Category Archives: News
SOTA announces workshops with the Research and Strategic Bidding Office
Karen Lewis and Helen Backhouse from the Research and Strategic Bidding Office will be coming to the School of the Arts to run two sessions to help facilitate grant finding and bid writing in the School of the Arts.
Research students: Would you like MS Office for free?
University of Northampton IT Services are pleased to announce that all University of Northampton students are now able to download Microsoft Office 365 for free – saving £59.99.
You will receive the latest Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint available on up to 5 devices across Mac, PC and mobile.
To download Microsoft Office 365 please visit: https://portal.microsoftonline.com and login using your University (student) email address and password. If you have any questions or queries about this offer, please contact itservices@northampton.ac.uk
New Term, New Research Developments in the CCN&CT
September is upon us and as well as a host of new undergraduates, the month has seen a number of new research developments within the Center for Contemporary Narrative and Cultural Theory.
Programme for the SOTA Postgraduate Conference Announced!
On Thursday 18th September and Friday 19th September, the School of the Arts will be convening its annual postgraduate conference. We are looking forward to keynote lectures on Thursday 18th September by Visiting Professor, Victor Ukaegbu (The University of Bedfordshire) and Professor Ebitsam Ali Sadiq (King Saud University) on Friday 19th September.
July News from the CCN&CT
July 2014 has witnessed some great developments in the Centre for Contemporary Narrative & Cultural Theory (CCN&CT).
Listen back to talks from New Zealand in the First World War Conference
Sarah Shieff
Marking the centenary of the First World War, the New Zealand Studies Network (UK & Ireland) convened their second biennial conference on ‘New Zealand and the First World War’ at Birkbeck College, University of London (3-4 July 2014). Co-organised by Professor Janet Wilson (The University of Northampton) and Professor Rod Edmond (The University of Kent), the conference featured an excellent range of papers on historical, literary and cultural responses to New Zealand’s involvement in the Great War. To listen back to presentations on the second day of the conference by Dr Felicity Barnes (The University of Auckland); Professor Rod Edmond (The University of Kent); Professor Alex Calder (The University of Auckland) and Professor Sarah Shieff (The University of Waikato), please read the full version of this post.
New School of the Arts Research Website Launched!
A new School of the Arts Research Website has been launched which provides information on the Centre for Contemporary Narrative and Cultural Theory and the Centre for Practice-Led Research in the Arts as well as information on the scholarly and impact-related activities of our research staff, events and postgraduate students.
To explore the new School of the Arts Research website, visit: http://artsresearchatnorthampton.ac.uk
Listen Back to Professor Edmund White Talk
On Tuesday 27 May, Professor Edmund White, Head of Creative Writing at Princeton University visited the University of Northampton to discuss his life in creative writing from his first novel ‘Forgetting Elena’ to his latest memoir ‘Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris’ (2014).
Call for Papers: 2nd International Conference on Semiotics and Visual communication
Posted on the behalf of Paul Middleton, Executive Dean, The School of the Arts, The University of Northampton
The School of the Arts at the University of Northampton and The Cyprus Semiotic Association are collaborating to host a conference and poster exhibition in Northampton, 24th – 26th October 2014.
Summer Events at the School of the Arts
Wicken Fen (Wikimedia Commons)
Congratulations must first go to Associate Professor in English and Creative Writing Charles Bennett who has been confirmed a National Trust Writer-in-Residence at Wicken Fen. Moreover, continuing the good summer news we have some great research events, conferences and creative workshops lined up at the School of the Arts:
UON Graduate School Blog 