Convocation Newsletter Spring/Summer 2021 3
Senate House Library holds annual Fellowship Lecture In May 2021, Dr Richard Ashby delivered the culminating lecture of his Visiting Research Fellowship at Senate House Library. Hosted by the Friends of Senate House Library, this online lecture explored Dr Ashby’s research into the collection of the ground-breaking 20th century theatre director, Harley Granville-Barker, who revolutionised the presentation of Shakespeare. Dr Ashby talked about Granville-Barker’s thoughts and ideas, as revealed in the handwritten annotations made in his copies of Shakespeare’s plays, and the discoveries that could lead to future research. You can watch the lecture online at: bit.ly/Fellowship-Lecture-2021
Harley Granville-Barker
Senate House Library awarded the Visiting Research Fellowship 2020 to Dr Ashby for his research on actor, director, playwright and manager, Harley Granville-Barker. Dr Ashby started his research in October 2020 and, throughout his time at the University, made use of the Library’s rich resources relating to theatre and literature. The Visiting Research Fellowship was funded in joint partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library, offering postdoctoral researchers up to £10,000 and access to the Library’s world–class collections for three months. For more information about the Friends of Senate House Library, including how to become a member for free, please visit: london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/friends
New seminar series focuses on Knowledge Diplomacy Knowledge Diplomacy (KD) is highly relevant in both academic and policy circles, addressing the major issues of our time, relating to the sharing and openness of knowledge between nations and multilateral agencies with both theoretical and practical dimensions. Bringing together speakers from various universities, a new seminar series aims to create a space to look back at some of the challenges, as well as exchange ideas on the broad topic that is Knowledge Diplomacy. The series is co-organised by the University of London Institute in Paris, SOAS and the Centre for Distance Education at the University of London, along with the support of consultancy firm International Cultural Relations. The need to share knowledge globally, at speed and with trust, and to develop common-interest-building strategies
through Science/Knowledge Diplomacy has never been greater as we work through the pandemic and at the same time face the climate crisis. The first part of this series took place in June and explored the challenges that COVID-19 and climate change have exposed in the information economy and ecology. The second part of this series, taking place in autumn 2021, will look at the increasing importance of international collaboration and transfer of knowledge, as well as defining the future of universities as key sites for knowledge production. To view recordings of previous seminars and book for forthcoming events in the series, please visit: bit.ly/Knowledge-Diplomacy
