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College of Arts and Humanities PUBLICATIONS College of Arts and Humanities RESEARCH BULLETIN NEWS Inside this issue: CAH’s SUCCESS IN THE REF 2014 News 1 - 2 Project News & 3 - 4 Grant Capture Invited Talks 5 In the 2014 UK Government's ranked in the UK’s top 30%; for institutions for impact. This REF research ranking Exercise English Language and Literature confirms that research based in Conferences 6 - 7 CAH has scored an average GPA (School of English) in the top the College is of extremely Organized of 3.04 across the four units of 40%; for History (School of high quality and that our assessment – higher than the History, Welsh History and Schools provide a suitable Conference 7 University’s average and above the Archaeology) in the top 50%; and research environment for Papers benchmark for ‘international for Music, Drama, Dance and internationally excellent and External Offices & 8 excellence’. All CAH impact has Performing Art (Schools of world leading traditional, Appointments been rated higher than 3*, and Creative Studies and Media, and interdisciplinary and creative some units have performed Music) in the top 30%. The research. Bangor as a whole has Impact-Generating 9 better than Oxford, Cambridge College did particularly well on performed extremely well in Activities and various Russell Group impact, with two submissions the REF. It is now ranked institutions. Our submission for receiving 100% 3* and 4* ratings. amongst the top 35% of all Cross-Disciplinary 10 Modern Languages and Linguistics Indeed, Bangor’s submission for research institutions in the UK. Activities (Schools of Cymraeg, Linguistics Modern Languages and Linguistics and Modern Languages) was was ranked 2nd out of 57 Forthcoming 11 Publications & Publications 12 Contributors’ 13 LEVERHULME MAJOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARD Schools Professor Nancy Edwards has been economy, society and beliefs, and University and the Cambrian awarded a prestigious three year how these changed over time. Archaeological Association. She is Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship Professor Nancy Edwards’ also currently writing up Project to write a book on Life in Early research, much of which is Eliseg, an excavation project to Medieval Wales. This is a prestigious multi-disciplinary, focuses on the examine the archaeological award and the only Leverhulme major archaeology of Britain and Ireland context of the Pillar of Eliseg, a research fellowship awarded to a University in Wales in this round c AD400–1100. She has published ninth-century cross which stands (2014). widely on the archaeology of on a Bronze Age burial cairn near early medieval Wales, particularly Llangollen, Denbighshire. This The period from the collapse of on sculpture and the archaeology project (with Dr Gary Robinson, Roman rule to the coming of the of the church. Bangor University and Professor Normans was formative in the Howard Williams, University of evolution of Wales, its language and Professor Edwards has recently Chester) has been funded by identity. Yet we know less about completed a major research Cadw, the Society of Antiquaries Wales c. AD350–1050 than any other project on the Early Medieval of London, the Universities of part of Britain and Ireland. To enable Inscribed Stones and Stone Wales, Bangor and Chester, the wide-ranging comparison the research Sculpture in Wales. This was in Prehistoric Society and the Cam- will be set within the broader partnership with the Royal brian Archaeological Association. framework of recent developments in Commission on the Ancient and early medieval European archaeology. Historical Monuments of Wales The growing body of archaeological and Amgueddfa Cymru - National evidence for Wales will then be Museum Wales and was funded interrogated alongside the sparse by the British Academy, Arts and written sources in order to analyse Humanities Research Council, how people lived -their settlements, University of Wales, Bangor Page 2 NEWS CAH CELEBRATORY PRE-CHRISTMAS BOOK LAUNCH The College's first joint, Narratives 1898-1936: key for CAH's research culture celebratory book launch was held Modernisation, Otherness and Na- and for helping to develop a sense on 17th December in the Library's tion; a collaborative publication of collegiality, mutual support and historic Shankland Reading Room, for the Galician poetry maga- recognition that goes beyond a venue that proved to be an ideal zine Dorna, by Dr David Miranda- School boundaries and allows setting to celebrate monographs, Barreiro, Ms Lorena López staff to discover new links and edited volumes and other major (SoML) and Mr Phil Davies (YyG), affinities between each other's forms of publications that which includes their translations work." appeared in 2014. The event was of Ifor ap Glyn’s Welsh-language very well attended and featured poems into Galician; Dr Helena books and other publications by Miguélez-Carballeira's staff from the Schools of Creative (SoML) Companion to Galician Studies and Media, English, Culture (Tamesis), Prof Astrid Modern Languages and Music: in Ensslin's (SCSM) MIT Press chronological order, the following monograph, Literary Gaming; and outputs were launched: Dr Laura Dr Jochen Eistentraut's new Rorato's (SoML) Legenda Brazilian album, Ritmeloxá, monograph, Caravaggio in Film and produced with Ubiraci Santos. Literature; Prof Helen Wilcox's PVC Research, Prof David (SoE) monograph, 1611: Authority, Shepherd, who attended the Gender and the Word in Early event, emphasised the importance Modern England (Wiley-Blackwell); of these publications and of Arts CONTRACT Dr Maureen McCue's (SoE) and Humanities research at WITH monograph, British Romanticism Bangor University more generally. and the Reception of Italian Old CAH's Director of Research, Prof OXFORD Master Art, 1793- 1840 (Ashgate); Astrid Ensslin, who organised the UNIVERSITY Dr David Miranda-Barreiro's event in collaboration with CAH PRESS (SoML) Legenda mono- Central Administration and ULB, graph, Spanish New York commented: "Events like this are Professor Huw Pryce - HWHA landed a contract with Oxford University Press for Writing Welsh History: Medieval GWYMON IN BRITTANY, FRANCE & LLAWN FESTIVAL, Legacies and Modern LLANDUDNO Narratives (c.140,000 words) Lecturer Kate Lawrence was a Two articles have been Performances of Gwymon in guest artist at Les Rencontres written about the work of Brittany, France (July 2014) and de Danse Aerienne (July 2014) Kate Lawrence in Korean ROUTLEDGE Llawn Festival in Llandudno and European Aerial Dance Dance Magazines (August/ MONO- (Venue Cymru, September Festival (August 2014) September 2014). She has 2014). GRAPHS also been a Feature BOOK Press coverage of conference performer in the National http:// CONTRACT paper at Royal Geographical Theatre of Wales production www.verticaldancekatelawrence. Society on BBC Radio Wales ‘The Gathering’ (September com/portfolio/gwymon/ Dr. Vian Bakir has (interview on Breakfast Show) 2014) and had extensive landed a book and articles in Western Mail, national press and media contract with Wales online and BMC online. coverage including 4* rating Routledge See BBC Wales Online article in the Guardian. monographs, and British Mountaineerring Cyberculture Council article and Wales series. online article Co-authored (with Dr. A. McStay, SCSM), an 80,000 word monograph on Wearable Media: A Critical Exploration of Social Implications. PROJECT NEWS & GRANT CAPTURE Page 3 PUBLICATIONS Page 3 DATA - PSST! Dr Vian Bakir School of Creative Studies and Media Sociology, Criminology, Law, Politics, index.php.en International Relations, Intelligence, Thanks go to our undergraduate (Acting Director of the Network for Business, History, Computer Science students from Media, Journalism and Media & Persuasive Communication) and Philosophy, and on end users from Law who seamlessly kept us supplied (MPC) - report - SCSM media, journalism, law, governing with refreshments throughout the bodies, regulators, NGOs, business, day in return for plentiful ideas for ESRC Seminar Series 2014-16. security and art. Seminars are to be their dissertations. 4 PhD students DATA-PSST! - Debating Alternative hosted in Bangor, Aberystwyth, from Bangor (Computer Science), Transparency Arrangements - Privacy, Sheffield and London, and will be free Aberystwyth (international Security, Surveillance, Trust. to participants. Travel bursaries are Relations), and University of South available for interested parties. Wales (Photography) participated, and are now writing up the seminar With the PI Dr Vian Bakir (SCSM), and notes, under the supervision of our The ESRC-funded DATA-PSST! 5 CIs from MPC (Dr Andrew McStay inter-disciplinary seminar series held its seminar leaders, Dr Yvonne (SCSM, Bangor), Dr Martina Feilzer first full-day seminar here at Bangor McDermott (Law) and Dr Martina (Social Sciences, Bangor), Dr Yvonne Feilzer (Social Sciences). These will University on 6th January. Mc Dermott (Law, Bangor), Mr Dyfrig be posted on the project website Jones (SCSM Bangor), this is a truly within the next few weeks. Our collaborative effort. Our CIs also Called Transparency Today: Exploring the documentary-maker, Dyfrig Jones extend beyond Bangor to comprise Mr Adequacy of Sur/Sous/Veillance Theory (SCSM) is now working out how to Paul Lashmar (Brunel Univ.), Dr Emma and Practice, this seminar saw keynotes translate some of the complex Briant (Sheffield Univ.), Dr Ross Bellaby from Professor Kirstie Ball, The Open themes we discussed into a form of (Sheffield Univ.), Dr Madeline Carr University (world-leading expert in communication
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