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Bursaries for UCL students to take part in Fall School on Classical Reception in the Performing Arts

8 June 2023

UCL is participating in a Fall School (organised within the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme) on Memory and Performance: Classical Reception in the Performing Arts on 23-28 October 2023 at the University of Parma.

Naumachia nel giardino ducale di Parma

UCL is participating in a Fall School (organised within the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme) on Memory and Performance: Classical Reception in the Performing Arts on 23-28 October 2023 at the University of Parma, with practice-based workshops on music, dance, dramaturgy, translation, museology and archaeology as well as a three-day theatre workshop with director Marco Martinelli (Teatro delle Albe) and dramaturg/academic Giovanna Di Martino (UCL) on an ancient comedy by Aristophanes, Peace, in a selection of early modern and contemporary translations of the play. In addition to the in-presence activities on 23-28 October, the programme includes 7 online sessions, 5 occurring before the school and 2 after: attendance to these is compulsory.  

Students, academics and theatre practitioners participating in the school come from the following partner institutions: University of Parma; Université de Tours-CESR; Université Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle; Université Paris Nanterre; Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci; University of Groningen; Université Paris 13 Nord; NYU. 

There have been allocated 7 bursaries for current UG and PG (MA and PhD) students at UCL from the following departments: Greek & Latin; the School of European Languages, Culture and Society; Arts and Sciences. Each bursary will be £300 ca. to spend towards travel and accommodation expenses in Parma. 

Students interested in the programme should send the following documents to Dr Giovanna Di Martino at g.martino@ucl.ac.uk by 30th July 2023 (If you are a Master’s student about to enrol in the 2023/2024 academic year, please send the required documentation by 1st September) 

  • A full CV (max. 2 pages) 
  • Covering Letter (max. 250 words), which should explain how the programme ties in with your degree programme, personal development and/or future career objectives 

Participation in the programme will appear on your HEAR record and make a great contribution to your CV. 

Link to the Full Programme of the Fall School.