We asked the nation to help mark the arrival of spring to create a crowd-sourced nature diary. Prof Sir Mark Walport, CEO of UK Research and Innovation, captured the wildlife that he saw on his morning commute.
Spring Nature Diary – Sir Mark Walport
‘Mythical Florence’: Where Does the Lady with the Lamp Stand Today?
As the Bicentenary of Florence Nightingale's death approaches, an AHRC-funded project is looking to commemorate it by looking back at the regional representations of the lady with the lamp. In this week's blog Dr Jonathan Godshaw – describes Nightingale's uncomfortable relationship with public representations of herself.
Staying Agile: Preparing for the GCRF Collective Programme
As we kick off our town hall events, which aim to explain the new Network Plus Calls AHRC is managing under the GCRF Collective Programme, I can’t help but be reminded of the American gymnast Katelyn Ohashi
Performing Mountains
In this week’s blog, project lead Professor Jonathan Pitches describes how combining mountain culture with live performance has led him to a new way to translate mountain experience.
From Stalingrad to Leningrad:Rebuilding Cities and Communities in Post-War Soviet Russia
Robert Dale – a historian and lecturer in Russian History at Newcastle University – discusses how the AHRC International Placement Scheme helped him bring to life the extraordinary story of six men who cycled to 2,000 km in the hope of uniting two of Soviet Russia’s largest cities.
A New Kind of Laboratory: Researching Song and Identity in the Judaica Project
It is not easy to explain the project “Judaica: An Embodied Laboratory for Songwork.” Funded by a Leadership Fellow award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (2016-2018), the core of this project was six months of full-time embodied practice research involving three skilled practitioners working closely together, first in a studio and later in a variety of other places.
The next steps after a Research in Film Award
In this week's blog, documentary Film Producer and PhD candidate Anna Sowa discusses how her film Kanraxël- The Confluence of Agnack’ came to win an AHRC Research in Film Award, among others, and where her project has gone from there.
