News and events from the School of Arts & Humanities at King's College London. Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsevents.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2013-05-18T10:29:17Z MR. Alexander Page

As King's prepares to host the 39th International Byron Conference, CHS director Roderick Beaton publishes his latest book, Byron's war: Romantic rebellion, Greek revolution.

2013-05-13T10:43:00Z 2013-05-13T10:41:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/newsrecords/2013/byrongreece.aspx MR. Brett Trewern

As news is released that the German parliament has backed the Cyprus bailout, experts at King's unpick the circumstances that led to Cyprus' bankruptcy and discuss the stability of the Eurozone in the first of a new series of podcasts.

2013-04-24T12:13:00Z 2013-04-26T18:56:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/europeanstudies/newsrecords/2012-13/worldinflux.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

The Department of Theology & Religious Studies at King's is delighted to announce that Sarah Cardaun has been appointed as the new fixed term Lecturer in Political Science and Religion, starting September 2013.

2013-04-23T16:22:00Z 2013-04-24T14:49:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mems/newsrecords/2013/cardaun.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

The Aesthetic Archive is an exciting new project that has been awarded a Creative Futures grant from the King's Cultural Institute. It looks at expanding the use of digital media archives through the processes of artistic transformation and refinement.

2013-04-17T15:17:00Z 2013-04-17T15:09:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/aap.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

Fern Riddell, research student in the Department of History, appeared on BBC2's Coast discussing Edwardian theatre at Blackpool.

2013-04-11T10:34:00Z 2013-04-15T12:32:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/2012-13/fernriddellcoast.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

A new project led by Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir which has secured a £2.2 million grant from the European Research Council (ERC) will explore what makes the salsa, rumba and samba so popular throughout the world and promises to cross many disciplinary boundaries in the process.

2013-04-05T12:02:00Z 2013-04-05T12:45:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/ananyakabir.aspx MISS Stephanie Mannion

Daisy Bartlett, a student in the Department of European & International Studies at King's, has won second prize in the FV1 Young Writers Competition 2013. FV1 is a magazine which is part of Futureversity, a youth charity in East London.

2013-04-04T09:31:00Z 2013-04-04T09:28:00Z https://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/student/news/stories/2013/Writing-success-for-European-Studies-student.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

A new AHRC funded project, Atlantic Europe in the Metal Ages, will explore the archaeological background of the emergence of the Celtic languages in western Europe.

2013-03-27T12:46:00Z 2013-03-27T15:20:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/metalages.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Issue 8 of the English Society's student-run literary journal, '...Of Cabbages & Kings' is now available.

2013-03-27T12:42:00Z 2013-03-27T12:33:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/cabbages8.aspx MR. Alexander Page

The Swedish Research Council has awarded Max Edling, Lecturer in Early North American History, a major research grant for a project entitled "The birth of the American empire: An inquiry into the founding of the United States."

2013-03-22T15:53:00Z 2013-03-22T16:17:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/2012-13/edlingaward.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Professor Joan Taylor has been working as script consultant and advisor for this BBC documentary that celebrates Mary Magdalene, to be shown on BBC 1 this Good Friday

2013-03-21T15:13:00Z 2013-03-21T15:09:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/newsrecords/2013/taylormagdalene.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Dr Carool Kersten from the Department of Theology & Religious Studies has been awarded an NUS Partnership Award to work on 'Translating Cultures Transforming Societies',

2013-03-21T15:02:00Z 2013-03-21T15:25:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/newsrecords/2013/kerstenpartnershipawards.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

A new book from Dr Tim Jordan, Digital Humanities and Culture, Media and Creatie Industries, analyses whether fundamental forms of communication have changed with the rise of the internet.

2013-03-11T13:36:00Z 2013-03-11T15:14:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/jordanbook.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

A new book from Dr Tim Jordan, Digital Humanities and Culture, Media and Creative Industries, analyses whether fundamental forms of communication have changed with the rise of the internet.

2013-03-11T13:36:00Z 2013-03-25T11:23:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/jordanbook.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

Young women may reject feminism as marginal and old-fashioned and may view feminism as 'no longer necessary to modern life' states CMCI's Dr Christina Scharff in research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

2013-03-11T10:42:00Z 2013-03-11T10:35:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/scharffeminism.aspx MR. Robert Templing

The Department of Theology & Religious Studies at King's College London is very pleased to be able to announce the appointment of Dr Jonathan Stökl to the Lectureship in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, from September 2013

2013-03-08T12:35:00Z 2013-03-12T08:59:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/newsrecords/2013/stökl.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Professor Michael Kerr's latest book Lebanon: After The Cedar Revolution was recently launched at events in Lyon, as part of a conference entitled Le Liban et la crise Syrienne, and in Lebanon at the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut

2013-03-07T16:20:00Z 2013-03-20T11:57:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mems/newsrecords/2013/kerrlebanonmarch13.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Issue 7 of the English Society's student-run literary journal, '...Of Cabbages & Kings' is now available.

2013-03-07T13:03:00Z 2013-03-07T14:35:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/cabbages7.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

King's College London is delighted to announce the launch of the digital edition of La entretenida, which takes a bold and innovative approach to the editing of Spanish Golden Age plays.

2013-03-07T10:45:00Z 2013-03-07T10:37:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/entretenida.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Dr Eleanor Knox (Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow) and Professor David Papineau (Professor of Philosophy of Science) of King's both spoke at the official launch of the Centre for Science and Philosophy at Bristol University in December 2012. Watch their talks here.

2013-03-05T17:05:00Z 2013-03-05T17:04:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/2013/papknoxbristoldec2012.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

The AHRC are funding a £774k project on Medieval Welsh Saints in Medieval Welsh-language sources and their transmission. The project will create a digital research platform providing a basis for comparative study.

2013-03-01T13:28:00Z 2013-03-05T17:13:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/welshsaints.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

The PERICLES (Promoting and Enhancing Reuse of Information throughout the Content Lifecycle taking account of Evolving Semantics) project is a consortium led by the Centre for e-Research in the Department of Digital Humanities as part of the EU's FP7 Digital Preservation programme.

2013-02-22T17:15:00Z 2013-02-25T15:19:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/pericles.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

Leading cultural organisations signed a letter of intent to confirm their partnership with King's in a co-ordinated season of events for the Shakespeare quatercentenary in 2016.

2013-02-22T10:07:00Z 2013-02-22T17:02:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/Shakespeare-season.aspx MR. Alexander Page

The 60th Anniversary 2013 Greek Play was Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus directed by Ian Wong was performed Wednesday 13 Februrary - Friday 15 February at the Greenwood Theatre.

2013-02-21T11:47:00Z 2013-02-21T11:50:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/newsrecords/2013/colonusreview.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

Medievalist visions, a new collaborative exhibtion, explores how the art and literature of the European Middle Ages, as well as medieval events, ideas and people, have been represented in post-medieval Britain.

2013-02-19T16:28:00Z 2013-02-22T16:29:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/medieval.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Professor Rory Miller (Director of the MEMS programme at King's College London) has co-authored a report on Adapting to the Arab Spring: Chinese Economic Statecraft and the Quest for Stability in the Contemporary Middle East.

2013-02-19T15:02:00Z 2013-02-19T14:31:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mems/newsrecords/2013/millerarabspring.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

The Department of English is celebrating the launch of a number of new books by academic staff

2013-02-19T10:18:00Z 2013-03-11T14:51:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/sixbooks.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

The writer and activist, and alumna of the Department of English, Maureen Duffy is honoured with a photograph at the Strand campus.

2013-02-18T17:23:00Z 2013-03-08T14:27:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/duffy.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

The School of Arts & Humanities has launched a new blog offering a fresh perspective on the day-to-day lives of our undergraduate, postgraduate and study abroad students.

2013-02-13T16:08:00Z 2013-02-13T16:00:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2013/ahlife-launch.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

Newly appointed Professor Anna Reading recently gave a Keynote Address at an International Conference, Memories of Conflict, Conflicts of Memory, on 12-13 February 2013 at Senate House, London.

2013-02-07T13:00:00Z 2013-02-18T09:57:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/readingkeynote.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

The School of Arts & Humanities features prominently as one of the continent's biggest English-language sites rounds up the best creative industry programmes for Asian students.

2013-02-04T14:57:00Z 2013-02-04T14:53:00Z http://asiancorrespondent.com/96739/leading-creative-industry-programs-for-asian-students/ MS. Emma Proctor

Department of English lecturer Edmund Gordon has won the prestigious Jerwood Award for non-fiction from the Royal Society of Literature.

2013-02-04T11:05:00Z 2013-02-21T15:58:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/gordon.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Professor Bill Brewer, along with composer Paul Clark, explores day-to-day waiting and how the use of electronic devices has radically changed how we fill gaps of time in the first of a series of podcasts exploring the concept of waiting.

2013-01-31T16:01:00Z 2013-01-31T15:55:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/2013/brewerwaiting.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed was interviewed for Jadaliyya magazine, in connection with the launch of her latest book A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics, and Religion in Saudi Arabia.

2013-01-31T15:24:00Z 2013-02-04T14:37:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/newsrecords/2013/alrasheedjan13.aspx MR. Robert Templing

On 23 January 2013, the Department of Theology & Religious Studies hosted a guest lecture by Hollywood film director Tom Shadyac, preceded by a screening of his new film I AM.

2013-01-31T15:00:00Z 2013-01-31T14:44:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/newsrecords/2013/shadyac.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Dr Lara Feigel, Lecturer in English and the Medical Humanities, discusses her new book 'The Love-charm of Bombs' on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves and Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

2013-01-30T17:11:00Z 2013-01-31T16:44:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/lovecharm.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

Dr Tim Jordan recently appeared on the BBC World Service to discuss whether computer gaming is gaining older gamers

2013-01-30T16:45:00Z 2013-01-30T17:03:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/agegames.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Javed Majeed, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, gave a paper on his research on the Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) in Bangalore at the start of the month and featured in leading English newspaper The Hindu.

2013-01-18T12:01:00Z 2013-02-21T15:59:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/thehindu.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

The National Student Survey (NSS) is now open for final-year undergraduate students on degree and DipHe programmes to reflect on their time at King's.

2013-01-14T10:26:00Z 2013-01-14T10:45:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2013/nssopen.aspx MR. Alexander Page

The new Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, H.E. Mr Konstantinos Bikas, visited the College and met members of the Centre of Hellenic Studies, at the invitation of the Principal.

2013-01-10T14:33:00Z 2013-01-10T14:41:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/newsrecords/2013/ambassador-kings.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

Dr Lisa Appignanesi, Visiting Professor in the Department of English, was awarded an OBE for services to Literature in the 2013 New Year's Honours list.

2013-01-08T14:36:00Z 2013-01-08T14:40:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/12-Dec/New-Years-Honours.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

Dr Sarah Salih, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English is to take over the editorship of Studies in the Age of Chaucer, the yearbook of the New Chaucer Society. Studies in the Age of Chaucer was first printed in 1979 and has become a seminal work on Chaucer and later Middle English literature.

2012-12-19T12:57:00Z 2012-12-19T12:49:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/Salihnewchaucer.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

The Vice Principal of Arts & Sciences of King's College London is able to support a limited number of applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 2013 competition.

2012-12-19T12:02:00Z 2012-12-19T11:56:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/leverhulme.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

Professor Simon Gaunt, Professor of French Language and Literature has been appointed Interim Head of School of Arts and Humanities. Professor Gaunt will take up the post for 12 months from 1 January 2013.

2012-12-11T10:09:00Z 2012-12-11T10:25:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/hosgaunt.aspx MR. Alexander Page

King's College London announces today that it will welcome the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine to the Department of History from August 2013.

2012-12-10T10:05:00Z 2013-01-16T12:00:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/2012-13/chostm.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Professor Arthur Burns, Professor of Modern British History in the Department of History, has been elected a Vice President of the Royal Historical Society from November 2012.

2012-12-06T15:10:00Z 2012-12-06T15:07:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/2012-13/burnsvp.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Dr Bernard Gowers, Lecturer in the Department of History, has won a King's Award for Excellence in Outreach & Widening Participation.

2012-12-06T15:09:00Z 2012-12-10T10:43:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/2012-13/gowerskingsaward.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

Three staff from the School of Arts & Humanities have this week earned College-wide recognition for excellence in their teaching and research at the 2012 King's Awards.

2012-12-04T11:20:00Z 2012-12-04T11:19:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/kingsawards2012.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Markus Vinzent has secured an AHRC-Major Research Grant (£571,000 for the years 2013-16) for the project 'Meister Eckhart and the Parisian University in the early 14th century - Codex Vaticanus Latinus 1086'.

2012-12-03T17:32:00Z 2012-12-03T17:20:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/newsrecords/2012/vinzent-ahrc.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Dr Shaul Tor has been awarded the 2012 Cambridge Hare Prize for his doctoral thesis 'Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology'

2012-12-03T00:00:00Z 2013-01-31T16:24:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/hareprizetor.aspx MR. Alexander Page

The Centre for Hellenic Studies welcomes new director, Professor Roderick Beaton, and four new staff members in Autumn 2012.

2012-11-23T09:46:00Z 2012-11-28T12:18:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/newsrecords/staff2012.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

Dr Michael Squire, Lecturer in Classical Greek Art in the Department of Classics, has been awarded a 2012 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Classics.

2012-11-20T12:24:00Z 2012-11-23T10:10:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/newsrecords/2012/squireleverhulme.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

Dr David Todd, Lecturer in World History in the Department of History, has been awarded a 2012 Philip Leverhulme Prize in History.

2012-11-20T12:10:00Z 2012-11-23T10:12:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/2012-13/toddleverhulme.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

The Department of Digital Humanities is pleased to announce the release of Paradata and Transparency in Virtual Heritage A collection of essays edited by Dr Anna Bentkowska-Kafel et al., Department of Digital Humanities.

2012-11-09T11:09:00Z 2012-11-09T11:02:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/paradata.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Professor Edith Hall, Professor of Classics in the Department of Classics and the Centre for Hellenic Studies, has been elected the recipient of a Humboldt Research Award

2012-11-06T18:27:00Z 2012-11-06T18:25:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/newsrecords/2012/hallhumboldt.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

Dr Hugh Denard from the Department of Digital Humanities travelled to Beijing this month to deliver a keynote speech at the 2nd International Symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Digitization.

2012-11-02T13:01:00Z 2012-11-02T12:55:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/worldwide/newsevents/newsrecords/dhsymposium.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

The 2012 Arts & Humanities Festival came to a close last Friday after two weeks of lectures, concerts, exhibitions and performances which drew in an audience of more than three thousand people.

2012-10-31T14:58:00Z 2012-11-05T09:39:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/ahfest-success.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

We've collected some of our favourites pictures from the talks, exhibitions and performances that have made up this year's festival.

2012-10-24T14:24:00Z 2012-10-24T14:22:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahfest/festpics.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

Creative Works London (CWL), the AHRC funded creative economy hub has been formally launched with the objective to explore and enhance knowledge exchange in the creative sector. Professor Andy Pratt is running the production strand, called Place, Work, Knowledge; and he is joined by Professor Ros Gill on the research team.

2012-10-23T11:39:00Z 2012-10-23T11:31:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/cwlaunch.aspx MR. Tom Crookston

The School is welcoming over 50 new academics this year as the College consolidates its expertise in the Humanities, Literatures, Modern Languages and the Creative Arts, strengthening its world-leading reputation in these areas.

2012-10-15T12:02:00Z 2012-10-15T11:59:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/10-Oct/Scholars-congregate-at-Kings.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

2012 NSS results are in for the Department of English

2012-10-12T16:32:00Z 2012-11-05T16:06:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/nss.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Dr Martin Dinter, Lecturer in Classics, has been awarded a first tranche of BRL 160 000 for his project "Reconsidering Cato - Images of Cato from Antiquity to Modernity" by FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo)

2012-10-10T11:21:00Z 2012-10-10T11:20:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/newsrecords/2012/dintergrant.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Dr Laura Gowing to appear on BBC's 'Who Do You Think You Are'

2012-10-09T16:34:00Z 2012-10-11T09:26:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/20121009Whodoyouthinkyouare.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

On 28 and 29 June 2012, 25 undergraduate students from the Departments of English Literature and Film Studies took part in a new course called arts@work.

2012-10-05T18:01:00Z 2012-10-18T16:45:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/filmstudies/newsrecords/2012/arts@work.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

The Film Studies department is delighted to announce the recent publication of two books by research students who graduated with doctorates from the department.

2012-10-05T17:56:00Z 2012-10-05T17:56:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/filmstudies/newsrecords/2012/newpub.aspx MISS Sophie Smith

2012 National Student Survey results are in for the School of Arts and Humanities

2012-09-28T11:02:00Z 2012-09-28T15:19:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/nssresults.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

CMCI and DDH hosted a successful conference on 13-14 September exploring digital culture from girls' perspectives, welcoming delegates from 25 different countries.

2012-09-26T10:02:00Z 2012-10-23T11:19:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/GirlsDigiCult.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Dr Carool Kersten, of the Department of Theology & Religious Studies at King's College London, was interviewed by The Independent regarding Channel 4's decision to pull a documentary on the early historu if Islam after threats to the presenter.

2012-09-14T09:28:00Z 2012-09-14T09:38:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/newsrecords/2012/kerstenindependent.aspx MISS Stephanie Mannion

Christoph Meyer, Professor of European & International Politics in the Department of European & International Studies has recently published an article online in The European.

2012-08-14T13:41:00Z 2012-08-14T13:36:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/europeanstudies/newsrecords/2011-12/rescue.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

The Department of French is pleased to annouce that three new members of staff will be joining during the course of the 2012-13 academic year.

2012-08-13T14:17:00Z 2012-08-13T14:17:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/french/news/newstaff.aspx MR. Alexander Page

John Kittmer, a postgraduate research student in the Centre for Hellenic Studies, has been appointed as Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic.

2012-08-02T14:05:00Z 2012-08-06T12:23:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/newsrecords/ambassador.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Two King's academics from the School of Arts & Humanities have been elected to the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding research.

2012-08-02T12:50:00Z 2012-08-02T12:48:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/07July/British-Academy-Fellowships.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

Last month, CMCI's Dr Harvey G Cohen, premiered material from his upcoming book "Footlight Parade and Hollywood's New Deal," at the Historians of the Twentieth-Century annual conference in Middleberg, in the Netherlands

2012-07-25T11:58:00Z 2012-07-25T11:53:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/cohenbook.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

A PhD student at King's has uncovered four previously unseen stories by Katherine Mansfield, the prolific modernist writer, one of which provides a fascinating insight into a turbulent period in her personal life.

2012-07-24T13:54:00Z 2012-07-24T15:28:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/07July/Kings-student-discovers-lost-writings-of-Katherine-Mansfield.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

CMCI's Dr Christina Scharff has received a British Academy / Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grant for her project on 'Women and entrepreneurialism in classical music'.

2012-07-16T16:41:00Z 2012-07-16T16:38:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/womenmusic.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Researchers in the Centre for Humanities & Health at King's College London say 'sex-testing' policies introduced for athletes in time for the London Olympic Games this summer are significantly flawed and should be withdrawn.

2012-07-09T19:34:00Z 2012-07-09T19:30:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/07July/Sex-testing-regulations-flawed-and-should-be-withdrawn-.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

The winner of the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing, Rotimi Babatunde, joined the other nominated writers and a panel of academics for an in-depth discussion of the prize and the shortlisted stories.

2012-07-06T15:15:00Z 2013-02-20T16:37:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/caineprize2012.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Chinese and British scholars met in London this June to discuss a range of theoretical and practical issues arising from Chinese-Western relations in a two day event entitled: 'China and the West'.

2012-07-05T12:40:00Z 2012-07-05T12:36:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/newsrecords/2012/chinareport.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Department of History student Chibundu Onuzo named Rare Rising Star Black Student of the Year 2012.

2012-07-04T09:50:00Z 2012-07-04T09:49:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/blackstudentoftheyear.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Venerable Roger Bush, King's College Department of History alumnus and current Archdeacon of Cornwall, has been approved by the Queen as the new Dean of Truro.

2012-07-02T09:28:00Z 2012-07-02T12:09:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/20120629deanoftruro.aspx MISS Stephanie Mannion

Dr Leila Simona Talani from the Department of European & International Studies has been awarded the prestigious Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Economy by the European Commission.

2012-06-29T11:34:00Z 2012-06-29T11:30:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/europeanstudies/newsrecords/2011-12/jmchair.aspx MR. Alexander Page

The History Department has received a grant from the College Teaching Fund for the pilot project 'History and Policy in Practice', conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary British History (ICBH) and History & Policy.

2012-06-26T17:01:00Z 2012-06-26T16:55:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/20120626grantforhpteaching.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

The School of Arts & Humanities has cemented an esteemed partnership with the University of Sydney, enabling an unparalleled opportunity for international student exchange and joint program initiatives.

2012-06-19T17:23:00Z 2012-06-19T17:32:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/06June/Kings-and-Sydney-join-forces.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Catherine Morgan, Professor of Classical Archaeology in the Department of Classics, has received an OBE for her service to classical scholarship.

2012-06-19T09:43:00Z 2012-06-20T16:51:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/newsrecords/2012/morganobe.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Winners of the Cosmo Davenport-Hines Poetry Prize 2012 announced at a special prize-giving ceremony.

2012-06-15T16:52:00Z 2013-02-20T16:39:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/cosmo.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

King's English Department has secured funding for three inter-linked collaborative doctoral awards focussing on the possessions of Enlightenment collector Sir Hans Sloane.

2012-06-15T13:03:00Z 2013-02-20T16:38:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/cba.aspx MR. Alexander Page

The latest joint venture between historians at King's Department of History and its North American strategic partner, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provided an opportunity to showcase the collaboration to a larger, international audience.

2012-06-01T10:30:00Z 2012-06-01T10:28:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/20120601KCLUNCWorkshop.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Issue 2 of Stet, 'Metamorphosis' was celebrated on Wednesday 30 May at a wine reception attended by King's staff, postgraduate students and published authors.

2012-05-31T10:19:00Z 2013-02-20T16:57:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/stet1.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Greg Dyke has said that the biggest challenge facing the BBC in the coming years is 'money, money, money', at a round table discussion on the future of the Corporation hosted by Patrick Wright, Professor of Literature and Visual & Material Culture.

2012-05-24T14:01:00Z 2013-02-20T16:53:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/05May/Greg-Dyke-addresses-BBC-Future.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Two recipients of this year's Teaching Excellence Awards represent the outstanding quality of teaching in the Modern Languages.

2012-05-24T13:19:00Z 2012-05-24T13:49:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/excellence.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Many departments climbed several places, with others maintaining already excellent rankings. King's College London maintains its place among the top 40 universities in the country.

2012-05-24T13:19:00Z 2012-05-24T13:28:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/guardian2013.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

The Barbican Centre hosted a one-off event celebrating the international reach of Shakespeare: Global Shakepeares. The event brought together leading theatre experts inlcuding King's College's own Dr Sonia Massai.

2012-05-23T08:30:00Z 2013-02-20T16:41:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/global.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

George Benjamin, Professor of Composition at King's, took part in Jubilation: the Music of George Benjamin, a London 2012 Festival countdown event, at the Southbank Centre in May.

2012-05-16T14:57:00Z 2012-05-30T13:04:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/05May/George-Benjamins-Note-of-Jubilation.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

A report prepared for the children's' charity NSPCC by a team of researchers including King's Professor Rosalind Gill (Culture, Media and Creative Industries) was launched on Monday at Westminster.

2012-05-15T12:04:00Z 2012-05-15T12:20:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/gillreport.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Gregg Whelan, Creative Research Fellow at King's, Department of English, and his project colleague, Gary Winters, launch Collective Spirit, a boat marking the the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

2012-05-09T11:36:00Z 2013-02-20T16:34:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/04April/Collective-Spirit-afloat-.aspx MR. Robert Templing

The Department of Philosophy at King's College London is delighted to announce up to £10,000 worth of support to be made available to graduate students in the Department for the academic year 2012/3.

2012-05-09T10:01:00Z 2012-05-15T14:06:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/studentships2012.aspx MR. Robert Templing

The Department of Philosophy at King's College London is delighted to announce six new high-profile academic appointments, including a new appointment to the Chair of Susan Stebbing Professor of Philosophy.

2012-05-04T13:29:00Z 2012-05-04T14:01:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/newappointmentsmay2012.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Professor Clare Brant reflects upon Dickensfest! A Celebration of Dickens on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

2012-05-04T08:57:00Z 2013-02-20T16:39:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/dickensfest.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Department of History's Dr Laura Gowing appears on BBC4's Women's Hour discussing the state of women's history in the cuts.

2012-05-02T12:40:00Z 2012-05-04T12:36:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/20120502gowingbbc4.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Dr Sonia Massai, Reader in Shakespeare Studies at King's College London, comments on Italy's love affair with Shakespeare in a piece written for the Guardian online as part of its series celebrating the World Shakespeare Festival.

2012-05-01T12:12:00Z 2012-05-03T12:43:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/massai.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Professor Gordon McMullan and PhD student Philippe Roesle, Department of English, visit UNC Chapel Hill to participate in a joint graduate conference 'Shakespeare and the Natural World'.

2012-04-30T08:29:00Z 2013-02-20T17:00:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/worldwide/partners/unc/eventsandnews/news/shakespeare.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Twelve members of staff in the School of Arts & Humanities have been recognised for their hard work in the most recent round of academic promotions.

2012-04-24T13:23:00Z 2012-04-26T13:03:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/promotions.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Issue 4 of the English Society's student-run literary journal, '...Of Cabbages & Kings' is now available.

2012-04-23T08:10:00Z 2012-04-30T08:45:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/cabbages4.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

King's College London has appointed its first Lecturer in Sacred Traditions and the Arts, a joint first for the School of Arts & Humanities as Dr Rosen will also serve as the inaugural programme convenor of Liberal Arts at King's.

2012-04-20T15:40:00Z 2012-05-11T16:06:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/aaron-rosen-appointment.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

A new book, 'Collaborative Research in the Digital Humanities', recently published by Ashgate, celebrates the contributions of Professor Harold Short (pictured) to the field of digital humanities and presents fourteen essays by leading authors in the field, including several from King's College London.

2012-04-18T10:49:00Z 2012-04-26T15:27:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/bookmccarty.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Susan Castillo, Harriet Beecher Stowe Professor of American Studies at King's College London, has been awarded a prestigious Honorary Fellowship by the British Association of American Studies for her outstanding contribution to American Studies.

2012-04-17T11:12:00Z 2013-02-20T16:37:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/castillo.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Professor David Papineau (Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy) has been awarded the College's 'Supervisory Excellence Award' for 2011/2

2012-04-13T12:23:00Z 2012-04-13T15:36:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/papineuexcellenceapr2012.aspx MISS Stephanie Mannion

Dr Ramon Pacheco Pardo of the Departments of European & International Studies and Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies has been commenting on the transition process in North Korea in different European media.

2012-04-02T11:10:00Z 2012-04-02T11:07:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/europeanstudies/newsrecords/2011-12/northkorea.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Department of History Professor Richard Drayton appears on BBC2's How God Made the English discussing the role the Empire in shaping English identity.

2012-03-30T13:01:00Z 2012-05-02T12:22:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/20120329draytonbb2.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Researchers at King's College London will collaborate in an examination of the 1215 Magna Carta, which will result in the first clause-by-clause commentary on its content in a hundred years.

2012-03-26T15:49:00Z 2012-03-26T15:42:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/03March/Magna-Carta.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Juno Fitzpatrick from the Department of English reports on her summer internship to South Africa to participate and contribute to the theatre and development NGO, ARROWSA.

2012-03-22T17:00:00Z 2013-02-20T16:42:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/internship.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

On Wednesday 29th February Her Majesty the Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness Prince Phillip opened the newly renovated East Wing of Somerset House.

2012-03-22T11:23:00Z 2013-02-20T16:54:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/royal.aspx MISS Stephanie Mannion

Dr Christoph Meyer, Department of European & International Studies is leading the 'Impact Tracer' project funded by the European Research Council. Dr Meyer is working with the Department of Digital Humanities on this project.

2012-03-20T14:25:00Z 2012-03-20T14:21:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/europeanstudies/newsrecords/2011-12/ercfunding.aspx MR. Alexander Page

Department of History student, Chibundu Onuzo, launches new book The Spider King's Daughter.

2012-03-19T15:42:00Z 2012-03-19T15:48:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/spiderking.aspx MR. Alexander Page

History Department's Dr Adam Sutcliffe appeared on BBC 4's In Our Time discussing Moses Mendelssohn on 22 March at 9am

2012-03-16T16:41:00Z 2012-03-23T09:38:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/inourtimesutcliffe.aspx MISS Stephanie Mannion

European Week 2012 took place between 30 January and 3 February. The week was organised by the King's College London European Society and supported by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Law and Governance.

2012-03-15T16:05:00Z 2012-03-15T16:03:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/europeanstudies/newsrecords/2011-12/euroweek2012.aspx MR. Robert Templing

A number of members of the Department will be speaking at overseas conferences over the coming months.

2012-03-05T16:10:00Z 2012-03-07T11:52:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/guesttalks2012.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Professor Maria Rosa Antognazza has taken over from Professor Peter Adamson as the new Head of the Department of Philosophy at King's College London.

2012-03-05T15:47:00Z 2012-04-13T12:25:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/antognazzahodfeb2012.aspx MR. Robert Templing

Dr Maria Alvarez of the Department of Philosophy delivered a keynote presentation during a session covering themes on 'ethics, aesthetics, sustainability, culture and fashion' as part of London Fashion Week at London House, Bloomsbury.

2012-03-05T15:37:00Z 2012-03-07T12:05:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/newsrecords/alvarezgoodfashionfeb2012.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

Two free places on the Royal Society of Literature Booker Prize Masterclasses for King's College Department of English students.

2012-02-29T18:11:00Z 2013-02-20T16:56:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/rsl.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Department of History staff members Professor Peter Marshall and Dr Sarah Stockwell have contributed response to 'The British Empire: 10 Big Questions' in the February edition of BBC History Magazine.

2012-02-28T16:11:00Z 2012-02-28T22:12:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/bbchistory.aspx MISS Michelle Summerfield

Michael Takeo Magruder, artist and consultant to the Department of Digital Humanities, will be launching his work Visions of our Communal Dreams at the 'Robots and Avatars' exhibition in March.

2012-02-28T16:11:00Z 2012-03-23T17:01:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/newsrecords/macgruder-artwork.aspx MISS Stephanie Mannion

'Globalisation, Hegemony and the Future of the City of London', a new book by Dr Leila Simona Talani, Reader in European & International Studies, has recently been published.

2012-02-27T17:19:00Z 2012-03-15T12:24:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/europeanstudies/newsrecords/2011-12/talanibook.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

King's and the London Shakespeare Centre extended their long-standing collaboration with Shakespeare's Globe recently through a one-day symposium on Jacobean Indoor Playing at King's College London.

2012-02-27T16:03:00Z 2012-03-22T11:21:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/newsrecords/archive/2011-12/jacobean.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

A cross-channel collaborative project between King's College London and a French university is using innovative technology to help develop collaboration and community skills and prepare students for the social workplace.

2012-02-27T12:38:00Z 2012-03-21T12:28:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/newsrecords/2012/evotransproject.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Historians from King's and History & Policy have been delving behind Number 10 Downing Street to bring to life the fascinating history of the house and its occupants in a dynamic new history section for the Number 10 website.

2012-02-14T18:01:00Z 2012-02-14T17:55:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/no10.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

Department of History PhD student Mike Humphries has been discussing his research into Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, contrasting the event with the upcoming Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth.

2012-02-14T13:31:00Z 2012-02-15T09:41:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/Humphries-in-Daily-Express.aspx MS. Emma Proctor

First editions by Charles Dickens and other early and rarely seen materials associated with the author will be showcased at a new e-exhibition going online at King's to coincide with the writer's bicentenary.

2012-02-10T15:59:00Z 2013-02-20T16:39:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/02Feb/Dickens-online-after-200-years.aspx MS. Anna Ashton

King's College London has appointed distinguished historian Julia Crick as Professor of Palaeography and Manuscript Studies in the School of Arts & Humanities.

2012-01-23T15:39:00Z 2012-02-01T16:33:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/newsrecords/palaeography.aspx