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UP TO SIX FULLY- FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS IN HERITAGE STUDIES – Deadline 25 February 2019
Training the next generation of heritage professionals and researchers HERITAGE CONSORTIUM UP TO SIX FULLY- FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS IN HERITAGE STUDIES The Heritage Consortium (led by the University of Hull, consists of Bradford, Huddersfield, Leeds Beckett, Northumbria, Sheffield Hallam and Teesside universities) invites high-quality proposals for PhD studentships tenable for three years from 1 October…
Read MoreFirst World War Ephemera
The summer of 2016. London. A heatwave: temperatures soared above 30 degrees. While the rest of England was melting, I was sat in the rather chilly staff area of the British Library pouring over hundred year old paper associated with World War One. The official title of the placement I undertook was ‘First World War…
Read MoreWhen worlds collide – heritage and digital technologies
Annie Hicks on Intangible Cultural Heritage A friend asked me why a heritage researcher scholar would be involving themselves with social media platform producers in Los Angeles. My friend perceived heritage as ancient, of antiquity and made many references to buildings and monuments when I her asked to describe what heritage is. Heritage however, is…
Read MoreThe Local Archive and Beyond
James Beighton reports on his Heritage placement at Tees Valley Arts It might be described as the researcher’s worst nightmare: to begin a project that you have been excited about for so long, only to find that someone else has just pipped you to the post. It is especially galling when the offending party is…
Read MoreGrim up North? Northern Identity, History & Heritage symposium review
The Leeds Library, 16 September 2016 Michael Reeve and Andrew McTominey A suitably grim and rainy day greeted us on the morning of 16 September, as attendees and presenters from across the UK descended upon the city of Leeds for the inaugural Grim up North? Symposium. After taking over ten months of organisation and preparation,…
Read MoreHeritage Public Policy Engagement Training, 25 November 2015, London
Photograph by Jorge Royan, CC BY-SA 3.0 Wednesday 25 November 2015, Hansard Society, London Organised by Heritage Consortium AHRC Centre for Doctoral Training (Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds Beckett, Northumbria, Sheffield Hallam and Teesside Universities) SEAHA Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts Heritage and Archaeology (EPSRC-funded, UCL, University of Oxford, University of Brighton) With thanks…
Read MoreHeritage Public Policy Engagement Training, 3 September 2015, Leeds
Photograph by Daniel Bron, CC BY-SA 3.0 Thursday 3 September 2015, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds City Centre Organised by Heritage Consortium AHRC Centre for Doctoral Training (Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds Beckett, Northumbria, Sheffield Hallam and Teesside Universities) SEAHA Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts Heritage and Archaeology (EPSRC-funded, UCL, University of…
Read MoreHeritage Consortium Annual Conference 12-13 May, Huddersfield
The Heritage Consortium’s First Annual Conference Venue: Heritage Quay, University of Huddersfield Map Our annual conference is on 12-13 May. Please get in touch with us at cdtheritage@hull.ac.uk if you would like to join us as we need to know for catering purposes. There will be a charge of £10 for each day for catering which is payable when you…
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