Relax and unwind with your fellow students watching a movie voted for by you! There’s free drinks and snacks and you could win some ace prizes in our raffle.
Apart from sitting on a beach or simply melting in the July heatwave here in London, how did you spend your summer? Tell us by email or Tweet / Insta with the hashtag #SEDsummer to enter to win one of two £25 Amazon vouchers.
Whether working 72 hours a week at the Edinburgh Festival, doing admin in PR, starting your own blog, work shadowing at a magazine, shelf-stacking in Sainsbury’s, teaching Theresa May to dance, tour guiding at Buckingham Palace, interning with the Civil Service… whatever you have been up to, we would love to hear from you.
Describe the achievements of your summer in 75 words or less and email it to sed-web@qmul.ac.uk or tag us on Instagram or Twitter @qmulsed and include the hashtag #SEDsummer
2 entries will win a £25 Amazon voucher. Deadline: 5pm on Friday 5 October 2018.
Show and Tell is a series of TED-talk style events where speakers from the arts, humanities and creative industries tell their stories at Queen Mary University of London.
This episode features publishing wizz Sarah Garnham, poet Bridget Minamore and dance artistic director Alex Whitley. Full biogs below.
The show is introduced by Patricia Hamilton, Charlie Pullen and features Rupert Dannreuther from School of English and Drama at Queen Mary.
Rupert Dannreuther
Rupert is responsible for marketing within Queen Mary’s School of English and Drama. He has worked for numerous organisations including Cineworld, Hackney Empire, The Yard Theatre and Rose Bruford College. In his spare time he runs To Do List a website about offbeat things to do in London. todolist.org.uk
Sarah Garnham
Sarah graduated from QMUL with an English degree in 2016. She now works as a PR Executive in the busy children’s books department at Egmont Publishing and has worked for other publishers including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins and Canongate. uk.linkedin.com/in/sarahjanegarnham
Bridget Minamore
Bridget Minamore is a British-Ghanaian writer from south-east London. She is a poet, critic, essayist, and journalist, often writing about pop culture, theatre, race and class. Titanic (Out-Spoken Press), her debut pamphlet of poems on modern love and loss, was published in May 2016. bridgetminamore.com
Alexander Whitley
Alexander Whitley is a London-based choreographer working at the cutting edge of British contemporary dance. As artistic director of Alexander Whitley Dance Company he has developed a reputation for a bold interdisciplinary approach to dance making. He has also created work for several of the UK’s leading companies including the Royal Ballet, Rambert, Balletboyz, Candoco and Birmingham Royal Ballet. www.alexanderwhitley.com
Featuring short and engaging talks from academic researchers, broadcasters, creative writers, and theatre practitioners. Show and Tell is a celebration of arts and humanities education and the creative industries for those interested in studying or working in literature, theatre, art, media, and culture more broadly. The evening promises to be entertaining and relaxed. Speakers will each deliver a TED-style talk, and these will be followed by a chance for guests to ask questions, before the evening ends with socialising and networking over refreshments. Show and Tell runs on the evenings of the 5, 12, 19, and 26 of September 2018, taking place between 18:00 and 20:00 at the Arts One Building on the Mile End Road of Queen Mary’s Mile End campus.
Everyone is welcome from sixth-form students, new QMUL freshers, alumni, school teachers, researchers and anyone who has a general interest in the arts and humanities.
If you have any questions or would like to register a group please email: showandtell@qmul.ac.uk
Sadly you missed…
Wednesday 5 September
Sarah Garnham: Publicity Executive, Egmont Publishing
Alexander Whitley: Artistic Director of Alexander Whitley Dance Company
Bridget Minamore: British-Ghanaian writer from south-east London.
Wednesday 12 September
Edie Edmundson: Puppeteer at Shakespeare’s Globe (Drama graduate)
QMUL has 100 rooms for Clearing and Adjustment students allocated on a random ballot system.
Once your status is confirmed as Unconditional Firm (UF) on UCAS our admissions team will send you log in details to the housing application system.
Your accommodation account will usually become active 24-hours after you receive log-in details from admissions.
To be eligible for the ballot you must submit your online housing application by midnight BST on Wednesday 22nd August.
The ballot will be drawn on Thursday 23rd August and successful applicants will be sent an email confirmation and housing offer on Friday 24th August.
If you want to be entered into the housing ballot it is very important that you accept your offer of a Clearing place at QMUL as soon as possible.
Applicants with a Greater London home address will not be eligible to be entered into the ballot, their application will be held on a waiting list for mid-term vacancies.
If you do not qualify or are unsuccessful in securing accommodation in the ballot, our Housing Services team can provide you with direct support in seeking alternative accommodation.
Housing Services will also be hosting a ‘Find a Flatmate’ event on Tuesday 4 September 2018, where you can meet other late applicants to find a suitable rental property or speak to our team of housing advisors, who will be able to provide you with specific advice geared to your housing needs. You will be able to register for this event once you have a Queen Mary Student ID number – this will be sent to you soon.
Our alternative housing website also provides information on short stay options, hotels, hostels, privately built halls and homestay opportunities. You will receive an email about this event. Please don’t be discouraged, we are here to help ease your transition into university life.
Overall student satisfaction at Queen Mary University of London’s Department of Drama is at 91.9 per cent, according to the results of the 2018 National Student Survey (NSS).
The 2018 National Student Survey questioned UK undergraduates on various aspects of the student experience, including their overall satisfaction. The results mean that Queen Mary is third for Drama in London and seven points ahead of the average subject score. Satisfaction with teaching also scored highly, 94.6 per cent, three points above the national average.
Early career researchers seeking support for their application to the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme are invited to get in contact with us as soon as possible
Deadline for applications: midday on 14 September 2018
The School of English and Drama invites early career researchers seeking support for their application to the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme to get in touch by sending (1) a two-page outline research proposal, (2) a one-page list of publications and (3) a CV to: Dr Huw Marsh, Research Manager, sed-research@qmul.ac.uk, by no later than midday on Friday 14 September 2018. Please state ‘British Academy PDRF’ in the subject line.
This proposal, list of publications and CV should demonstrate:
that you are eligible according to the BA’s criteria and
the excellence of
your research track record;
your academic record;
the publishable research you propose, how you will structure, pursue, and complete it in the time frame, and its importance;
the relevance of QMUL SED to your research and vice versa;
who you would like as a mentor and why.
You are strongly encouraged, before submitting your application and time permitting, to find a mentor, provisionally agree their support, and get some feedback from them on a draft application.
All outline proposals will be considered by our Directors of Research and those that we give institutional support to will have approximately one month to finalise their online application, due on 17 October, 2018.
Welcome to the August 2018 edition of our School of English and Drama newsletter.
This month is full of summer fun including our very own Queen Mary Theatre Company (pictured above) at the Edinburgh Fringe. Check out our summer list for more exciting suggestions.
If you’ve firmed your offer from us already we can’t wait to welcome you in September – you should hear from us on 16 August! If not there’s time to apply via clearing from now if you have your results or on A-level results day from 07:30.
QMTC Edinburgh Previews Thursday 2 and Friday 3 August, 18:00-20:00
Pinter Studio, ArtsOne, QMUL- Mile End
An early chance to catch previews of the four shows we will be taking to the Fringe this summer! From Green Wing style clowning to a dystopian death drama QMTC have got something for you.
As part of Rich Mix TAKEOVER, Drama graduate Rosie Vincent is regurgitating her ongoing photography project into a new performance. Comprised of over 200 photographs, London is Vomit continues to explore the sickness of the city whilst celebrating the resilience and endurance of the urban body.
On Saturday 11th August from 3pm – 5pm at the Tate Modern, Lois Weaver will be hosting a Long Table exploring the question, ‘What is Family?’
The Long Table will be a part of Fierce Play: A Family Festival of Live Art Games curated by the Tate. We will discuss what family looks like; what it has been, what it is and what it could be; how we are born into them and how sometimes we create our own. Families are communities often made up of a wide range of ages. We are eager to make this event as intergenerational as possible and for us all to have the chance to share our unique experiences.
The festival is free and open to all. Please come along and join us for an afternoon of discussion.
Shane Boyle (Drama) will be speaking at this international symposium will bring together scholars from the disciplines of race, Shakespeare, theatre and performance studies to discuss the ways in which race is taught at university, discussed in the critical field and represented in performance.
An evening of experimental women’s writing with Dr Sophie Seita (University of Cambridge) and Dr Amy Tobin (University of Cambridge) from SALON which our very own Susan Rudy (English) heads up.
Patrick Flanery (English) has written a piece entitled Punch and Injury for Times Literary Supplement on Jordan Wolfson’s Colored sculpture, now installed at Tate Modern.
Image: Tate photography (Seraphina Neville)
Matthew Ingleby (English) was on a radio show with presenter talking about children’s literature, violence, Bloomsbury, Mary Poppins, Kurt Weill & Tchaikovsky too! Listen here Catherine Maxwell (English) has written a long read for Aeon on synthetic perfumes and Victorian decadence. Read it here
4. Shahidha Bari (English) talks South Asian Theatre, a new crime novel from Belinda Bauer and designer Orla Kiely on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. Listen here
Here’s a potted summary of some key things you need to know about starting your study with us from A to Z.
Accommodation
Offers of housing are usually made for undergraduate and Postgraduate applicants from mid-July onwards.
So don’t worry if you haven’t heard yet you should hear about this soon but if you’re concerned please use the following links to track your application.#
Housing Services will also be hosting a ‘Find a Flatmate’ event on Tuesday 4 September 2018, where you can meet other applicants to find a suitable rental property or speak to our team of housing advisors, who will be able to provide you with specific advice geared to your housing needs. You will be able to register for this event once you have a Queen Mary Student ID number.
We’re here from 9am-5pm on Monday-Friday throughout the summer and beyond.
Dates
Semester 1
17 September – 14 December 2018
Teaching starts 24 September 2018
Semester 2
7 January – 29 March 2019
Bank holidays: 19 and 22 April 2019
Semester 3 – revision week
23 April – 26 April 2019
Semester 3 – examination period
29 April – 7 June 2019
Bank holidays: 6 and 27 May 2019
Enrolment and Pre-Enrolment
Pre-enrolment is done online to verify your details. You should receive an email about this on or after 24 August.
Enrolment can be done from the weekend before welcome week and we have a dedicated session (for everyone except joint students with a modern language) at 3pm on Monday 17 September 2018 in the Octagon.
Freshers’ Facebook Group
Join the Facebook Group here for news, competitions and reminders of key dates etc.
Preparation for Undergraduates
English preparation is just being updated. For Drama please click the link below…
1. Queen Mary Theatre Companyorganises lots of events, and there are opportunities for everyone to take part (you don’t have to study Drama to join).
2. English Society Organises events, outings and social get togethers for lovers of English literature.
3. Fashion Society A chance to get closer to the fashion industry either for fun or for a future career.
4. Student Mediaincludes CUB magazine, The Print newspaper, Peach magazine for creative writing, poetry and fiction, and other outlets that include radio and TV.
Welcome Week
Welcome Week runs from 17-21 September with lots of activities to help you get started at Queen Mary.
Are you interested in learning a language outside of your programme of study next year?
Under QMUL’s Language Learning Scholarship Scheme, scholarships are available for returning undergraduates (second year and above in 2018–19) to take a non-credit bearing language module alongside their main degree studies.
Following a successful first round in June, we are delighted to announce further scholarships for 2018-19. Application deadline will be 16:00 on Monday 13 August 2018.
You can find more information about the scheme, the languages available and how to apply on the SLLF Language Centre website.
Drawing together the insights of postcolonial scholarship and cultural studies, Popular Postcolonialisms questions the place of ‘the popular’ in the postcolonial paradigm. Multidisciplinary in focus, this collection explores the extent to which popular forms are infused with colonial logics, and whether they can be employed by those advocating for change. It considers a range of fiction, film, and non-hegemonic cultural forms, engaging with topics such as environmental change, language activism, and cultural imperialism alongside analysis of figures like Tarzan and Frankenstein. Building on the work of cultural theorists, it asks whether the popular is actually where elite conceptions of the world may best be challenged. It also addresses middlebrow cultural production, which has tended to be seen as antithetical to radical traditions, asking whether this might, in fact, form an unlikely realm from which to question, critique, or challenge colonial tropes. Examining the ways in which the imprint of colonial history is in evidence (interrogated, mythologized or sublimated) within popular cultural production, this book raises a series of speculative questions exploring the interrelation of the popular and the postcolonial.
The Refugee Tales, which campaigns against indefinite immigration detention holds an annual walk in solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers and detainees. The walk, which is in collaboration with people who have experienced the UK asylum system, aims to reclaim the landscape of South East England for the language of welcome.
Taking Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as a model, the walk is punctuated by contributions en route by writers. On 11 July the walk comes to east London. At Cable Street, Nadia Valman (English) will give a talk on the Battle of Cable Street, and at QMUL, the writer Iain Sinclair will give a lecture called ‘What the world is telling us. And why we won’t listen.’ (Wednesday 11 July, 12 noon, Arts Two Lecture Theatre).
Nocturnal Creatures is a new, free contemporary arts festival, bringing together performance, video, sculpture and sound. Originating from Whitechapel Gallery, cultural and historic venues in the vicinity are transformed, opening their doors late into the night.
As part of Rich Mix TAKEOVER, Drama graduate Rosie Vincent is regurgitating her ongoing photography project into a new performance. Comprised of over 200 photographs, London is Vomit continues to explore the sickness of the city whilst celebrating the resilience and endurance of the urban body.
MAKEMORE is London’s first maker festival celebrating all forms of making and doing. Through hands-on creative experiences you can discover what kind of maker you are. Be fuelled by the energy of making, live music and the best in bars and street food. Your entry ticket gets you access to everyone appearing that day with a full programme of live demos, taster sessions and immersive experiences.
Fringe First winners Breach Theatre’s new show hits the Edinburgh fringe directed by our MA student Billy Barrett. ‘Blending myth, history and contemporary commentary, this is the story of how a woman took revenge through her art to become one of the most successful painters of her generation.’.
Our very own Queen Mary Theatre Company (QMTC) are bringing 4 shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August:
A&E: A fast-paced clowning comedy caper, devised with junior doctors and nurses inspired by Michele Gondry and Green Wing.
Deadline: Imagine knowing when you’re going to die, _exactly _when you’re going to die. It would make you live your life to the fullest, right? Enter a world where at 16 you find out your date. A date that determines the rest of your future, a date you can’t escape from.
Same Old Same Oldies: Three Northerners and three Southerners residing in one nursing home. How could they possibly get along? Brimming with awkward disputes and one particular loud mouth amongst the group, these oldies always find something to complain about.
Rat Race: Rat Race is a dark tragicomedy set in a rat cage that is at the center of a badly handled experiment.
Keep an eye out for London previews details 2 and 3 of August! Exact times are still to be confirmed but probably from 6pm!
Queen Mary fgaduates and multi award-winning duo Sh!t Theatre return with their 100% sell-out show from 2017. It’s mainly about their love of Dolly Parton and also about cloning, branding, immortality and death.
