DASH Archives - October 2013

PrestoCentre celebrates UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

From: PrestoCentre Team <office@PRESTOCENTRE.ORG>

Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:07:40 +0200

PrestoCentre and the Presto4U project celebrate the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on October 27, 2013 with a series of short video clips highlighting the key issues and challenges of audiovisual digital preservation within different audiovisual sub-sectors: What is the value of AV collections in each community? What are the key challenges for AV preservation? What are the current activities in preserving and managing AV collections or archives? What are the ideas, plans and ambitions for the future?

Come and celebrate with us at www.prestocentre.org/world-day-2013!

UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is an annual event, which is aimed at the general public worldwide to advocate to raise general awareness of the value and importance of preserving audiovisual heritage in our society, promoting preservation actions and encourage community building among cultural institutions and archives.

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PrestoCentre Foundation

PO Box 1060
1200 BB Hilversum
The Netherlands

PrestoCentre Foundation is a non-profit organisation registered under KvK54274427














*PrestoCentre and the Presto4U project celebrate the World Day for
Audiovisual Heritage on October 27, 2013 with a series of short video clips
highlighting the key issues and challenges of audiovisual digital
preservation within different audiovisual sub-sectors: What is the value of
AV collections in each community? What are the key challenges for AV
preservation? What are the current activities in preserving and managing AV
collections or archives? What are the ideas, plans and ambitions for the
future?*

Come and celebrate with us at www.prestocentre.org/world-day-2013!

UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is an annual event, which is
aimed at the general public worldwide to advocate to raise general
awareness of the value and importance of preserving audiovisual heritage in
our society, promoting preservation actions and encourage community
building among cultural institutions and archives.

--

*PrestoCentre Foundation*

PO Box 1060
1200 BB Hilversum
The Netherlands

*PrestoCentre Foundation is a non-profit organisation registered under
KvK54274427*


PhD Studentships in Arts, Law and Humanities at the University of Birmingham

From: Dale Bilson <d.c.bilson@BHAM.AC.UK>

Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:48:54 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

 

The University of Birmingham’s College of Arts and Law is delighted to announce a range of AHRC-funded studentships for September 2014, through its involvement in the Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk).

 

We would like to encourage applications for PhD study in the following areas:

 

Archaeology

Art History

Classics and Ancient History

Cultural Heritage

Drama and Theatre Studies

English Language and Literature

Modern Languages

Music

Law

Philosophy

Theology

 

These scholarships will enable the recipients to undertake meaningful and stimulating research under the guidance of a supportive and distinguished group of academics. For full details of research opportunities available in the College of Arts and Law, please visit: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/research/artslawlisting.aspx

 

To apply for funding, students must have applied for a place to study at the University of Birmingham and have already provided two academic references via the university’s application system. The deadline for applications is 12pm, Thursday 9 January 2014.

 

For further information, please visit: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ahrc-funding

Or email: ahrc@contacts.bham.ac.uk

 

If you would like to learn more about postgraduate study and funding opportunities at the University of Birmingham, come along to our Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 27 November 2013. For further details, and to register, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgopenday

 

We will also be running a workshop on writing PhD applications for prospective AHRC applicants on Saturday 7 December; bookings will open for this event shortly but in the meantime, to register your interest in attending, please email: calpg-comms@contacts.bham.ac.uk

 

 

Dale Bilson

College of Arts and Law

University of Birmingham

 

d.c.bilson@bham.ac.uk

 

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Dear Colleagues,

The University of Birmingham's College of Arts and Law is delighted to announce a range of AHRC-funded studentships for September 2014, through its involvement in the Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk).

We would like to encourage applications for PhD study in the following areas:

Archaeology
Art History
Classics and Ancient History
Cultural Heritage
Drama and Theatre Studies
English Language and Literature
Modern Languages
Music
Law
Philosophy
Theology


These scholarships will enable the recipients to undertake meaningful and stimulating research under the guidance of a supportive and distinguished group of academics. For full details of research opportunities available in the College of Arts and Law, please visit: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/research/artslawlisting.aspx



To apply for funding, students must have applied for a place to study at the University of Birmingham and have already provided two academic references via the university's application system. The deadline for applications is 12pm, Thursday 9 January 2014.



For further information, please visit: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ahrc-funding

Or email: ahrc@contacts.bham.ac.uk



If you would like to learn more about postgraduate study and funding opportunities at the University of Birmingham, come along to our Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 27 November 2013. For further details, and to register, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgopenday


We will also be running a workshop on writing PhD applications for prospective AHRC applicants on Saturday 7 December; bookings will open for this event shortly but in the meantime, to register your interest in attending, please email: calpg-comms@contacts.bham.ac.uk


Dale Bilson
College of Arts and Law
University of Birmingham

d.c.bilson@bham.ac.uk

The contents of this email may be privileged and are confidential.  It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor copied in any way.  If received in error please notify the sender and then delete it from your system.  Should you communicate with me by email you consent to the University of Birmingham monitoring and reading any such correspondence.