Monthly Archives: November 2012

A Framework for Supporting the Digital Humanities Seminar

Posted on November 15, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

The Digital Humanities Thematic Research Network is pleased to announce the following event in its Digital Humanities in Practice seminar series: Date: 29 November 2012 Time: 12.00pm-2.00pm Venue: Meeting room 1-2-3, Wilson A, The Open University, Walton Hall  A Framework for Supporting the Digital … Continue reading →

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‘Resources in Anti-Colonial Thought’ seminar series

Posted on November 13, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

The first seminar in a series on ‘Resources in Anti-Colonial Thought’, hosted by the English Department’s Postcolonial Literatures Research Group in collaboration with the Institute of English Studies at the University of London:   Thursday 15 November 2012, 17:30-19:00 Senate House … Continue reading →

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Commodity Histories: new online research collaboration initiative

Posted on November 7, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Earlier this year Dr Sandip Hazareesingh was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Networking grant under its Digital Transformations programme to develop a website to function as an innovative space for sharing research news, sources, ideas and … Continue reading →

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Writer and Associate Lecturer’s play is BBC Radio 4’s ‘Woman’s Hour’ Drama of the week

Posted on November 6, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Writer and Creative Writing Associate Lecturer Jane Purcell’s latest drama, Righteous Sisters, is the 15 Minute Drama on BBC Radio 4, 5-9 November 2012. Currently a writer at the BBC, Ms Purcell was previously writer at Channel Four, writing for … Continue reading →

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‘Atlantic Sounds: Ships and Sailortowns’

Posted on November 5, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Dr. Catherine Tackley (Department of Music, The Open University) and Dr. Graeme Milne (Department of History, University of Liverpool) are delighted to announce a new Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Networking project ‘Atlantic Sounds: Ships and Sailortowns’. The … Continue reading →

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Philosophy Seminar: ‘Moral responsibility and control’

Posted on November 5, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Dr Lubomira Radoilska from University of Cambridge talks on: Moral responsibility and control 7 November 2012 at 2 pm, Wilson A Ground Floor, The Open University, Walton Hall Summary Moral responsibility is often conceptualised in terms of control. The basic … Continue reading →

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Dr William Sheehan discovers new evidence on beginnings of Irish Civil War

Posted on November 1, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Arts Senior Faculty Manager and Associate Lecturer Dr William Sheehan’s discovery of a key memoir sheds new light on the start of the Irish Civil War, providing contradictory evidence to the version of events accepted for almost a century. Interviewed … Continue reading →

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