A Story of Children and Film
A Story of Children and Film is the latest film by Honorary Professor of Film Studies, Mark Cousins. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and has received glowing reviews.
PhD Studentship award
The School of Culture and Creative Arts and the British Library are pleased to announce a three-year PhD Studentship under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Scheme, to commence 1 October 2013.
Positive Futures
The University was very pleased to host the triennial conference of the Institute of Conservation (Icon), Positive Futures, in April. Over 400 delegates attended the conference which was based in the historic surroundings of Bute Hall, the perfect venue for those concerned with preserving our heritage.
NESTA's creative economy manifesto
Philip Schlesinger's CREATe blog reflecting on NESTA's A Manifesto for the Creative Economy can be accessed here:
23rd International Screen conference
Registration is open for the 23rd International Screen conference, "Cosmopolitan Screens", Glasgow, 28-30 June 2013.
New book by Gillian Doyle
A second fully revised edition of Understanding Media Economics by Gillian Doyle has been published.
Artists' Residency
Minty Donald has been awarded artists residency on the Watershed+ programme, supported by the City of Calgary, Alberta.
Successful HLF application for Theatre Studies student
Theatre Studies' Doctoral Researcher, Tara Beall, has been successful in her Heritage Lottery Fund application
Theatre Studies produce promotional video
Theatre Studies has produced a short video to promote their Playwriting & Dramaturgy programme.
Communications regulation in Scotland
Philip Schlesinger's blog on Scotland and media and communications regulation
Talking Walking with Dee Heddon
Talking Walking is delighted to announce the publication of an interview with Dee Heddon (Professor of Contemporary Performance), co-creator of the Walking Library as our latest episode of Talking Walking: http://talkingwalking.net
Political Song Collection Online
From 8 March staff and students will be able to access a website detailing the Janey Buchan Political Song Collection. This major collection of materials relating to political song has particular relevance to Music and Theatre, Film & Television Studies.
Alasdair Cameron Scholarship
Call for applications for the Alasdair Cameron Scholarship, which is awarded to support the creation of a piece of performance by a senior TS student or recent graduate.
Future of printed media debate
CCPR's Philip Schlesinger was a member of the panel debate on the future of the printed media on 4 March which was chaired by Andrew Neil.
Creative Practice Fund - Open for Applications
All SCCA students and staff are invited to submit applications to the Creative Practice Fund, which supports extra-curricular creative projects.
History of Art PhD Katherine Tubb curates photography exhibition in Florida
'Surreal, Sexy, Sinister' is the first solo exhibition of Berlin photographer Marta Astfalck-Vietz (1901-1993) outside Germany and has been curated by Katherine Tubb, PhD in History of Art.
Italian premiere for Janet Beat
Janet Beat's "Nocturne: Cry of the Peacocks:" is to receive its world premiere at the "Pollini" Auditorium in Padua, Italy in March.
Welcome to Professor David Martin-Jones
The School of Culture and Creative Arts is delighted to welcome David Martin-Jones as Professor of Film Studies. He will start his new post on March 1st.
Theatre Studies success
Kieran Hurley (PhD student in Theatre Studies) and Philip Howard (Writing for Performance tutor in Theatre Studies) both have reasons to celebrate.
Prof John Butt receives highest honour from RCO
The Royal College of Organists is to honour Prof John Butt by awarding him its highest honour, the RCO Medal.
Goodbye to Karen Boyle!
Dr Karen Boyle leaves the University of Glasgow on Jan 31st to take up a new post as Professor in Feminist Media Studies at Stirling University.
Come to Glasgow and also study in Washington and Paris...
Postgaduate students of SCCA can study at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC or the Ecole du Louvre in Paris - some funding available.
Music Professor John Butt receives OBE
Professor John Butt, Gardiner Chair of Music, has become an Officer of the most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to Music in Scotland.
Devolution and independence: future of Scottish media
CCPR's Philip Schlesinger gave the closing talk at the international one-day workshop on 'Devolution and independence: future of Scottish media' held at Edinburgh University on 7 January as part of the EU-funded Mediadem programme.
Book launch at GFT
To mark the publication of Dr David Archibald's monograph, The war that won't die: the Spanish Civil War in cinema, the GFT will be screening one of Spain's most celebrated films, the rarely-seen El Espíritu de la Colmena/The Spirit of the Beehive (Erice, Spain, 1973).