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The MEME Research Cluster (Media and Education Methodological Encounters) invite you to ... “Who do you think you are?” Constructing theoretical and methodological frameworks for the investigation of professional identity formation. Dario Faniglione will be leading a conversation on professional identity formation which will focus on a range of theoretical perspectives. All staff and doctoral students […]

You are invited to the exhibition "By the Book", a traveling exhibition coming all the way from Bahrain, and a public talk as a part of a series of events under the name of "I am Khlaeeji".  

Preach R Sun’s work, a combination of protest activism and social critique (described as, Fugitivism and Conjuring) incorporates and fuses art and activism as a means to investigate and interrogate the nature and limits of freedom, while simultaneously posing a direct challenge to systems of oppression and injustice. Sun accomplishes this through implementation of unconventional protest […]

The acclaimed Mexican performance artist Rocio Boliver will give an illustrated talk about her life and art. Rocio’s story is particularly compelling: once a teenage model Rocio became one of Mexico’s leading News Readers before having to leave the job when news of her pornographic feminist texts spread. Rocio then dedicated her life to Performance […]

SPOTLIGHT ON: THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES Tuesday 21st November, 2.30pm –3.30pm in Curzon C461 Book your place here Guest speaker Ruth Claxton, practicing Artist, Director of Eastside Projects Gallery and Creative Director of the STEAMhouse will be providing an: •awareness of the opportunities for creatives in Birmingham •overview of STEAMhouse-BCU's new collaborative working space for artists, […]

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Progression Assessment Panels Thursday 25 January 2018 Workshop 5 10.00: Chris Marshall: Outside the Tent Peeking In: Elisabeth Lutyens and the BBC Music Division 10.30: Samia La Virgne: Exploring Representation and Stereotypes of Black Women in the Performing Arts 11.00: Johan Eriksson: Automatonism: Extended Modularity In Synthesis Composition 11.30: Ivan Cancialosi: Sonic […]

Ever since the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority, things have been changing dramatically and unexpectedly. The production of a state and its institutions have left a huge impact on the spectacle. The representations of the newly formed authority rendered a new landscape, the official view is now dominated by the notion of production - […]

A lively afternoon of events exploring the diverse musicological research at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire — suitable for all students from A-level to post-doctoral researchers. The event will be live-streamed. Email: musicology@bcu.ac.uk to register interest in the live stream. Tuesday 9 October 2018 from 1.30 - 5.30pm 1.30 Welcome — Professor Julian Lloyd-Webber (Principal) 1.35 Musicology […]

Join us to find out more about undertaking a PhD at the Faculty of Arts, Design & Media, BCU. Whether you are simply thinking about doing a PhD or in the process of applying, this opportunity will enable you to understand what embarking on a PhD entails, details of the application process and points of contact, information about […]