Jason offers some final thoughts, and looks ahead. Over the last few weeks we have been tying up some loose threads and bringing our mountains project to a close. We are enormously grateful to the Leverhulme Trust for their investment in the project over the last six years. In the process it has been a … Read more
Dawn reflects on the end of project. Seven years (!) ago, I applied for a position as a postdoctoral researcher on a Leverhulme Trust research project, ‘mountains in ancient literature and culture and their postclassical reception’. As a historian I had been fascinated by mountains, and how people interacted with them, for years: I started … Read more
This post is part of our ‘mountain research spotlights’ series, sharing the work and insights of colleagues working on mountains across the humanities (and beyond). Name and institution: Paul Gilchrist, University of Brighton Research summary: I am a historical and cultural geographer with expertise in the geographies of sport and leisure. I have longstanding interests in mountains … Read more
Our project on ‘Mountains in ancient literature and culture and their postclassical reception’ has stretched some way beyond its original 3-year duration – and has ended up having a reach far beyond its already-broad title. Two maternity leaves and the small matter of the COVID pandemic have seen the original end-date of July 2020 pushed … Read more
This post is part of our ‘mountain research spotlights’ series, sharing the work and insights of colleagues working on mountains across the humanities (and beyond). Name and institution: Professor Graeme Warren, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin | Twitter: @graememwarren Research summary: My research focuses on the archaeology of deep time (prehistoric) hunter-gatherers with a special … Read more
This post is part of our ‘mountain research spotlights’ series, sharing the work and insights of colleagues working on mountains across the humanities (and beyond). Name and Institution: Joanne Anderson, University of Aberdeen. Research summary: In broad terms, I study the interaction of the visual culture and experiential dimension of mountain environments in the late medieval … Read more
This post is part of our ‘mountain research spotlights’ series, sharing the work and insights of colleagues working on mountains across the humanities (and beyond). Name and institution: Jonathan Westaway, University of Central Lancashire Research summary: I am a cultural and environmental historian. My research focusses on imperial cultures of exploration in both polar and … Read more
This post is part of our ‘mountain research spotlights’ series, sharing the work and insights of colleagues working on mountains across the humanities (and beyond). Name and institution: Abbie Garrington, Durham University Research summary: I am currently finishing the monograph High Modernism: A Literary History of Mountaineering, 1890-1945, which investigates the significance of mountains, the … Read more
This post is part of our ‘mountain research spotlights’ series, sharing the work and insights of colleagues working on mountains across the humanities (and beyond). Name and institution: Christian Quendler, University of Innsbruck Research summary: My research project “Delocating Montains: Cinematic Landscape and the Alpine Model” contributes to a new cultural and media history of … Read more
This post is part of our ‘mountain research spotlights’ series, sharing the work and insights of colleagues working on mountains across the humanities (and beyond). Name and Institution: Jonathan Pitches, University of Leeds. Research summary: I have research interests in many aspects of mountain culture, in environmental theatre and performance and in blended learning. In … Read more