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Arts and Humanities PhD Studentships, Faculty of Arts

Posted on 19/03/2013 by admin

Faculty of Arts, Open University: 9 full-time, 3-year PhD studentships available from 1 October 2013. In 2013-14, 5 AHRC-funded studentships are available in: History, with the National Library of Wales; English, with the British Library; and Music, with the National Library of Scotland. The 2 final awards with these partners are in English (e-manuscript collections) and History (digital heritage/crowdsourced data). We are also offering a Music studentship attached to the Listening Experience Database, a major AHRC-funded project in collaboration with the Royal College of Music.
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Prof Helen King on Radio 3′s ‘H7STERIA’ concert programme

Posted on 03/12/2012 by admin

Prof Helen King (Classical Studies) takes part in the interval discussion during Radio 3′s coverages of the BBC Concert Orchestra’s ‘H7STERIA’ programme, at 19.30 on Monday 3 December 2012. This event contains explicit material and is suitable for audiences aged 16+ Continue reading →

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Major OU BBC landmark series ‘History of the World’

Posted on 14/09/2012 by admin

Andrew Marr’s History of the World, a major collaboration between the OU, the BBC and the Discovery Channel in the USA, the biggest exploration of human history since the BBC’s landmark series Civilisation, hits the screens on BBC One on 23 September. Continue reading →

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