@ University of Stirling
If the applause, cheers and whistles at the end of Professor Karen Boyle’s inaugural lecture were anything to go by, it’s fair to say that it went down a storm. Professor Boyle managed to do what is likely to be the biggest challenge when giving Read More …
As I begin to write this article, I do so with no preconceived knowledge of not only who you are, but also where you’re from, what age you are or what you happen to do for a living. But the very fact that you are Read More …
Cinema has the capacity to enflame our passions, to arouse our pity, to inspire our love. Indeed, my love of all things cinematic led me to write my latest book. Published last month by Routledge, Feeling Film: Affect and Authenticity in Popular Cinema is a Read More …
BBC Senior Producer of radio features and documentaries, Mark Rickards, will be giving a guest lecture to the 3rd year radio feature production students next Monday, 10th March, in PLT from 9-11 am. Mark has produced programmes across all BBC networks but mostly for BBC Read More …
I’m Ross Brannigan, and I am a first year Politics and Journalism student here at Stirling. When I first considered journalism as a potential career path I had no inclination to, initially, take Journalism as a course at university. Crazy right? But, for me, I Read More …
Sarah Neely on a new exhibition featuring work by the Scottish filmmaker and poet, Margaret Tait I have been researching the work of the Orcadian filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait over a number of years. Tait’s work is truly unique and inspiring, so it is Read More …
When I decided to undertake a degree in Broadcast Journalism, it was partly because I was weary of numbers –I took three years of mathematics, physics, and chemistry during my time at High School– and yet there I was, attending a University of Sheffield seminar Read More …
In recent years media scholars have been showing renewed interest in the home movie as an object of serious study. A recent conference held at University College Cork attended by Richard Kilborn considered the significance of home movie and amateur film material not only in Read More …
New… … Centre: Centre for Gender & Feminist Studies … Degree: MLitt/MSc in Gender Studies (Applied) … Professor: Karen Boyle, inaugural professorial lecture: ‘What’s the Point of Feminist Media Studies’ (March 5) … Event: ‘Challenging Everyday Sexism’ (17 March) … Survey: enhancing gender equality at Read More …
VENUE: Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling. DATE: Wednesday 19th March 2014. 9.30-4.30. More often than not, Wikipedia is treated as a dirty word in Higher Education. Whereas its everyday use and usefulness is clear, there remains a stigma attached to the use of Wikipedia in Read More …