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Recent Research in Creativity, Culture, and Heritage

Through partnerships with the cultural and heritage sectors, and exciting developments in visual arts and creative writing, Creativity, Culture and Heritage researchers are spearheading innovative approaches to the study of ancient and modern artefacts and the relevance of the past for the present.

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Talking Humanities Podcast - Durham University and the BFI

In this episode, Senior Librarian Katie Reddington gives an introduction to the British Film Institute's Reuben Library. The Talking Humanities podcast introduces projects and reflections from researchers across the Arts and Humanities Faculty at Durham University.

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Fragmentary Modernisms: The Classical Fragment in Literary and Visual Cultures, 1896-1950

Fragmentary Modernisms

Goldschmidt, N. (2023). Fragmentary Modernism : The Classical Fragment in Literary and Visual Cultures, c.1896 - c.1936. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 



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Fragmentary Modernisms investigates how our idea of ‘the classical fragment’ has been shaped by the dialogues between classical scholars and modernist artists and writers in the first half of the twentieth century.

Nora Goldschmidt
Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History

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Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories

The Durham Music & Science Lab investigates a variety of questions related to music-evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs), in particular the prevalence, features, and retrieval of these memories, how MEAMs vary across the population, and whether music has any unique ability to evoke qualitatively different memories than other common memory triggers.

 

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Is music distinctive as a cue for autobiographical memories?

Dr Kelly Jakubowski, Associate Professor of Music Psychology, talks in this video about her research on comparing emotionally matched music, sounds, and words as retrieval cues. 

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Codex: Shining a Light on the Lindisfarne Gospels

Inspired by the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the North East, in Autumn 2022 Durham University collaborated with award-winning light art company The Projection Studio to create CODEX, an inspiring visual and sound installation, touring churches in the region. CODEX explores connections between Northumbria and the rest of the world, expressed through the art of manuscripts dating from between 600 and 800AD.

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Durham Commission on Creativity and Education

Durham Commission on Creativity and Education

The Durham Commission is a joint research collaboration between Durham University and Arts Council England, convened to look at the role creativity and creative thinking should play in the education of young people.

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Edible History - the culinary secrets of medieval Arab cuisine

Join our team of food history experts, Daniel L Newman, Giles Gasper and Amanda Herbert as they recreate a delicious medieval sweet, Zulabiyya, and share insights from their own research on cooking historical recipes.

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Heritage-360

Heritage-360

Heritage-360 is a new initiative for 2024, and is open exclusively to students living in the North East region. The programme is an initiative based on connecting collaborative practice between natural and cultural heritage in the region.

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Discover Related Research Centres, Initiatives and Projects

Discover some of Durham University's research centres, initiatives, and projects related to Creativity, Culture, and Heritage.

Centre for Visual Arts and Culture

CVAC conducts cutting-edge research on visual arts and cultures and it aspires to train new generations of scholars through innovative postgraduate programmes.
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Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies

The Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies aims to generate research and collaborative opportunities across the Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences and Sciences.
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Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies

The Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies covers a global range of areas from Late Antiquity to the late eighteenth century.


 

Creativity, Culture, and Heritage Programmes

  • BA in Visual Arts and Film

    Explore the world of the visual arts and film from a global and historical perspective.

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  • MA in Visual Culture

    A distinctive interdisciplinary course that invites you to develop your knowledge and understanding of visual culture.

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BA in Visual Arts and Film

Explore the world of the visual arts and film from a global and historical perspective.

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MA in Visual Culture

A distinctive interdisciplinary course that invites you to develop your knowledge and understanding of visual culture.

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  • MA Creative Writing

    Develop your skills in writing poetry and fiction and enhance your knowledge of twentieth and twenty-first century literature on this exciting and rewarding course, taught by award–winning writers.

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    Our research-led education ensures our broad range of courses will challenge and inspire you. 

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MA Creative Writing

Develop your skills in writing poetry and fiction and enhance your knowledge of twentieth and twenty-first century literature on this exciting and rewarding course, taught by award–winning writers.

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Durham University Courses

Our research-led education ensures our broad range of courses will challenge and inspire you. 

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30 Second Condiment Challenge: Amanda Herbert, early modern food historian and our resident condiment expert, gives us the fascinating past of some of our much-loved household staples.

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