Victorian Psychology Now is a series of events convened at Birkbeck, University of London, that aims to bring together scholars and students from a range of disciplines to investigate new critical directions for researching Victorian psychology; and to explore how ideas, convictions and practices associated with Victorian psychology are being lent new focus in relation to contemporary understanding of relations between mind and body, brain and consciousness, emotion and reason. Victorian Psychol...
Aug 23, 2016•58 min
Victorian Psychology Now is a series of events convened at Birkbeck, University of London, that aims to bring together scholars and students from a range of disciplines to investigate new critical directions for researching Victorian psychology; and to explore how ideas, convictions and practices associated with Victorian psychology are being lent new focus in relation to contemporary understanding of relations between mind and body, brain and consciousness, emotion and reason. Victorian Psychol...
Aug 23, 2016•1 hr 10 min
Victorian Psychology Now is a series of events convened at Birkbeck, University of London, that aims to bring together scholars and students from a range of disciplines to investigate new critical directions for researching Victorian psychology; and to explore how ideas, convictions and practices associated with Victorian psychology are being lent new focus in relation to contemporary understanding of relations between mind and body, brain and consciousness, emotion and reason. Victorian Psychol...
Aug 23, 2016•1 hr 8 min
Victorian Psychology Now is a series of events convened at Birkbeck, University of London, that aims to bring together scholars and students from a range of disciplines to investigate new critical directions for researching Victorian psychology; and to explore how ideas, convictions and practices associated with Victorian psychology are being lent new focus in relation to contemporary understanding of relations between mind and body, brain and consciousness, emotion and reason. Victorian Psychol...
Aug 23, 2016•47 min
This latest episode of Birkbeck Voices features a diverse mixture of upbeat projects, sobering research, and beautiful music. • Research Focus: Researchers Dr Fiona Candlin and Professor Alex Poulovassilis describe their newly-funded (more than £1million!) project into mapping the UK’s lesser known museums • The Calendar: Ahead of her Birkbeck Big Ideas event on 10 August (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events-calendar/forced-marriage-and-2018honour2019-killings-in-britain), Dr Christina Julios described ...
Aug 02, 2016•29 min
Birkbeck BA Theatre and Drama student Karen Hobbs describes her experience of being diagnosed with cervical cancer during her studies, and how she used the experience to develop a comedy show, which she is taking to this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Jul 29, 2016•19 min
Writer and academic Vybarr Cregan-Reid discusses his new book, Footnotes: How Running Makes us Human (Ebury Press, 2016), a literary and philosophical study of running and modern life. He will read from a chapter about why so many people dislike running in a gym, and how the treadmill began its life as the harshest form of punishment short of the death penalty, endured by many, including Oscar Wilde.
Jul 20, 2016•50 min
Hear speakers from the National Portrait Gallery, Guildhall Art Gallery, the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, and the Salvation Army Archive, who host prestigious internships with the Birkbeck MA in Victorian Studies. They discuss the joys and challenges of collecting, curating, preserving and researching the Victorians. Speakers: Who was Emma Riches? Caroline Smith from Bethlem Museum of the Mind finds out. Katty Pearce, Assistant Curator at the Guildhall Art Gallery, gives us a taste of Albert Moor...
Jul 20, 2016•55 min
Arctic archives, broken lands, and Victorian relics are some of the topics our panelists discussed in this exciting event, which marked the publication of Adriana Craciun’s Writing Arctic Disaster: Authorship and Exploration (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Speakers include Adriana Craciun (UC Riverside), Felix Driver (Royal Holloway) and Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge). This podcast is of Michael Bravo.
Jul 20, 2016•24 min
Arctic archives, broken lands, and Victorian relics are some of the topics our panelists will discussed in this exciting event, which marks the publication of Adriana Craciun’s Writing Arctic Disaster: Authorship and Exploration (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Speakers include Adriana Craciun (UC Riverside), Felix Driver (Royal Holloway) and Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge). This podcast is of Adriana Craciun.
Jul 20, 2016•28 min
Arctic archives, broken lands, and Victorian relics are some of the topics our panelists discussed in this exciting event, which marked the publication of Adriana Craciun’s Writing Arctic Disaster: Authorship and Exploration (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Speakers include Adriana Craciun (UC Riverside), Felix Driver (Royal Holloway) and Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge). This podcast is of Felix Driver.
Jul 20, 2016•22 min
What is the future for Europe? Using a mix of cultural, philosophical and political approaches, this evening will seek to answer the question of quo vadis Europa. Can the European project be saved? Which are the cultural ties upon which the EU can build? Can we identify new forms of post-statal political organisation, in order to secure civility in the disorganised world beyond state sovereignty. Will the central forces of crisis undermine the European project in its entirety? Are there particul...
Jun 28, 2016•2 hr 6 min
This event placed the crisis of migration within the EU within a broader context of economic and political upheaval within the member states and aspirant member states of the European Union, as well as within countries far beyond the EU. The current migration crisis within the EU is both a global phenomenon and a further cause of doubt and concern about the political, social and cultural responses of the EU to the drawing of the boundaries of the Union. Does the EU have the capacity to master cr...
Jun 28, 2016•1 hr 45 min
In the run up to the EU Referendum, Birkbeck School of Law is putting on a week-long series of free public events to debate the top issues facing voters. Law on Trial 2016: The EU at the Crossroads runs from 13-17 June - bbk.ac.uk/lawontrial This time on Birkbeck Voices, we speak to the key organiser behind the programme of events, Professor Michelle Everson (bit.ly/1TXoAAd), to see what’s in store at Law on Trial 2016 To book your free place at a Law on Trial 2016 event - bbk.ac.uk/lawontrial
Jun 07, 2016•20 min
In the wake of a packed and thoroughly successful Arts Week 2016 - bbk.ac.uk/artsweek - Birkbeck Voices offers a performance-based taste of how two events went: - Theatre Scratch Night: MA Text and Performance - http://bit.ly/25lvp41 - students perform an extract of an original piece of theatre - Moving People: Creative Writing and the Refugee: Dr Steve Willey - http://bit.ly/1szKA83 - performs two powerful pieces of poetry which he wrote after doing fieldwork in the West Bank. To experience mor...
May 25, 2016•27 min
Ahead of #BBKArtsWeek 2016 (bbk.ac.uk/artsweek - 16-20 May) Birkbeck Voices gives a snapshot of what to expect at the annual celebration of art and culture: - Overview: Arts week coordinators Professor Sue Wiseman and Dr Louise Owen give a broad overview of this year’s packed programme. - Local Government Sustaining the Arts: Southwark Councillor Paul Fleming MP gives an insight into what he will touch on at his Arts Week event on Monday 16 May - ow.ly/4nsv2j There are 50+ free public events at ...
May 10, 2016•20 min
There’s plenty to delve into in this latest edition of Birkbeck Voices: - Research Focus: Researcher Mark Panton speaks about his thesis on sports stadiums and urban regeneration http://ow.ly/4n6PPw - Birkbeck People: Outreach officer Faith Williams talks about her role and the pioneering project she’s leading with Haringey Council - http://ow.ly/4n6PZF - The Calendar: Recruitment manager, Eleanor Martin talks about the formal launch of the Birkbeck Talent recruitment service - http://ow.ly/4n6Q...
Apr 26, 2016•28 min
In this paper I investigate the role of the Victorian wood engraver and their business of artistically producing someone else’s lines. Is this mechanics, or creation? From drawing to autograph, the line is a powerful element of the way we understand artistic identity. The line is essential to aesthetics; without it there can be no boundary, no form, no artwork. Curling into letters and forms, the line connects writing and the image. An expressive gesture, the line is what links the body of the a...
Apr 11, 2016•52 min
The latest edition of Birkbeck Voices features everything from volcanology to making deals with the Devil! - Research Focus: Professor Colin Teevan speaks about writing for the stage (in his forthcoming, Kit Harington - starring, production of Dr Faustus – http://ow.ly/ZlOA1) and screen (in his award-winning drama Rebellion - http://ow.ly/ZlOuU). - Birkbeck People: Dr James Hammond speaks about his pioneering volcanology research in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - The Calendar: Profe...
Mar 11, 2016•35 min
This seminar, presented in collaboration with the History and Theory of Photography Research Centre at Birkbeck, will explore the new material Martha Weiss discovered while researching the current must-see exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, marking the bicentenary of the birth of Julia Margaret Cameron, 150 years after she first exhibited her work there. Colin Ford has worked extensively on this important photographer, most notably in the comprehensive catalogue Julia Margaret Cameron...
Mar 11, 2016•37 min
This time, we’re focusing on the new edition of BBK Magazine, the college’s annual review which features an array of feature articles and profile interviews from across the college community. You can find the magazine online here - http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/downloads/bbk34.pdf On the podcast we take a deep dive on three of the spotlight features in this year’s magazine: - Research Focus: American playwright Anna Ziegler speaks about bringing Birkbeck scientist, Dr Rosalind Franklin, to the W...
Feb 18, 2016•35 min
This time on Birkbeck voices, there’s plenty to listen to: - Research Focus: Hilary Benn’s recent speech at the House of Commons - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2015/dec/03/hilary-benn-airstrikes-vote-speech-full-must-confront-isis-evil-video - is mulled over by the Department of Politics’ regular podcast, Westminster Watch - https://soundcloud.com/british-politics-centre/westminster-watch-episode-8-4-december-2015?in=british-politics-centre/sets/westminster-watch - Birkbeck People: ...
Dec 21, 2015•35 min
This year's Annual Law Lecture was delivered by Bianca Jagger and is titled: 'Why we must defend the Human Rights Act'. The Conservative Party's 2015 manifesto commits the government to repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a 'British Bill of Rights'. Bianca Jagger discusses why she feels these proposals would substantially weaken the power of individuals to bring cases against the government and could sever the link between the UK and the European Court of Human Rights. Replacing the ...
Dec 10, 2015•1 hr 21 min
Defining Digital Dickens
Nov 25, 2015•1 hr 52 min
John Ruskin’s account of the gothic spirit, from the central chapter of The Stones of Venice, ‘The Nature of Gothic’ (published in 1853), is highly influential and much fêted. Such influence has long been recognized over figures such as William Morris, over the architectural practices of Victorian Britain, and over political economic thought, especially after Ruskin’s 1862 publication of ‘Unto This Last’, which develops the earlier work’s critique of laissez-faire economics. But Ruskin’s innovat...
Nov 18, 2015•52 min
22 October David McAllister by Birkbeck, University of London
Nov 18, 2015•57 min
It’s all going on in this month’s edition of Birkbeck voices. Listen in to catch the following interview: - Research Focus: A chat with Dr Tim Smith ahead of his BFI event investigating romantic movies and audience’s emotional responses. (To book a place at the public event on Saturday 14 November - https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=morethanafeeling&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=) - Birkbeck People: Inspirational student Jo...
Nov 09, 2015•35 min
Westminster Watch is a podcast in which members of the Department of Politics at Birkbeck College discuss current issues in British politics. It is aimed at those with an interest in British politics in general and students on Birkbeck's BA Politics module, Contemporary British Politics, in particular. In episode 5, Dr Dermot Hodson and Dr Ben Worthy discuss the House of Lords threat to veto the government's tax credit cuts and the Bank of England's controversial role in the Brexit debate. For m...
Nov 05, 2015•20 min
Westminster Watch is a podcast in which members of the Department of Politics at Birkbeck College discuss current issues in British politics. It is aimed at those with an interest in British politics in general and students on Birkbeck's BA Politics module, Contemporary British Politics, in particular. In episode 4, Dr Dermot Hodson and Dr Ben Worthy discuss the challenges facing the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information and SNP leader Nicolas Sturgeon’s balancing act over a second in...
Oct 23, 2015•23 min
Westminster Watch is a podcast in which members of the Department of Politics at Birkbeck College discuss current issues in British politics. It is aimed at those with an interest in British politics in general and students on Birkbeck's BA Politics module, Contemporary British Politics, in particular. In episode 3, Dr Dermot Hodson and Dr Ben Worthy discuss the secretive role of the Privy Council in British politics and what Prime Minister David Cameron didn’t say about the EU in his speech to ...
Oct 16, 2015•20 min
