CAL Student Research Projects

My name is Ruby Kwartz and I am starting my second year of English Literature. Over the summer I took part in the Collaborative Research Internship, where I worked for Dr Ella Hawkins’ project, Design, Contemporaneity and Relevance on the Shakespearean Stage. Our task as research interns was to undertake our own research into contemporary … Continue reading “Design, Contemporaneity and Relevance on the Shakespearean Stage – by Ruby Kwartz”

My name is Rianna, I am a third-year English Literature student and I worked in the Collaborative Research Internship on the Imagining Learning project. This summer, I worked on a project titled, ‘Imagining Learning’ which sought to examine the presentation of teaching and learning within literature. The concept of teaching and learning, with a specific … Continue reading “Collaborative Research Internship: Imagining Learning – by Rianna Mistry”

About Me: My name is Lucy and I’m studying English Literature and Classical Literature and Civilisation. I worked on the Collaborative Research Internship Project, ‘Creatures of the Nile’. Over this year’s summer period, I was lucky enough to secure a collaborative research internship at the Eton Myers Collection in Selly Oak. The Eton Myers collection … Continue reading “‘Creatures of the Nile’ – by Lucy French”

During June and July this year, I had the exciting opportunity to work as an intern on the Collaborative Research Internship project ‘Auguste Rodin and Portraiture’, led by Dr Claire Jones from the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies. As a History of Art student, myself, I was interested in studying Rodin and … Continue reading “‘Auguste Rodin and Portraiture’ – by Giulia Leahy”

We are a team of four individuals from a variety of courses (English Literature, History, History and Politics, and Classical Literature and Civilisations) who were picked to work as interns in Collaborative Research Internship for Dr Imogen Peck on her most recent project. This involved cataloguing the contents of a set of family archive books … Continue reading “‘In her own hand’: Sarah Cowper’s Family Books, 1692-1737′ – by Dion, Charlotte, Abigail, & Victoria”

My name is Anna Norton, and I am an undergraduate student, studying BA History and Anthropology. I participated in the Collaborative Research Internship over the summer period in the Project “What’s in the Box? The Mystery of the Lantern Slides”. On this project, I worked alongside my colleague intern Jo Birch, with the help of … Continue reading ““What’s in the Box? The Mystery of the Lantern Slides” – by Anna Norton”

When I got the news that I was chosen for the Collaborative Research Internship I quickly booked my ticket back to Birmingham. Having moved home for summer, I was very willing to go back to university as this was an exciting new opportunity I did not want to turn down. My internship’s project? It was … Continue reading “The nation is catching criminals from the comfort of their sofas. But has televised crime created copycats and more violence among society? – by Anezka Brown”

My name is Chloe and I’m a third year studying English. This summer I was fortunate enough to work in the Collaborative Research Internship for Dr Caroline Radcliffe, assisting with research for her book ‘The Dramas of Wilkie Collins’ which is due to be published in 2024. The book is a two-volume monograph on the … Continue reading “The Dramas of Wilkie Collins – by Chloe Alhadeff”

My name is Emma and I’m a second year student studying English Language. Over the summer, I took part in the  Collaborative Research Internship and interned for a project investigating how autistic and allistic (non-autistic) people communicate their emotional experiences. The project was a collaboration between the English language and linguistics department and the psychology … Continue reading “Exploring the use of metaphor and gesture by autistic and allistic people when communicating positive and negative emotional experiences – by Emma Ferry”

My name is Jo Birch, as an undergraduate, I am studying History and Politics and have worked as a Collaborative Research Intern on the Dr Tara Hamling and Professor Matt Houlbrook Project ‘What’s in the Box?’ focusing on lantern slides that accompanied lectures relating to Bournville, a model village founded by George Cadbury located next … Continue reading “Bournville research and early lantern slide viewing – by Jo Birch”