‘There ought to be some worthwhile ones’: The Bristol University ‘Cook Collection’ and Anatolia

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 173-218
Author(s):  
Andrew Brown
Keyword(s):  
Field Survey ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
The Core ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University ◽  
Small Finds ◽  
First Time ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractBetween the late 1940s and the 1970s, John Manuel Cook was heavily involved in the archaeology of Anatolia. In 1976 he retired from the University of Bristol and the following year donated a collection of ceramics and other small finds procured during the course of his academic career. These form the core of the Bristol University Near Eastern and Mediterranean Collections (BUNEM). Despite Cook's extensive published record, the majority of these archaeological finds, which formed one of his primary archaeological datasets, never received any form of publication. This article reunites for the first time the Anatolian material donated by Cook to the University of Bristol in 1977 with his published record. In so doing, a glimpse can be gained into the methodologies employed in Anatolian field survey prior to the 1980s, and it will be suggested that collections such as this, despite their many associated difficulties, are a potentially useful source of archaeological data. Furthermore, this will allow some insight into how Cook reached the conclusions he did and consequently why his role in Anatolian archaeology should rightly be acknowledged.

A Late Upper Aurignacian Station in North Lincolnshire

1932 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-339
Author(s):  
A. Leslie Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Distinctive Character ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
English Expression ◽  
Gradual Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

The site forming the subject of this communication is an open-air station of Upper Palæolithic date, situated near the northern extremity of the Lincolnshire Cliff range, and previously unrecorded. The cultural horizon of the site closely corresponds with that of the upper levels of the rock-shelter known as ‘Mother Grundy's Parlour,’ Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, excavated by the writer in 1924, under the auspices of the British Association Research Committee for the Exploration of Caves in Derbyshire. Those excavations revealed, for the first time, the gradual development of our English phase of the Upper Aurignacian, and established the fact that this was of a distinctive character, and had been evolved practically free from Magdalenian influences. Excavations in the Mendip caves by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, and elsewhere, have since confirmed these conclusions; and it is now recognised tlhat the culture is essentially an English expression of Upper Aurignacian, which is typical of the Upper Palæolithic in this country.

Fernando Ortiz on Afro-Cuban Music

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Moore
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Latin American ◽  
New World ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Fernando Ortiz ◽  
Cuban Studies ◽  
First Time ◽  
American Authors ◽  
Insight Into

Fernando Ortiz is recognized today as one of the most influential Latin American authors of the 20th century. Amazingly prolific, his publications written between the 1890s and the mid-1950s engage with a vast array of subjects and disciplines. Perhaps Ortiz’s most significant accomplishments were the creation of the field of Afro-Cuban studies and major early contributions to the emergent field of Afro-diasporic studies. Almost everyone else associated with similar research began their investigations decades after Ortiz and in dialogue with his work. Ortiz was one of the first to seriously examine slave and post-abolition black cultures in Cuba. His studies became central to new and more positive discourses surrounding African-derived expression in the mid-20th century that embraced it as national expression for the first time in Latin America. This essay considers Ortiz’s academic career and legacy as regards Afro-Cuban musical study beginning in the early 20th century (when his views were quite dated, even racist) and gradual, progressive changes in his attitudes. Ortiz’s work on music and dance have been underrepresented in existing academic literature, despite the fact that most of his late publications focus on such topics and are considered among his most valuable works. His writings on black heritage provide insight into the struggles within New World societies to overcome the racial/evolutionist ideologies that justified colonial subjugation. His scholarship resonates with broader debates throughout the Americas over the meanings of racial pluralism and the legacy of slavery. And his changing views over the years outline the trajectory of modern Western thought as regards Africa and race, specifically the contributions of Afro-diasporic peoples, histories, and cultures to New World societies.

George Stanley Rushbrooke. 19 January 1915-14 December 1995

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 365-384
Author(s):  
Cyril Domb
Keyword(s):  
Academic Career ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
World War ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University ◽  
Second World

For over half a century Stanley Rushbrooke played a leading role in teaching and research in statistical mechanics. He started his academic career at the University of Cambridge as a research student of R.H. (later Sir Ralph) Fowler a few years before the start of the Second World War. After a brief spell as a research assistant at the University of Bristol, he moved to University College Dundee in 1939, where he enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with C.A. Coulson. The two became lifelong friends, sharing a deep Christian faith and a common interest in scientific problems.

scholarly journals Annie Higgins 1957–2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-121
Author(s):  
Wadad Kadi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Career ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The University

Annie Campbell Higgins was born and raised in the Chicago area. After receiving a BA in geography from Northwestern University, she entered the University of Chicago's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) in 1988 and graduated with a PhD in Islamic thought in 2001, having been awarded the prestigious Stuart Tave Award in the Humanities. During this period, she taught Arabic language and several Middle Eastern subjects at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, the University of Illinois in Chicago, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Florida. After graduation she held tenure-track positions in Arabic literature and language at Wayne State University and then at the College of Charleston. The key to Annie's academic career was her love of and commitment to the study of Arabic language and culture. Even before entering NELC, she had spent a year in Egypt (1985–86) studying Arabic and making a point of mixing with Egyptians, learning about their culture and speaking their dialect with enthusiasm.

Andreas Frederik Beck’s Review of Philosophical Fragments

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Bruno Bauer ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThe present article presents the Danish theologian Andreas Frederik Beck and provides an English translation of his book review of Philosophical Fragments. In Kierkegaard’s time, Beck was a proponent of left Hegelianism and a follower of Bruno Bauer and David Friedrich Strauss. As a student of the University of Copenhagen, Beck was acquainted with Kierkegaard personally and had a special interest in The Concept of Irony, which he reviewed in 1842. In 1845 Beck published an anonymous book review in German of Philosophical Fragments in a theological journal in Berlin. This review, which appears here in English translation for the first time, provides some insight into the contemporary reception of this important work.

scholarly journals Sir Bernard Crossland CBE. 20 October 1923—17 January 2011

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 123-142
Author(s):  
Michael Burdekin
Keyword(s):  
Explosive Welding ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Expert Witness ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Initial Period ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Underground Fire ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

Bernard Crossland was one of the UK's most eminent engineers and an inspirational figure in his profession. He was a leading expert in materials and structural integrity, applied particularly to thick-walled pressure vessels and explosive welding. After an initial period with Rolls-Royce, his early academic career was at the University of Bristol where he developed his research into strength of thick cylinders under high pressure. He was appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering and head of that department at Queen's University Belfast in 1959 at the age of 35, and he proceeded to transform both teaching and research in that department over the next 23 years. He continued his research into behaviour of thick-walled pressure vessels and also started research into explosive welding and forming in Belfast. After his retirement from QUB he was appointed as an expert adviser or expert witness in a number of high-profile disaster inquiries, including the King's Cross Underground fire in 1987, the Bilsthorpe Colliery roof collapse in 1993 and the Ramsgate Ferry walkway collapse in 1994. He took a major part in professional affairs in engineering and was president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1986/87. He was knighted in 1990 for Services to Education and Industry in Northern Ireland and was presented with the Sustained Achievement Award of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2010.

scholarly journals Prelude to lithuanian mathematical studies: Higher courses in Kaunas

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Juozas Banionis
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
The Core ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
University City ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mathematics And Physics

As soon as the young Lithuanian state was formed, the international situation was unfavorable (the war of independence took place) and as a result its internal life was burdened by difficulties. Therefore, the Lithuanian intelligentsia (one of their leading mathematicians Z. Žemaitis) took the initiative to organize Higher Courses (AK) in the temporary capital Kaunas. These universal courses, equivalent to the type of higher education institution (university), existed in 1920– 1922. According to the adopted statute, there were six chapters covering the basic sciences - humanities, social sciences and natural or real sciences. The existence of the latter sciences was evidenced by the Department of Mathematics and Physics, where there was an opportunity to study mathematics in Lithuanian. This article shows the circumstances of the establishment of AK, the conditions of their activity, introduces the lecturers of mathematics and shows the composition of the listeners, as well as reveals the content of mathematics studies and names the literature used for studies. During the two years of AK's existence, a solid foundation was laid for the future Lithuanian University (since 1930 – Vytautas Magnus). The staff formed consisted mainly of 1922. the core of the developing university, and the first scientific aids, books and premises were acquired - the base of the higher school. For the first time in its history, AK turned Kaunas into a university city, and the departments operating in them laid the foundations for the establishment of the university, as well as the Faculty of Mathematics.

scholarly journals Feltkurs som læringsform. 50 år med arkeologisk feltutdanning ved Universitetet i Oslo.

2019 ◽  
pp. 121-142
Author(s):  
Axel Mjærum ◽  
Steinar Solheim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Archaeological Excavation ◽  
The Core ◽  
University Of Oslo ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Over Time

The archaeological field course is the forum where many archaeology students meet and take part in an archaeological excavation for the first time. To excavate and generate scientific data through excavations is at the core of the archaeological discipline. For that reason, introducing students for theoretical and practical knowledge about field archaeology have been a central part of the discipline for the last 150 years at Norwegian universities. In this paper, we look closer at how the field course has developed at the University of Oslo during the last half century. Based on a compiled overview of field courses, we discuss how the field course has developed and changed over time in relation to the development in the discipline and higher education at large. A central question is whether the field course succeed in giving the students skills to perform an excavation and document the process. A main find is that collegial knowledge transfer run as a thread through the disciplines’ history as the most important way of training new archaeologists.

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