CAL Student Research Projects

My name is Lily Sears, and I am a first year Philosophy student now transitioning into my second year! Being a Philosophy student, working with the English Literature professor Dr Nathan Waddell and other interns who were also English Literature students on the project “Rethinking George Orwell: New Letters by a Major Author” presented its … Continue reading “A new perspective on George Orwell – by Lily Sears”

I’m Harvey Oldershaw, a third-year law and criminology student who took part in Dr Chris Moore’s project “Crime Prevention, Social Activism, and Ordinary Life in 1980s Britain.” Throughout June and July, I was researching different crime prevention schemes in the 1980s in Britain. I was initially drawn to this project since I am interested in … Continue reading “Investigating Crimestoppers – by Harvey Oldershaw”

My name is Lawrence Knight, I am currently in my first year of university, and I am studying for a History BA. I took part in the Collaborative Research Internship scheme during the summer of 2023 where I worked with Prof. Max Saunders and several other interns on the project ‘Collected Letters of Ford Madox … Continue reading “Transcribing Ford’s letters and critical essays – by Lawrence Knight”

Hello, my name is Annabelle, I study English and Classical Literature and Civilisation and this summer I worked as a Collaborative Research intern for Professor Max Saunders on the “Collected Letters of Ford Madox Ford” Project. I worked with three other interns to transcribe, organise, and research documents and texts by the Impressionist novelist Ford … Continue reading “Reading and Transcribing 100-year-old letters – by Annabelle Ellis”

My name is Catherine and I’m entering my third year as an English student. I worked as a Collaborative Research Intern on Dr Toria Johnson’s Project “The Local/Global Birnam Oak” where I focused on the historical, cultural and literary impact of Birnam Oak and the wider impact it has within the study of Shakespeare. The … Continue reading “Visiting multiple archives for Birnam Wood in the context of Shakespeare – by Catherine Crewe”

I’m Jack. I’m about to enter my final year as an English Literature student. Over the summer, I was a Collaborative Research Intern for Dr Emily Wingfield’s Project “Birmingham Stories: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Place-Based Literacy Programmes,” which was a collaboration with the National Literacy Trust. I came across the Collaborative Research Internship scheme when … Continue reading “Pilot workshop on West-Midlands-based gothic literature – by Jack Talbot”

My name is Ilina Jha. I’m entering my final year of study as a BA English Literature student, and I worked as a Collaborative Research Intern on Dr Amy Burge’s Project ‘Reading and reviewing the ‘bonkbuster’ 1970-1990’. I had three main jobs to do during my internship. The first one was assisting at the International … Continue reading “IASPR assistance, newspaper archive research, and transcription of a Zoom call – by Ilina Jha”

I’m Anna, a second year Drama and English student. My first thought when I saw the internship advert for the Collaborative Research Internship (CRI) was “I have to apply for this. It’s perfect.” I had been considering pursuing higher education past my undergraduate degree for a little while before coming across this opportunity, and it … Continue reading “Looking through the archives for references to bonkbusters and their authors – by Anna Banks”

I’m Bethan, and I’m going into my third year studying History and Politics. This summer I have completed the Collaborative Research Internship focusing on ancient Egyptian amulets depicting gods and goddesses. This project was evolved from ‘Creatures of ancient Egypt: researching animal-shaped amulets in the Eton Myers collection,’ which Lucy undertook. Luckily, a second placement … Continue reading “Life after death at the OLRC: ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses – by Bethan Welch”

My name is Rachel, I study history and I have been working as a Collaborative Research Intern on the project ‘Movements and Mobility: an online forum’ with Dr Nathan Cardon and Dr John Munroe. The work entailed researching activists’ organisations who use transport to improve social mobility and equality across various regions. I was initially … Continue reading “Investigating how mobility, in conjunction with activism, may benefit lives – by Rachel Chiverton”