News Archive
Richard Schechner lecture
Tuesday 16 February
Professor Richard Schechner (New York University), the founder of Performance Studies and editor of The Drama Review, will be giving an afternoon directing class (closed) and an open evening lecture
"9-11 as Avantgarde Performance?” in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1, 6-30-8pm.
The lecture will be preceded by a drinks reception in the new School of Arts Jarman building from 5.30.
All are welcome. Please email k.j.goddard@kent.ac.uk if you would like to attend.
Witkiewicz: Madman of Polish Theatre?
Sunday 6 December: 14.00
School of Arts Professor of Theatre and Performance Paul Allain will explore the themes of the exhibition Given and introduce the approach of Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz to theatre-writing and making, in relation to Polish experimental theatre.
The Queen's House, National Maritime Museum. More
Kent academic's film at London Film Festival
22nd Sept 2009
Sarah Turner's new film, Perestroika, will be shown as part of the prestigious London Film Festival this October. More
BFI info
High Praise for the School of Arts in National Surveys
20th August 2009
The School of Arts at Kent has received high praise across a number of recent national surveys. The Good University Guide 2010 rates Kent as 6th in the UK for Art & Design. The Complete University Guide 2009 rates Drama 7th nationally, and the Good University Guide ranks Kent 8th for Drama, Dance and Cinematics. The Research Assessment Exercise 2008 ranked Kent 12th for research quality in Drama, Dance and Performing Arts. In the National Student Survey Film was rated in the top 4, with Drama rated in the top 20.
Practice as Research showcase 2009
23rd & 24th September
Lumley and Aphra studios - Admission free
With access to the full resources of the University of Kent’s Drama and Film Departments, students, teachers and professional artists are invited to create and reflect on their own practice, making work in a stimulating and supportive environment. more
Film Lecturer's Book Receives Award
15th June 2009
Dr Jinhee Choi, Lecturer in Film at the University of Kent, has been awarded the publication fund from the Korea Foundation for her book, "The South Korean Film Renaissance: Local Hitmakers, Global Provocateurs" (Wesleyan University Press, 2010 forthcoming) More details to follow.
School of Arts Lecturer wins Prestigious Award
6th April 2009
Dr Michael Newall, lecturer in History & Philosophy of Art, has been awarded the 2009 John Fisher Memorial Prize in Aesthetics for an essay entitled "Pictorial Resemblance".
The prize is awarded every two years for an original essay in asthetics to a scholar in the early stages of their profession. Dr Newall will receive the prize at the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics (ASA) in Denver, Colorado, in October. The essay will be published in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
British Grotowski Conference June 11-14
As a culmination of Professor Allain's three-year large research grant, the School of Arts will be hosting an international conference. Full programme and registration details
Film in the Humanities
The Interdisciplinary Study of Film
Symposium: Wednesday, 3rd June, 2009
10.00: Grimond Lecture Theatre 3. More
Final year student photography exhibition
“Reflections of Light,” an exhibition of photographs by final year History and Philosophy of Art students opens on 22nd May in the Keynes college Teaching Foyer and Gallery. More.
Art, Aesthetics and the Sexual
A conference organised by the Aesthetics Research Group
21-22 May 2009
Student Film Festivals 2009
May 2009
University of Kent students premiere their work to the public - More
4th Year Drama Festival
Featuring an exciting line up encompassing site-specific work, classic plays, and comedy showcases, in a range of venues across Canterbury, Margate and Chatham. More
School of Arts Professor appointed President of BITEF-festival
25th February 2009. more
Faculty Teaching Prize 2009
13th Feb 2009
Three School of Arts staff members awarded Faculty Teaching Prizes for 2009. more
School of Arts Studentships and Bursaries 2009/10
12th February 2009
We have a number of studentships available for 2009/10 across our range of postgraduate programmes and subjects. More
‘Art Xchange’ for the Canterbury Campus
21st Jan 2009
Penultimate and final year Fine Art students get an extra venue to showcase their degree work. More
Leverhulme Trust Award
2nd Dec 2008
Dr Grant Pooke, History & Philosophy of Art, in collaboration with the Marx Memorial Library has been awarded a project grant of £39,000 from the Leverhulme Trust to research and catalogue a recently discovered archive of rare Soviet and Comintern Posters dating from the 1920s and 1930s. The discovery arose from research initially undertaken for Dr Pooke’s recent biography of the late Marxist Art Historian, Francis Klingender, who had been a member of the Marx Library in the 1930s.
Tradition and Innovation: Britain/Russia
Training for Performance
23rd Oct 2008
Professor of Theatre and Performance, Paul Allain has received an International Research Network Leverhulme Grant for furthering staff and research links with the Moscow Art Theatre School (MXAT), in a two year project beginning in September 2008. This will build on Drama's successful student exchange which is now in its third year, and will be part of the European Theatre Research Network's activities. More
New visiting Leverhulme Professor
14th Oct 2008
The School of Arts and the Aesthetics Research Group are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Jerrold Levinson as Visiting Leverhulme Professor in the Philosophy of Art at the University of Kent for 2008-9. Professor Levinson is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, and the author of many significant works in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, including Music, Art, and Metaphysics, Music in the Moment, The Pleasures of Aesthetics, and Contemplating Art. More
Important New Donation to the Kent Print Collection
1st Oct 2008
The Kent Print Collection has recently acquired through donation an important example of the British Abstract Constructivist School: Pembroke Drawing no. 3 (1977) by George Dannatt. More
Creative Events student at Beijing Olympics ceremonies
Berna Ucel spent several weeks working alongside members of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). More
Read Berna’s Blog. (Note you will be taken out of UoK pages, use your ‘back’ button to return.)
The Myth and The Flesh
The British Grotowski Project and The European Theatre Research Network Present:
The Myth and The Flesh - more
a performance-based research presentation by Marián Araújo
Wednesday 15th of October
Aphra Theatre 6PM. All welcome
MA Practice as Research Productions 2008
26th and 27th September 2008
The Lumley Studio, University of Kent at Canterbury.
An evening of work:
Everything Must Go
or The Voluntary Attempt to Overcome Unnecessary Obstacles
by Kristin Fredricksson
An athletic-puppetic performance installation inspired by a father's life.
One Man Good Woman
by Rob Vesty
The story of a good woman turned sour by the memory of one man.
Major events featuring research fellow Adam Chodzko
27th May 2008
‘Proxigean Tide’ at Tate St Ives May to September 2008 and Folkestone Triennial ‘Tales of Time and Space’ 14 June - 14 September 2008. More
A major award to Film lecturer Sarah Turner
7th May 2008
Sarah has been selected to receive funding to produce new work through the 2008 London Artists’ Film and Video Awards (LAFVA). More
Deutscher Memorial Prize Nomination
5th May 2008
History & Philosophy of Art lecturer Dr Grant Pooke has been nominated for the Deutscher Memorial Prize for his biography Francis Klingender: A Marxist Art Historian Out of Time. More
The Art of Comedy -
An investigation of humour through prints
Kent Print Collection Third Exhibition 2008
The exhibition is curated by HPA undergraduates taking the award-winning module Print Collecting and Curating. More
Important donation to Kent Print Collection
5th May 2008
The Kent Print Collection has recently received an important donation from William and Sue Church of two original aquatint plates by Harry Eccleston. More
The Paradox of Mezzotint
An exhibition of original prints after Titian, Guido Reni, Lely, Kneller, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Kauffman and Reynolds. More
Museum of Canterbury: 12 April – 11 June 2008
Strang Print Room, UCL: 2 July – 31 October 2008
BA MA Fine Art Degree Show
22nd - 29th May 11am-5pm
35 Pound Lane
Canterbury
CT1 2BZ
Contact Angela Whiffen (HPA secretary)
+44(0)1227 827228
School of Arts Annual Lecture by Nick Starr
Executive Director, National Theatre,
Friday 6th June, 6 pm, Brabourne Lecture Theatre, Keynes College. More
Celebrated Indian ensemble Milón Méla visits the University
Wednesday 28th May
The University of Kent is to host a visit by the Milón Méla ensemble on its first ever trip to the UK. Organised by School of Arts Research Associate Guiliano Campo, it is stunning mix of live music and visual and physical performance from across India. Milón Méla is one of the most dynamic, colourful and adrenaline-filled ensembles in the world today. More
Ecology
Film lecturer Sarah Turner’s new feature-length film has screenings in London in March following its premiere at the Cambridge Film Festival in 2007. Acclaimed as a compelling and highly moving presentation of family trauma, it is also a radically innovative use of new technology, sound and image ... more
Patrice Pavis wins 'Gay Lussac Humboldt' prize..
09/03/2008
..and receives his award from French Minister Valérie Pécresse. More
Work by film lecturer on show at New York's Museum of Modern Art
20/02/2008
Clio Barnard, artist and lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Kent, is the only UK artist to have work included in a collection being screened later this month at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. More
Research grant awarded
Professor Paul Allain has received a large Research grant from the Arts and Humanities Council for £203,000 to conduct 'The British Grotowski Project - a re-evaluation' from October 2006 - October 2009.
Arts residency awarded
Peter Hatton, as part of the collective TEA, has been awarded one of two £10,000 residency places on the Widnes Waterfront Arts Residency Programme.
Major new donation to Kent Print Collection
7/02/2008
We are delighted to announce a major donation of several hundred prints to the Kent Print Collection. The prints range from the Sixteenth Century to the present day and cover the complete range of techniques used during the history of printmaking. More
International Research Network Leverhulme grant
Professor Paul Allain has received a grant for furthering staff and research links with the Moscow Art Theatre School, in a two year project beginning in September 2008.