CAL Student Research Projects

My name is James. I worked as an intern in Dr Chris Nunn’s project “Untold Histories of “The Wicker Man”” as part of the Collaborative Research Internship. During my first semester of second year, in between talking about politics, film, and ghastly economic students, one of my lecturers detailed his project of a feature documentary … Continue reading “An appointment with The Wicker Man – by James Gordon”

I’m Rosie, I’m a first going-into-second year English Literature and History student. Despite my degree, I somehow ended up on the Collaborative Research Internship, “Untold Histories of The Wicker Man”. My first exposure to The Wicker Man was people joking about it. I went to a pretty alternative school, and when I was there, a … Continue reading “First exposure to The Wicker Man – by Rosie Jones”

  About me My name is Hope Aquilina and I’m currently a second-year English Language and Linguistics student at the University of Birmingham. In May 2023, I was offered the opportunity to work with the National Literacy Trust and Birmingham Stories as part of the CAL Collaborative Research Internship Scheme. My job was to attend, … Continue reading “Collaborative Research Internship Experience – National Literacy Trust & Birmingham Stories – by Hope Aquilina”

I’m Jodie-Leigh Bowater, a BA Social Anthropology and Archaeology student who worked on Paul Garwood’s “Stonehenge Landscape EMI Project: Artefacts Processing, Analysis, and Archiving Programme.” Firstly, let’s begin with a background of my internship; my role this summer has been to work on the material recovered from the Stonehenge Landscape EMI project (SLE), specifically artefacts … Continue reading “Unlocking Stonehenge: A glimpse into the past – by Jodie-Leigh Bowater”

I’m Olivia, a third year English and Creative Writing student. Over summer, I took part in the Collaborative Research Internship “From Mosaics to Pixels: Eduardo Paolozzi in the Midlands” with project lead Dorothy Butchard, PHD student Niall Gallen, and two other interns, Grace, and Jen. As a team, our goal was to research and produce content … Continue reading “Mosaics to Pixels: Eduardo Paolozzi in the Midlands – by Olivia Brass”

My name is Keren Simpkins, and I am a 2nd year music student who took part in the Collaborative Research Internship project ‘Transposing Music Copyright with Sonic Pi: An Exploratory Analysis of Litigated Music Works Using a Programmatic Approach’ led by Dr Chen Zhu, Birmingham Law School. As a music student with an interest in … Continue reading “Investigating and analysing Ed Sheeran’s music with the coding software Sonic Pi by Keren Simpkins”

My name is Charlotte Grace, and I am about to start my third year studying Archaeology and Ancient History. During my summer, I spent time working as an intern in the Collaborative Research Internship on the Antisemitism in Post-Migrant Britain project headed by Dr Sara Jones, and Sarah Hall. My role involved creating classroom resources … Continue reading “Developing educational resources for students that provide insight into the experiences of violent antisemitism in Eastern Europe – by Charlotte Grace”

  My name is Emil. I am a BA History student. I participated in the Collaborative Research Internship in the Project “Untold Histories of “The Wicker Man,” which was directed by Dr Christopher Nunn, Assistant Professor of Film (Education Focused), Department of Film and Creative Writing. When I first watched Robin Hardy’s ‘The Wicker Man’, … Continue reading “The Wicker Man: Through a Modern Lens – by Emil Nagl”

To begin, it’s necessary to set the scene, context if you will. I worked with Dr Emanuelle Dos Santos on material that will be in the book she is planning to publish. Her topic? It is called ‘World Literature in Modern Languages: Production and Circulation of Peripheral Literatures in Portuguese’ and is about literature from … Continue reading “The Trying Times of Working from Home”