News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ah/figs/figs-news-viewer/rss Aaron Crompton 2011-05-17T09:53:11Z Grant Museum taken over by artists for Sculpture Season http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0613/130601-Grant-Museum-taken-over-by-artists-for-Sculpture-Season Sculpture Season at the Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL opens this week. 13 emerging artists from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art have been invited to re-curate the Museum’s spaces with their own sculptures, interpretations and installations. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-06-06T10:39:20Z UCL Festival of the Arts: Q&A with Professor Jonathan Wolff http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/290413-UCL-Festival-of-the-Arts With the UCL Festival of the Arts running from 7 - 17 May, UCL News spoke to Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy), Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, about the festival, and the importance of celebrating the arts at the time when many courses at other institutions are under threat. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-04-29T13:59:29Z Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/190413-sounds-of-ucl-winners-panoramas What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2013-04-19T07:48:00Z Getting into Digital Humanities: A free afternoon workshop for undergraduates at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/070413-digital-humanities-free-workshop UCL undergraduates are invited to a free, half day workshop by the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities on Wednesday 24 April 2013. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-11T09:50:24Z UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/13032013-open-access-guidelines-publication-policy UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-13T12:34:48Z UCL project uncovering hidden gems in Slade Archive http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130308-Slade-Archive-project A new project between the Slade School of Fine Art and UCL Centre for Digital Humanities is exploring and mapping hidden gems from the Slade Archive.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-08T16:43:01Z Flaxman Exchange offers new perspectives on UCL collections http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130304-flaxman-exchange A unique collaboration between UCL Art Museum and performance artist Marcia Farqhuar will explore the UCL Flaxman Gallery and the stories connected with renowned neoclassicist John Flaxman. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-04T09:29:21Z Uncovering Britain’s hidden links to slavery http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/250213-LBS-slavery-project Historians from UCL have produced the first freely accessible database of Britons involved in slave-ownership. The resource will help people explore their family, local and regional histories, and also help increase understanding about a national past which is often obscured.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-02-25T12:11:12Z Help UCL Art museum in national BBC campaign http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/14022013-UCL-art-museum-BBC-campaign UCL Art Museum has been chosen by the BBC to help spearhead their project to highlight the UK’s collection of oil paintings and the stories behind them. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-02-14T10:50:10Z FIGS MA Dissertation Prize in Comparative Cultural Enquiry 2011/12 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ah/figs/figs-news-publication/ma-prize-2013 The following submissions were received this year, nominated by the following MA Boards of Examiners:  Centre for European Studies, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Gender Society and Representation, Language Culture and History, Issues in Modern Culture, Translation Studies. Felicity A Stafford 2013-02-05T17:49:22Z UCL News podcast: Getting Plastered at the Slade & Walking with Gosse http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/130201-UCL-news-podcast-getting-plastered-at-the-Slade-walking-with-Gosse The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-02-01T12:10:28Z Chipping away at the history of plaster in sculpture and medicine http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0113/090113-plastered A new exhibition about plaster and the casting process, highlighting the sculpture models of the neo-classical artist John Flaxman (1755-1826), starts at the UCL Art Museum this month. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-01-09T17:28:45Z MA Publishing Masterclass 2013 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ah/figs/figs-news-publication/ma-publishing-masterclass The following Masterclasses have been arranged for Spring Term 2013. Felicity A Stafford 2013-01-04T14:32:57Z Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/181212-Marie-Curie-Fellowships 23 postdoctoral researchers from 14 different countries have been awarded Marie Curie Individual Fellowships. The awards will enable researchers to spend up to two years working with research teams across all schools at UCL. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-18T12:47:46Z Gift will make historic Greek manuscripts accessible to all http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/29112012-stavros-niarchos-gift A grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will create an online digital library containing rare books and art works related to Greek history and culture which will be available to everyone, across the world. RSS Feed Ed Nash 2012-11-29T12:20:41Z Scholarship set up in memory of David Tebbutt http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/27112012-david-tebbutt-scholarship Faber and Faber and UCL have announced a new scholarship in memory of the late David Tebbutt, Finance Director of Faber and Faber from 2002 until his untimely death in September 2011. RSS Feed Ed Nash 2012-11-27T12:18:40Z UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/20121123-grand-challenges-grants-available The UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme invites applications to fund cross-disciplinary projects in Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-06T15:08:49Z UCL News podcast: Bletchley Park, Flaxman Galleries and Captain America http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/121123-UCL-News-podcast-bletchley-park-flaxman-captain-america The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.  RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-11-23T12:46:58Z UCL Research Frontiers Contest results http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/06112012-research-frontiers-contest-results The results of the UCL Research Frontiers contest have been announced, celebrating the fact that curiosity-driven discovery and analysis has been a feature of UCL from its foundation. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-11-06T13:21:36Z Dr Stephanie Bird represents UCL in Beijing http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ah/figs/figs-news-publication/stephanie-bird-beijing Dr Stephanie Bird (German Department) is currently in Beijing as a visiting lecturer at Peking University. On 25 October she also lectured at The Bookworm Beijing on ‘Representing Trauma and the Possibility of Comedy’ which provided a unique opportunity to consider the relationship between trauma and comedy in literature and film. Paul A May 2012-10-29T18:13:19Z UCL Behaviour Change Month – November 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/23102012-behaviour-change-month-grand-challenge-human-wellbeing UCL Behaviour Change Month in November 2012 will comprise a series of cross-disciplinary talks, discussions and workshops, and lead up to a £10,000 research prize workshop in January 2013. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-10-23T13:29:58Z Discussion Seminar for Humanities Students http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ah/figs/figs-news-publication/discussion-seminar-for-ah-students A group of students have discussed setting up a seminar for graduate students with an interest in literature, culture, translation or gender studies, art, language, or any related subject, regardless of department. Paul A May 2012-10-22T16:55:18Z Between the lines http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ah/figs/figs-news-publication/between-the-lines A new podcast series has been established at UCL’s School of European Languages, Culture and Society, organised by Professor Timothy Mathews and Dr Simon Cooke, Post Doctoral Fellow in English at Edinburgh University. Paul A May 2012-10-22T09:51:04Z Students publish new books on Scandinavia http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/11102012-scandinavian-books Students from undergraduate to PhD level have pooled their skills to publish two new books on Scandinavia. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-10-11T15:55:25Z New postgraduate scholarships in the humanities from the Wolfson Foundation http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/121001-postrgraduate-scholarships-in-humanities-from-Wolfson-Foundation UCL has been chosen by the Wolfson Foundation as one of a select group of UK universities to receive postgraduate student support in the humanities. 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