Welcome to our new website!
Our old GALA website was set up in 2015 and it’s been overdue an upgrade for a while. A team of academics from across the…
GALA’s first online-only conference!
GALA has always held its annual conferences in person: 2014 in Bath, UK; 2015 in Beijing, China; 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico; 2017 in Parma,…
New book chapter by Professor Sian Sullivan published from UK-Namibia research collaboration
Sian Sullivan, Professor of Environment and Culture, has had a book chapter published co-authored with her longstanding Namibian research collaborator Welhemina Ganuses. “Densities of meaning…
International Journal of Creative Media Research (IJCMR) Publishes Issue 6
We are pleased to announce that Issue of the International Journal of Creative Media Research is now published. This special issue, guest edited by Dafydd Sills-Jones…
Bath Spa University and SWPS awarded Erasmus+ grant for ACCELERATE project
Bath Spa University has recently been awarded an Erasmus+ funded grant, which we had applied for in the final round of 2020 calls for which the UK…
SUNY Geneseo explores Racist Policy and Resistance in Rochester
This talk examined how federal and local policies like redlining, racially restrictive covenants, and urban renewal segregated Rochester, built wealth for its white citizens and…
Liberal Arts for Tomorrow
This 7th Annual Global Academy of Liberal Arts (GALA) conference will be held online from 20-22 September 2021. Dedicated to the theme of ‘Liberal Arts for…
Future Museum/Museum Future: The Decolonized Museum: Discussion
Claremont Graduate University — 15 April 2021, 16.30-18.00 PST/West Coast US Time Future Museum/Museum Future: The Decolonized Museum: Discussion Does decolonizing the museum mean a…
Advanced Fiction and Memoir Masterclass with Professor Aminatta Forna (Bath Spa University)
Bath Spa University, UK — 12-23 April 2021, 14.00-15.00 EST/19.00-20.00 UK Time Advanced Fiction and Memoir Masterclass with Professor Aminatta Forna (Bath Spa University) — application deadline…
Forest of Imagination
Dr Ann-Louise Davidson (Concordia University, Canada) and Andrew Grant (Grant Associates and Forest of Imagination, Bath, UK): Imagine if… universities were fertile grounds for innovation Dr…
Black History Month 2020
Black History Month 2020 at Bath Spa is a celebration of the work that’s happening across the Black community (and all communities more widely) in…
GALA Conference postponed!
Following discussions with Samuel Nyanchoga and his colleagues at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, we have decided to postpone the GALA conference to 2021…
7th Annual Global Academy of Liberal Arts (GALA) conference: Liberal Arts for Tomorrow
Liberal Arts for Tomorrow 14-16 September 2020 Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya The Catholic University of Eastern Africa will host the 7th…
2020 GALA conference: Call for proposals
Liberal Arts for Tomorrow 14-16 September 2020 Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya The Catholic University of Eastern Africa will host the 7th Annual…
Hold the date for the Seventh Annual GALA conference!
The Seventh Annual GALA conference will take place on 14-16 September 2020. Our host will be our Kenyan GALA partner, Catholic University of Eastern Africa.…
Postcard from Montreal
By Thorne Bailey The first day I woke up in Montreal was to the sound of drums celebrating Canada Day. Outside, there were carnivals and…
Announcing Bath Spa’s 2019-20 GALA Outreach fund
The GALA Outreach Fund is intended to support Bath Spa University staff and student engagement with GALA partners by providing support for international travel or…
GALA overview: A student’s perspective
GALA overview: by William Davis, Bath Spa University When my time at Bath Spa University began in 2017 I believed that I would be predominantly…
The Global Academy of Liberal Arts Sixth Annual Conference
The Global Academy of Liberal Arts Sixth Annual Conference Claremont Graduate University (CGU) Los Angeles, USA Day 1 Partners met to discuss strategy in going…
2019 GALA conference: draft programme and registration details
Networks across Time and Space September 12–14, 2019 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont California, USA Claremont Graduate University will host the 6th Annual GALA conference dedicated…
Partners from Addis Ababa University and Witwatersrand University visit Bath Spa University
(Featured image from left to right: Prof Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus, Prof Ian Gadd, Dr Nicole De Wet, Prof Zerihun Woldu, Prof John Strachan) Director of Research at…
Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from Witwatersrand University visits Bath Spa University
(Featured image, left to right: Prof Ian Gadd, Prof Ruksana Osman, Prof John Strachan, Prof Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus) Professor Ruksana Osman, Dean of the Faculty of…
Head of Life Sciences at the University of Namibia visits Bath Spa University
Dr Selma Lendelvo, Head of Life Sciences Division of the Multi-Disciplinary Research Centre of the University of Namibia, visited Bath Spa University to meet with…
Registration is now open for the 2019 GALA conference!
Registration is now open for the 2019 GALA conference! The conference, “Networks across Time and Space”, is being hosted by Claremont Graduate University, on 12-14 September…
A trip in time
Dylan Moore, Bath Spa University postgraduate student in Transnational Writing, reports from Addis Ababa, where his trip became more literal than anticipated. As a writer,…
Gala 2019 Conference: Networks across Time and Space
Networks across Time and Space September 12–14, 2019 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont California, USA Claremont Graduate University will host the 6th Annual GALA conference dedicated…
A post card from… Bath
My name is Yara Gawrieh and I’m a third year student at Stockholm University – Sweden, studying English literature and linguistics. Going on an exchange study to…
Featured partner: University of Witwatersrand
The Faculty of Humanities is a leading centre of study and research in the Arts, Social Sciences, Human and Community Development, Education and Literature, Language…
Gala partners converge to explore early childhood education
SUNY Geneseo’s Professor Leigh O’Brien delivered a workshop at the Firm Foundation 2019 conference hosted by Bath Spa University. Leigh explored access to outdoor early education…
Inaugural issue of the International Journal of Creative Media Research
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the International Journal of Creative Media Research, Bath Spa University’s new interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed and open access academic journal devoted to pushing forward…
Gala Partners at Global Citizenship forum
Nick Jose, Professor of English and Creative Writing at Adelaide University joined Joseba Achotegui, professor of psychotherapy techniques at the University of Barcelona in a…
A postcard from… Stockholm
By Savannah-Rae Squair Monday 11th March, I’m up early this morning to catch my flight to Sweden for a research visit to Stockholm University. I’m…
Conference: Interdisciplinarity in Global Contexts
From 24-26 October 2019, the annual AIS conference takes place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, organized by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) at the University…
