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Fresh thinking brought to the fore in new look SSGS Magazine: Local & Global

Introducing Local & Global, the digital magazine for new debates and fresh ways of thinking from experts in the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies.

29th September 2023

Economics seminar series: Sovereign Debt and Feminist Political Economy

OU Economics is proud to celebrate a recently published collaborative book on feminism and sovereign debt, edited by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky (CONICET) and Mariana Rulli (UNRN).

26th September 2023
Heather Richardson and Bree Hocking stand either side of a large patchwork blanket hanging on the wall. The blanket is based on a map and is made up of white, blue, pink, yellow and black squares.

Powerful textile art inspired by psychology research now on display

A piece of textile art inspired by a Psychology research project has gone on display at Northern Ireland’s Linen Biennale. ‘The Belfast Quilt’ was the brainchild of Heather Richardson, Staff Tutor in English and Creative Writing. 

25th August 2023

Words, Music & Silence – The House of Life

This lecture recital will consider Ralph Vaughan Williams’ settings of 6 sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1904). The first of these to be composed was 'Silent Noon’; singer Julia Hollander and pianist Peter McMullin will focus on this song, its relationship to the rest of the cycle and especially the theme of silence. They analyse the ways Vaughan Williams’ music depicts silence, and consider the role of Rossetti as both painter and wordsmith: calling on both our listening and our (silent) visual powers.

18th August 2023
Heather Annan

Former FASS Grad gains top US scholarship award

A former FASS graduate is named as one of a select few researchers to gain a Kennedy Scholarship in the United States to pursue her studies into autism. Heather Annan’s research focuses on philosophy of mind, perception, and attention.

9th August 2023
The word Barbenheimer is the iconic Barbie font

Can the ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon save cinema?

Dr Rebecca Harrison (Lecturer in Film & Media) discussed the phenomenon of ‘Barbenheimer’ and the impact which the two films – Barbie and Oppenheimer – are having on cinema on BBC World Service’s Newshour.

3rd August 2023
The title frame of the animated film Medea showing the name Medea above a bubbling cauldron over a blue flame

Classical Studies animation shortlisted for award

The short animated film about Euripides' tragedy Medea produced for Open University Classical Studies third level module Greek and Roman Myth has been short listed for a Yorkshire Royal Television Society Award.

3rd August 2023
The EU and Union Jack flags on display outside the Houses of Parliament with the Big Ben clock tower in the background

Professor Simon Usherwood gives expert testimony to Parliament

Open University Professor Simon Usherwood gave evidence to two Parliamentary Committees on the Windsor Framework and the future of the UK’s relationship with the EU.

3rd August 2023
People walk across a marked road crossing in between high-rise buildings in New York city

Two new OU courses explore some of the world’s most pressing issues

New MA in International Relations and BA (Honours) Sociology courses have just launched, offering the chance to explore some of the big questions about the world around us.

26th July 2023
presenter Bettany Hughes is filmed by a camera crew in front of a temple in India with tourists in the background

FASS academics advise OU series exploring the India’s Treasures on Channel Four

OU production Exploring India's Treasures with Bettany Hughes, supported by academic consultants Dr Renate Dohmen and Dr Suzanne Newcombe, takes a cultural journey across India.

25th July 2023

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