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Our experience as Frontrunners: discovering Library and Cultural Services

Mimi and Sofi, two undergraduate students from the University of Essex, took on a paid Frontrunners internship with the University of Essex Library and Cultural Services teams. This is their summary of their experiences.

Sofia Landa Alvarez Del Castillo, Mimi Safira Binti Sabri

28 March 2024

World Book Day: the Library and Cultural Services teams recommend their favourite books

We asked the teams from our Library and Cultural Services section to recommend their favourite books this World Book Day, and they did not disappoint!

Hanna Jones

06 March 2024

Reflecting on LGBTQ+ History Month at the Lakeside Theatre

The Lakeside Theatre team reflect on a busy month of LGBTQ+ theatre, workshops and screenings which brought together and celebrated the LGBTQ+ community at Essex.

Jonathan White, Hanna Jones, Kanyinsola Olanrewaju

29 February 2024

Reflections on being a feminist activist at Essex

Feminist activist, actor, playwright, Art Exchange Experience Assistant and University of Essex alumna, Marina Cusi Sanchez reflects on her time of being a feminist activist at Essex.

Marina Cusi Sanchez

21 February 2024

Our Arts and Cultural Services team at Essex have pulled together a shortlist of unique dates on campus on and around Valentine’s Day that you can treat anyone to.

Hanna Jones

31 January 2024

Trinta / Treinta / Thirty Years of the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America

ESCALA, the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America at the University of Essex, was founded by staff and students in 1993 and inaugurated in December of that year with an exhibition at the University Gallery, now Art Exchange, and this year we celebrate 30 years since that foundation.

Gisselle Giron, Dr Sarah Demelo

22 November 2023

A visionary artist and poet, William Blake (1757-1827) created some of the most iconic images in British Art. This blog post discusses the recent exhibition in the Albert Sloman Library which focuses on the critical stance he took against the Age of the Enlightenment with its emphasis on science and reason.

Adhithi Ravikumar

11 October 2023

Celebrating one hundred years of Margery Allingham

2023 marks the 100th anniversary since the publication of the first novel by Margery Allingham, and this presents an opportunity to celebrate the life, career, and legacy of a writer with a strong Essex connection.

Jordan Welsh

19 September 2023

Dispatches from the Culture War: homosexuality, blasphemy, and obscenity in British media

Tilly Hawkins curates 'Dispatches from the Culture War', examining the NVALA archive of Mary Whitehouse through a queer lens on the Floor 1 landing of the Albert Sloman Library.

Tilly Hawkins

20 June 2023

Lucid Borders: artistic dialogues around migration and alienation in the MA Curating 2023 exhibition

Santiago Valencia Parra, Rabia Perwaiz, Adhithi Ravikumar, Dongxian "Gin" Zhang, Konstantinos Sfikas, Jingyi Chen, Olatoye "Toye" Salawudeen, Cynthia Iruobe

18 April 2023

1-10 of 13 results

1-10 of 13 results

CER - Arts, library, CER - Arts, library

Our experience as Frontrunners: discovering Library and Cultural Services

World Book Day: the Library and Cultural Services teams recommend their favourite books

Reflecting on LGBTQ+ History Month at the Lakeside Theatre

Reflections on being a feminist activist at Essex

Unique dates on campus

Trinta / Treinta / Thirty Years of the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America

William Blake: Prophet Against Empire

Celebrating one hundred years of Margery Allingham

Dispatches from the Culture War: homosexuality, blasphemy, and obscenity in British media

Lucid Borders: artistic dialogues around migration and alienation in the MA Curating 2023 exhibition