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Sunday, October 30, 2011
PhD Movie at the Student's Union
Many seasoned PhD students will be well aware of the hilarious comic strip PhD Comics. The Student's Union are hosting an exclusive premier of its fantastic movie this Wednesday.
Follow the challenging life of Academia, Piled Higher and Deeper introduces audiences to the unique and funny culture surrounding four unsuspecting graduate students as they struggle to find a balance between research, teaching and their personal lives, all with large doses of humour and heart.
Join the organisers of the Arts PG Forum at the event, which is showing at the Student's Union Winston Theatre. Followed by a drinks reception hosted by the PG Senate Reps. Tickets £5 (+50p transaction fee, waived if purchased at Wicked Coffee on the ground floor or the Info Point on Tyndall Ave.)
Find out more here: http://www.ubu.org.uk/ents/event/163
Follow the challenging life of Academia, Piled Higher and Deeper introduces audiences to the unique and funny culture surrounding four unsuspecting graduate students as they struggle to find a balance between research, teaching and their personal lives, all with large doses of humour and heart.
Find out more here: http://www.ubu.org.uk/ents/event/163
Our first paper, presented this Friday
We are very excited to announce our first paper will be presented by Steven Lovatt, this Friday:
Strangers in a strange land? Jewish representations of
the Russian landscape, 1860-1940
In this paper I shall discuss the representation of the Russian landscape in the work of Jewish painters and writers active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After introducing some of the general theoretical and contextual issues that bear upon my subject, I shall move on to a more detailed consideration of particular works. Although my discussion will be wide ranging and not confined to problems of cultural and national identity, my focus throughout will be the question of the extent to which distinctively Jewish perceptions of the Russian landscape (if such existed) might be considered compatible with a contemporary Russian discourse of national-spiritual uniqueness that placed special emphasis upon the native terrain of the ‘motherland’.
Steven Lovatt has a BA in Russian Studies from the
University of Leeds and a Masters degree in the same subject from the
University of Bristol. He has just begun an MLitt in the Department of
Philosophy at Bristol that will examine the role of irony in the works of
Fiodor Dostoevskii and SÆren Kierkegaard. Steven also contributes articles and
reviews on the English-language literature of Wales to Welsh literary
publications.
Friday 4 November, 4.10 pm; Lecture Theatre One (LT1), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, 43Woodland Road.
Report: workshop success!
The organisers would like to thank Darrelyn Gunzburg for
providing us with a thoroughly engaging workshop on Presentation Skills!
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| Speaker Darrelyn Gunzburg chats with one of the evening's attendees |
Twenty students from across the board – MA’s, MPhil’s and
PhD candidates from a range of departments – attended this session and the
flood of questions near the end was telling!
We feel it really set the tone for the forum: presenting
your ideas is potentially a rewarding and even fun experience, but it takes a
lot of practice...
Find out what's going on next Friday here!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Inaugural Session Details
You are hereby warmly invited to the inaugural session of
the Arts Postgraduate Forum! We were delighted that students from across all Faculties
showed an interest at the PG Reception at the MShed museum.
http://www.facebook.com/ArtsPGForum
http://artspgforum.blogspot.com/2011/10/mshed-event-report.html
Darrelyn Gunzburg, PhD candidate and theatre director,
will offer invaluable advice on Presentation Skills.
Date & Time: Friday 28 October, 4.10-5.40
Venue: LT1 (Lecture Theatre 1) at 43 Woodland Road. This
is the Archaeology & Anthropology Department:
We welcome proposals from PG students outside the Faculty
of Arts; if you would like to discuss your ideas, please get in touch!
Best wishes from the organising committee,
Wendy Sijnesael (haxws@bristol.ac.uk); Aisling Tierney (aislingtierney@gmail.com);
Ben Earley (B.E.Earley@bristol.ac.uk)
Saturday, October 15, 2011
MShed event report
What a fantastic evening! The MShed is an incredible venue and proved popular as ever last night. Hundreds of new PG students showed up for the PG Reception event. First, we were treated to a walk around the exhibit halls, then upstairs for free drinks. the Student's Union were present in full force and gave a series of talks. All evening, the sound of jazz filled the air thanks to the live band.
We were really happy to hear that students from across all faculties were interested in getting involved. Don't forget to attend our first event 4pm 28th Oct. to get some tips on presentation skills! (The venue will be confirmed soon - check back here or on Facebook for updates)
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| The room was packed for the series of welcome talks. |
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| The Arts PG Forum's Wendy Sijnesael shares details of this year's plans. |
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| The spectacular night-time view of Bristol from the MShed. |
We were really happy to hear that students from across all faculties were interested in getting involved. Don't forget to attend our first event 4pm 28th Oct. to get some tips on presentation skills! (The venue will be confirmed soon - check back here or on Facebook for updates)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
PG Reception event, Friday 14th October, 7.30pm
Come visit the team behind the Arts PG Forum at Friday's University of Bristol PG Reception, 7.30pm at the MShed, Bristol.
PG Reception: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202664416466628
MShed Bristol: http://mshed.org/
PG Reception: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202664416466628
MShed Bristol: http://mshed.org/
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