LINKS OF INTEREST

BRITISH STUDIES ONLINE RESOURCES FROM ACADEMIC INFO

Links and resources for various aspects of British Studies. Also contains links to resources on Canadian, English, and Australian Studies.

 

CENTER FOR BRITISH STUDIES - University of California at Berkeley

The Center has three objectives: (1) Strengthen Berkeley's intellectual and institutional ties to Britain, (2) Support graduate and undergraduate teaching and research in British Studies, and (3) Support interdisciplinary research that recognises Britain's relationships with America, Europe and Commonwealth countries and their effects on British economy, society, politics and culture

 

CENTER FOR BRITISH AND IRISH STUDIES - University of Colorado

The Centre promotes research and teaching in all aspects of British and Irish life, culture, and history. The Center, the only one of its kind in the United States, advocates an interdisciplinary approach to British and Irish Studies, joining the humanities and performing arts, the social sciences, and the professional fields. The Center and university libraries contain standard primary and secondary works, journals, British government documents, microfilmed/microfiched sets of original manuscripts, early books and newspapers, and personal papers from British archives.

 

CENTRE FOR NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC - Durham University, UK

The Centre has three goals. First, to provide a centre unifying academic work within the university in the field of nineteenth-century music. Second, to create a locus for research in nineteenth-century music, with special reference to the creation of a new international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal Nineteenth-Century Music Review. Third, to present conferences, seminars and lecture series in support of national and international interests in nineteenth-century music

 

LEEDS UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ENGLISH MUSIC (LUCEM)

LUCEM is devoted to the study of English music of all periods, though at first it will concentrate particularly on the most neglected period, roughly from 1700 to 1850, and on neglected genres and composers outside that 150 years. LUCEUM concentrates on English music rather than British music partly because Irish, Scottish and Welsh musicologists are now dealing effectively with their own musical heritage, and in recent years have responded constructively and imaginatively to the issues of identity and cultural conflict raised by the presence of an exported English musical culture in cities such as Edinburgh and Dublin.

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES

NACBS is a scholarly society dedicated to all aspects of the study of British civilization. The NACBS sponsors scholarly publications, an annual conference, as well as several academic prizes and graduate fellowships. While the largest single group of its members teach British history in colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, the NACBS has significant representation among specialists in literature, art history, politics, law, sociology, and economics. Its membership also includes many teachers at universities in countries outside North America, secondary school teachers, and independent scholars.

THE BRITTEN-PEARS FOUNDATION

The Britten-Pears Foundation was established to promote the musical legacy of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. The Britten-Pears Foundation website is the hub of information about Britten and Pears, and the work of the Foundation and the Britten Estate. It is also the portal to the comprehensive research resources of the Britten-Pears Library.

 

SUSAN BURNEY LETTERS PROJECT

A collection of over 300 letters that provide "a uniquely informed account of English musical culture, a chornicle of some of the period's major political events and valuable insights into the social status and occupations of an educated woman."