BA History and Political Science) explains how he was given the daunting task of digitising this archive.
Creating an Early English Wall Paintings Database
In summer 2017, Ellen Smith was given the task of helping to organise the records of early English wall paintings and so to preserve the memory of these important sources for future generations.