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Featured GALA partner: University of Adelaide, JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus January 20, 2017 332 Views No Comments

University of Adelaide, JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice subjects/ specialisms for shared teaching: The J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice is a research centre and hub for the arts without borders. Cross-disciplinary in its outreach and project driven in its rationale, the centre investigates new syntheses across traditional borders as art forms evolve. Its main areas of research s...

Launch of student-led GALA Culture Club

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus January 19, 2017 257 Views No Comments

The Student-GALA Culture Club site has been launched: http://notlostglobal.com/gala-culture-club/131-2/ The aim of the Culture Club is to give student-led insight into cultures around the world and to increase accessibility to countries across the GALA network – whether Mexico, China or Russia (the first of our cultural insights on Culture Club).This site highlights student experience of Art...

MIX 2017: REVOLUTIONS, REGENERATIONS, REFLECTIONS

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus January 18, 2017 410 Views No Comments

If you are thinking of coming to Europe for the GALA conference in Parma, 5-7 July 2017, why not also submit an abstract to MIX 2017? This biannual conference will take place on Bath Spa University’s beautiful west of England campus from 10-12 July, making it very convenient for anyone who is travelling to Italy for the GALA conference the week before! Why go to one summer conference when yo...

Postcard from… Parma

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus January 5, 2017 256 Views No Comments

By Amy Mowers, 3d year Heritage and Publishing student at Bath Spa University The University of Parma is a partner of a museum on the outskirts of town called CSAC (Centro Studi e Archiviodella Comunicazione) which translates as: Study Center and Communication Archive. It was founded in 1968 by a gentleman called Professor Artuo Carlo Quintavalle. Since its founding, it has concentrated on assembl...

GALA funding opportunity

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus January 3, 2017 420 Views No Comments

We are delighted to confirm that Bath Spa will be providing extra funds over the next six months for Bath Spa staff and students to engage with GALA partners. This can support visits by Bath Spa staff and students to other GALA partners, but it can also be used to bring individuals at other GALA partners to Bath Spa for specific research or teaching activities. If you wish to learn more, please co...

GALA conference 2017: Call for papers

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus January 3, 2017 752 Views No Comments

GALA 2017 Meeting: “Curating the Future” 5–7 July 2017 Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione (CSAC), University of Parma The 2017 GALA conference at the University of Parma aims to open up spaces of discussion about the concept of ‘curating’ in theory and practice, whether it is ‘curating’ human knowledge, the natural environment, or the digital world. ‘Curating’ can be understood both a...

Featured GALA partner: Udine University

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus November 16, 2016 367 Views No Comments

Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society The Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society (DILL) is based on a strategic alliance among three core macro-areas of the University of Udine, namely, i) languages and literatures; ii) communication; and iii) education. Born from the synergetic interrelations among the degree courses i...

GALA partners gather to celebrate installation of Jeremy Irons as Chancellor of Bath Spa University

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus November 10, 2016 360 Views No Comments

GALA partners from Australia, Sweden and the UK gathered to celebrate the installation of Jeremy Irons as Chancellor of Bath Spa University. He will take an active role in promoting the creative industries internationally, challenging the perceptions that arts education and career paths are secondary to STEM subject areas. Speaking of his appointment, Jeremy said: “I am delighted and honoured to b...

Confucian Studies Summer Institute

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus November 10, 2016 459 Views No Comments

Confucian Studies Summer Institute Elena Syvokaite The one-month study programme in China was truly one of a kind experience. Every single day I learnt a ton of new things, from Chinese philosophy to politics, culture, language, food, customs, and lots more. The people participating were all of incredible skill and were keen to learn and share thoughts on Chinese culture, which mad...

Columbia College Chicago’s Patricia Ann McNair: reading and conversation at Bath Spa University

Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus November 10, 2016 472 Views No Comments

Associate Professor Patricia Ann McNair from Columbia College Chicago read a short story, ‘Just like that’ from her collection ‘The Temple of Air’ to students at Bath Spa University. This book received the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award, Southern Illinois University’s Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award, and the Society of Midland Authors (US) Finalist Award. ...

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