UH_Humanities

Garrow's Law - An Evening with Tony Marchant

2010-01-11T02:20:00.000-08:00

Host: University of Hertfordshire School of Humanities
Date: Monday, February 15, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: de Havilland N001 (TBC)

Discover how the Old Bailey Online inspired the series “Garrow’s Law”.
The evening will consist of a showing of selected highlights from Garrow’s Law, followed by a discussion between Tony Marchant, the writer behind the series, and Tim Hitchcock of the University of Hertfordshire, the co-director of the website that inspired it.

The Old Bailey Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org) gives free public access to 197,000 accounts of trials held at the Old Bailey between 1674 and 1913 – William Garrow figured in thousands of these trials and the series is based on this evidence. The website is a product of a ten year collaboration between the Universities of Hertfordshire and Sheffield and the Open University.

The evening will commence with a screening of an episode from Garrow's Law, followed by a Q & A sessions with Tony Marchant and Tim Hitchcock.

A drinks reception will provided after the event.

All are welcome to attend this FREE event. Pre-registration is essential as space is limited.

2009-12-17T08:29:00.000-08:00

Philsoc-Lite

2009-12-17T01:22:00.000-08:00

As Philsoc-Lite is centred around the students. We would like to give you an opportunity of discussing a topic that you have been pondering about or that you heard which made you wretch with disgust !

Philsoc-Lite will be tonight -

17th December

Time - 17:00

Room - R110 on the DeHav Campus

All subjects must have a certain grace when talking others into consideration. They must NOT be set out to just anger or upset individuals.

But if there is a general consensus that the topic is of good nature then we shall proceed :D people who aggreviate each other can 'talk with their fists' outside afterwards

We are hoping to see you there ! as we wish to go into the christmas break with a bang !

Merry Christmas

From

Dave, Vicky and Dan :D

Results Of Digging In Data Competition

2009-12-04T07:14:00.000-08:00

University receives funding from international grant competition!

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Mass Media Communications Guest Lecture Series #4

2009-12-01T08:13:00.000-08:00

Tuesday December 8 2009, N003, 6pm-7pm

#4: Chris Atkins, BAFTA-Nominated Filmmaker and Director of Starsuckers (2009), ‘Documentary-Making and Causing Trouble' All welcome!

Chris had a lucky start to his career when he produced Richard Jobson’s debut feature, Sixteen Years Of Alcohol, which went on to win two British Independent Film Awards. Thanks to a chance meeting with one of Michael Moore’s producers in 2006, he decided to direct a documentary on the loss of civil liberties in the UK called TAKING LIBERTIES for which he was BAFTA-nominated. His second movie, about the insidious infiltration of the celebrity culture, is called Starsuckers and caused a stir in the national media when it was released in October.

ay December 8 2009, N003, 6pm-7pm

#4: Chris Atkins, BAFTA-Nominated Filmmaker and Director of Starsuckers (2009), ‘Documentary-Making and Causing Trouble' All welcome!

Chris had a lucky start to his career when he produced Richard Jobson’s debut feature, Sixteen Years Of Alcohol, which went on to win two British Independent Film Awards. Thanks to a chance meeting with one of Michael Moore’s producers in 2006, he decided to direct a documentary on the loss of civil liberties in the UK called TAKING LIBERTIES for which he was BAFTA-nominated. His second movie, about the insidious infiltration of the celebrity culture, is called Starsuckers and caused a stir in the national media when it was released in October.

MA Modern Literary Cultures, University of Hertfordshire

2009-12-01T08:09:00.000-08:00

Reading the Vampire

2010 sees the launch of ‘Reading the Vampire’ a new MA module on the Modern Literary Cultures MA programme. Students will investigate vampire narratives in literature from early vampire stories such Polidori’s The Vampyre, J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s lesbian vampire tale Carmilla and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the most famous vampire narrative of all, to the twentieth-century vampire chronicles of Anne Rice and the romantic blockbusters of Stephanie Meyer. Since their animation out of folk materials in the nineteenth century, vampires have been continually reborn in modern culture. They have enacted a host of anxieties and desires, shifting shape as the culture they are brought to life in itself changes form. ‘Reading the Vampire’ embeds vampires in their cultural contexts, exploring their relationship to modernity; the influence of key thinkers such as Darwin, Marx, and Freud will be addressed, together with issues of gender, national identity, technology, consumption, and social change.

Module Leader Dr Sam George s.george@herts.ac.uk

For more information contact MA Co-ordinator Dr Anna Tripp, Humanities, University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB. Email A.F.Tripp@herts.ac.uk

Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture

2009-12-01T08:04:00.000-08:00

Vampire Conference

The Literature Group at the University of Hertfordshire are hosting the UK’s only vampire conference (16th-17th April 2010). The aim of the conference is to relate the undead in literature, art, and other media to questions concerning gender, technology, consumption, and social change. It will provide an interdisciplinary forum for the development of innovative and creative research and examine these creatures in all their various manifestations and cultural meanings.

Speakers include:

Dr Catherine Spooner, University of Lancaster (Contemporary Gothic, 2008; The Routledge Companion to Gothic, 2009)
Dr Stacey Abbott, University of Roehampton (Celluloid Vampires, 2007, Angel, 2009)
Marcus Sedgwick, Writer (My Swordhand is Singing; 2006; The Kiss of Death, 2008; Revolver , 2009)

All are welcome. For more information contact Dr Sam George, Humanities, University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, Email: s.george@herts.ac.uk Tel 0177 285687

Mass Media Communications Guest Lecture #3

2009-11-18T05:34:00.000-08:00

Thursday November 19 2009
UH de Havilland Campus room N003
5pm-6pm

Jo Taylor, 4Talent Manager at Channel 4, ‘How to get into the Creative Industry: ‘Life on the Box’' All welcome!

This paper will provide an insightful overview of the media industry, and explore Channel 4’s position within the industry as a whole. It will also provide vital information about opportunities available in the industry, how to make yourself stand out from the crowd, and what Channel 4 look for in potential employees.

Jo Taylor is Head of Learning & 4Talent at Channel 4.
4Talent’s aim is to develop and support creative talent at different stages of their careers, reflecting multicultural Britain and a multi-platform industry. She joined Channel 4 in 2007, having worked previously in a variety of roles at the BBC and in the Independent production sector. Most recently as Head of Production Talent at Optomen Television, where she was responsible for recruiting and head hunting talent for the portfolio of productions.