Settlerlands
This website is the outcome of a project, part funded by the AHRC, to document the traces of colonial (and specifically British) settlement of South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Through photographs of the built environment of small towns in the area, documentary photographer Peter Metelerkamp examines both the continuing “visible influence of colonial presence” and traces its passing and contemporary social change (less than 10f the regions rural population is of white settler descen
Creole and technology : building bridges among ethnolinguistic groups in Mauritius
This PDF document describes an AHRC-funded research project investigating the “formation of national identity through the interaction between language and technology”. Through exploring the way in which computer mediated communication (such as email, chatrooms, texting) is contributing to the lexical development of Mauritian Creole, and bridging the distinct ethno-linguistic groups that form Mauritius population. The document outlines the background to the study and its methodology.
National park service archeology program
This website provides access to the archaeology and ethnography program of the U.S. National Park service. It is a portal to the many projects across America and American legislation on archaeological matters. The projects are accessible via a map or textual hyperlinks from the "sites and collections" section. A special section of the site examines the Antiquities Act. The section entitled "peoples and cultures" presents instead all the ethnographic projects. Another special section worth lookin
Cyberfibres
This website, entitled Cyberfibres, is a searchable online database of Australian fashion and textile design created by a team led by Kaye Ashton for the Frances Burke Textile Resource Centre and the RMIT University School of Fashion and Textiles in Melbourne Australia. The website contains a brief history of the Cyberfibres project, its content, origins and how to use it. The database can be searched by keyword, by a structured search facility including Date and Role functions, or can be browse
La trobe journal
The 'La Trobe Journal' is a scholarly journal published by the State Library of Victoria Foundation, in Australia, since 1968. It contains articles written by scholars who use the resources and collections of the State Library. Over 80 issues are freely available online in full-text form, dating from 1968 until 2006. Some issues are themed. Example article titles from the most recent issues include: 'Australian Children's Literature: an Overview'; 'The ABC of Horn-Books'; 'Helmut Newton's Austr
Commemoration and Scottish emigration
This webpage outlines Harold Mytum’s AHRC-funded research project into the funerary monuments associated with Scots settlers in Ulster, North America and Australia. Through examining graveyard memorials, texts and symbols the shifting patterns of cultural and political affiliations can be traced over time and place and the dynamic relation between coloniser and colonised can be illuminated. The website describes work to date, as well as providing links to Mytum’s other work, includin
Eras journal
Eras Journal is a full-text e-journal produced by postgraduate students at the School of Historical Studies, Monash University in Australia. At May 2009 there are nine issues freely available online, dating from 2002 - 2007. The most recent issue has only abstracts available. The journal covers History; Archaeology and Ancient History; Religion and Theology; and Jewish Civilisation, and also publishes book reviews. Freely available article titles include: The Diary Network in Sixteenth and Seve
emaj : electronic Melbourne art journal
'emaj: electronic Melbourne art journal' is a full-text refereed ejournal published from the University of Melbourne, featuring scholarly articles on art history in Australia and beyond. At June 2009 there are three issues online, with articles freely available for download in PDF format. Example article titles include: 'Wolfgang Sievers and the revisionism of Australian migrant art'; 'Changing museum environments: global articulations of the 'Video Text' (1968–1990)'; and 'The guitar, the muse
United Islands? multi-lingual radical poetry and folk song in Britain and Ireland, 1770-1820
This website describes an AHRC-funded research network, bringing together scholars with collectors and performers of folksong and poetry, to “discuss the fate of non-canonical poetry/folksong in the period 1770-1820”. This radical and anti-establishment poetry has long been overlooked, and the opportunity has only recently arisen to discuss it from an intra-national perspective (with the history of the British Isles seen as a complex and contradictory “zone of cultural conflict
Language, religion and print culture in the Welsh diaspora
This short Web page introduces an AHRC-funded research network concerned “the ways in which Welsh identity was preserved and adapted” by the Welsh diaspora in North and South America. Bringing together scholars with backgrounds in Welsh literature, linguistics, history, religion and Welsh identities the group held four meetings in Bangor between 2006-2007, brief details of which are provided.
Association des Écrivains Bretons (AEB)
This association is for anyone who is Breton, writes in Breton or lives in Brittany and supports Breton literature. Founded in 1978 by Yann Brekilien the Breton author, it encourages the study and further production of literature in Breton or literature about Brittany but in French. The website has a list of authors who belong to the association, with brief details about their literary genres. Various projects are underway with the aim of publicising the association further. AEB gives constr
Early cinema and the diasporic imagination : the Irish in America 1890-1930
This PDF document briefly summarises an AHRC-funded research network into “the role and representation of Irish immigrants within US cinema”, drawing new ideas of the role of audience taste on the shaping of early cinema and “the contradictory dynamic between ethnic assertion and cultural assimilation faced by the immigrant communities within the US”. The network was conceived as very much a multinational one, with academics from the UK, US and Ireland contributing, and w
Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural Affairs (WISCA)
The “Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural Affairs (WISCA)” bilingual website (English and Welsh) is hosted by Bangor University and provides information to researchers, students, and members of the public about the importance of the history, present and future of Wales in the global context of the twenty-first century. The site provides information about the growing interest in Welsh affairs, both inside and outside the United Kingdom, and the important role of identity, minority
Modelling, interpretation and alternate representations : visualization technology, heritage buildin
This is the website for an AHRC-funded research cluster aiming to apply visualization techniques to heritage sites under threat from coastal erosion and buildings in Wales and Ireland. It brings together computer scientists, archaeologists and heritage managers and organisations including the National Museums of Wales and Ireland, the National Trust and English Heritage. In doing so, through as series of workshops (details available), it will allow the application of computer modelling technolo
Reel Ireland
Reel Ireland is an organisation dedicated to... "touring Irish films worldwide". It is administered by the Irish Film Institute, and funded by Culture Ireland. This website was launched in 2008 and contains a useful and comprehensive 2009 Festival Calendar of film festivals around the world dedicated to Irish films. There is also a page featuring details of selected recent Irish films. Although rather limited in content, and not yet the "flagship global showcase for Irish film and film artists"
Philoctetes
Philoctetes is a website which offers several key early philosophical texts in ancient Greek, along with English and French translations. In most cases the translation appears opposite the Greek text for ease of comprehension. Featured authors are: Thales (c. 600BC); Anaximander (sixth century BC); Heraclitus (c. 540-c. 480 BC); Parmenides (c. 515-c. 450 BC); Empedocles (fifth century BC); and Zeno (fifth century BC). Also included, with French translation only, are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, as
Explorator
"Explorator" is a weekly mailing list that contains a list of headlines and links from online resources providing an overview of all what made into the news during the week and is relevant to archaeological research, including Classics, numismatics and anything related to the past. The list is well structured and often provides multiple links for each story, but it should be noted that it is not exhaustive. It is a fundamental tool to stay updated on the latest about archaeology, and the author
Classics technology center
The Classics Technology Center is a website which provides a wealth of free electronic resources for the teaching and learning of Classics-based subjects. These range from school to university level and cover Greek and Latin languages, ancient history, archaeology and literature, as well as more general material and teaching tools to help with the use of web-based Classics resources. Also featured are pedagogical guidelines for teachers of Latin and Greek, and advice from classicists relating to
Sexual fables
Anecdotal in character, and without any pretence to academic criticism, this online resource focuses on the motifs of gender and sexuality, as it explores various Western narratives, ranging from the biblical story of Adam and Eve, Homer's adventures, and the marital anxieties of Jane Austen to Kama Sutra and erotic tales by Anais Nin. Abounding in illustrations of relevant personae and places, i.e.: photographs of Austen's suitor, the author herself, her house, desk and a snapshot of Bath Georg
Middlebrow network
This is the website of The Middlebrow Network, an AHRC-funded project developing research around the “loaded and disreputable term” ‘middlebrow’. Coined in the early twentieth century, ‘middlebrow’ can be defined as referring to “moderately intellectual” cultural production, perceived by some as of limited value. This network aims to debate the term itself, and consider how it may be understood in different fields as well as investigating specific
