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A Thank You to the Chawton team

Not the most flattering photo of me ever, as I give an Untour, with Ryan observing. Photo: Ā© Chawton House Library/Darren Bevin Well, that turned out to be be more exhausting than I had expected. It went very well though. Only one of the visitor (group)s that I approached chose not to come on an Untour, and that was just because they were short on time, having come to see the village’s open gardens as well as the “Great House”. Continue reading →

Chawton Untours live: progress review

Its a rainy day today, and so Chawton House Library is seeing very few visitors. I guess that many visitors come to the village to visit the Jane Austen museum, and if it’s dry a good proportion of them follow that up with the short stroll to the Library. But when it rains, with the choice of a warm and dry pub OR a cafe just across the road from the Jane Austen Museum, I guess most people decide they don’t want to brave the weather to come here. Continue reading →

Chawton Untours launch

The exhibits are in place, the interactive script is done, the sound files are all uploaded to the server and the lights and speakers are all in place and plugged in. In a little under an hour* we launch Chawton Untours. The weather is a bit wet and windy today, so its anybody’s guess now many visitors will brave the elements to come to Chawton House Library. Continue reading →

EUROCALL Early Bird registration extended

Early Bird registration for the 25th EUROCALL conference, taking place at Highfield Campus at the University of Southampton from 23rd – 26th August 2017 has been extended to 16th June 2017. Don’t miss your chance to register before the deadline! The theme of EUROCALL 2017 is ā€˜CALL in a Climate of Change: Adapting to Turbulent Global Conditions.ā€™ For further details about the conference and on how to register, visit the EUROCALL 2017 website. Continue reading →

Make the most of Early Bird registration for EUROCALL!

Early Bird registration for EUROCALL closes on Friday 2nd June! The University of Southampton is delighted to be hosting the 25th EUROCALL conference at Highfield Campus from 23rd-26th August 2017. To register, please follow the instructions on the EUROCALL 2017 website. The theme of EUROCALL 2017 is ā€˜CALL in a Climate of Change: Adapting to Turbulent Global Conditions. Continue reading →

Photo Competition

Hello Everyone, Just a last minute reminder that we will be holding aĀ photo competitionĀ in the next two days. The photos will be on display at the symposium and you will be able to vote over the course of Thursday and Friday. Thanks and hope to see you all there!   Sincerely, The PGRAS organising committee The post Photo Competition appeared first on Postgraduate Research Archaeology Symposium. The post Photo Competition appeared first on Archaeology Blogs. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: ā€œHow the glottal stop starts: examining childrenā€™s use of a rapidly expanding variableā€

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Thursday 25th May 2017 at 16:00 in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled ā€œHow the glottal stop starts: examining childrenā€™s use of a rapidly expanding variableā€ and will be delivered by Jennifer Smith from the University of Glasgow and Sophie Holmes-Elliott the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

PGRAS 2017 Schedule and Abstracts

Hello, The event is rapidly approaching so please check out the schedule here:Ā FINAL- PGRAS-2017-schedule. We’ve also prepared a small booklet of the abstracts here:Ā PGRAS 2017 Abstract Booklet. We hope that we will see you all there!   Kind regards, The PGRAS organising committee     The post PGRAS 2017 Schedule and Abstracts appeared first on Postgraduate Research Archaeology Symposium. The post PGRAS 2017 Schedule and Abstracts appeared first on Archaeology Blogs. Continue reading →