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See some of the projects and events that we’ve done in the past.

One of the featured special guests during a previous Arts & Humanities Knowledge Exchange event

Special Guests

We’re lucky enough to welcome many speakers to the Faculty, hosted by our departments. Over the last few months we’ve heard from writer and policy adviser Leila Slimani, historian Diarmuid MacCulloch, writer Lionel Shriver and academic Mona Siddiqui.

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Sheffield Lives

Sheffield Lives is a free app which takes its audience on a tour of Sheffield’s historic core. It’s chronological, beginning with the arrival of Mary Queen of Scots in Sheffield in 1570 and ending with the demolition of Sheffield Castle in 1649. It’s based on research from the Department of Archaeology and is part of our larger Imagine Castlegate project, a collaboration between the University, Sheffield City Council and the Friends of Sheffield Castle.

About the app

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Sheffield Music App

Sheffield Music Map, Uncommon People, was a collaboration between researchers in the School of English and Sensoria, Sheffield’s festival of art, music and digital. It aimed to chart the rich history of music in Sheffield and record where in the city it was made. The map was launched at an event, No Lectures, held in a lecture theatre on the site of Cabaret Voltaire’s recording studio.

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Recording the Hepworth

Recording the Hepworth: An acousmatic experience beyond the soundscape. Composer Adrian Moore from the Department of Music spent time at the Hepworth Gallery recording the sounds of the environment around him; a sonic journey from the car park, over the River Calder, to the in-progress garden and through the galleries. It is the sound of the Hepworth on one day in February, when the work on the now finished garden was underway.

Listen to the sounds

An individual explaining a festival exhibition to others
An individual explaining an exhibit to a younger individual. The exhibit appears to be focused around animal bones.
A group discussing a historical exhibit at a festival
An outdoor festival exhibit in which two individuals are discussing the exhibit as others walk past. "Ignite Imaginations" appears in the background.
A book reading taking place, with one individual sat on a stage and another stood, holding an open book
An acoustic band playing live music in front of an audience indoors.
Two individuals sat in front of an audience, discussing slides as shown on a projector screen behind them
An individual on a formal stage, giving some kind of speech to an audience
A group of individuals sat on a stage with microphones, ready to sing; one of them is sat at a piano
A group of younger individuals creating art of some kind, with adult supervision and assistance
A large group meeting outdoors for a festival with some cloudy weather. The shot is taken from low down.
A group reviewing some content as part of a festival indoors, using a projected screen on a wall