by cathycollins | Jul 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
On 10 May 2020, a unique virtual museum for English and Spanish-speaking audiences was launched at the University of Liverpool as part of the Culture Unconfined digital festival and AHRC-funded MVR Research project, led by Professor Claire Taylor. “A Museum for...
by cathycollins | Jul 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ciaran Higgins discusses the role of Irish people in South America O’Higgins plaque, Sligo, Ireland The photo above is of a plaque in Sligo, Ireland, commemorating a famous nationalist, a man who personally took up arms and overcame a large empire. His exploits led to...
by cathycollins | Jul 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Many of the German-speaking refugees interned as ‘enemy aliens’ during the Second World War had backgrounds in the arts, and cultural endeavour flourished in the Isle of Man internment camps. In this blog post, Miller Archivist Clare George looks at the records of...
by cathycollins | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dr Tilmann Altenberg reports on the international conference hosted by the School of Modern Languages, Cardiff University on 23–24 January 2020. In their journey across time, cultural and linguistic boundaries, and different artistic media, comics undergo multiple...
by cathycollins | Jul 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
At the end of 2019, the German Sebald Society was founded in Allgäu, the former home of the world-famous writer W. G. Sebald. Since then, the Society has announced a literature prize endowed with EUR 10,000 and is planning a conference, due to take place in the autumn...
