Scholarly ac,vity has thrived in Butler over the past year. We have had a diverse series of guest talks, excellent student presenta,ons and have benefi?ed from a number of excellent resident fellows who have added their own unique take to scholarly ac,vity at Butler.
Scholarly Activity
The year started with our first ‘Butler Talk’, the new name for our re-branded guest lecture series. We were delighted to welcome Helen Ford from ITV news who talked about the challenges of accurately reflec,ng the diversity of our communi,es within the news. We went on to welcome a range of speakers to college, including ar,st-in-residence Neil Crimes reviews Alan O’Cain (who talked about his ongoing art project inspired by the le?ers of an inmate convicted of banking scholarly activity of fraud), Ruth Lewis from Northumbria University (who the past year talked about challenging gender-based violence in universi,es), Bruna Maciel-Pearson from Codefirst:Girls (who talked about how to create more gender diversity in who have engaged in scholarly ac,vity and delivered their the world of compu,ng) and the crime-fic,on author John own talks. In par,cular, ar,st in residence, Alan O’Cain, has Connolly (who gave an extremely enlightening talk about even helped to start a new ini,a,ve at Butler, the Arts his life and the wri,ng process). Development Group. This year, this cross common room We have also had a number of fantas,c presenta,ons group helped to source funding for and project manage a from MCR members in our regular Scholars’ Suppers series new art installa,on at the Botanic Garden at which 4th-year undergraduate and postgraduate (www.thebikiniline.com). The opening ceremony in June students get the opportunity to present their work to their was a great way to end the year, with talks by the ar,sts, peers and enjoy a meal together. We enjoyed talks from a music and poetry. range of subjects such as biology, astronomy, computer gaming, geography, sociology and even computer science. The Butler Scholarly Journal (BSJ) has con,nued to go from strength to strength. This year we produced a special Olympics theme edi,on and once again produced a special printed edi,on of the best ar,cles at the end of the year. Our team of dedicated editors also benefited from a special edi,ng workshop which was held in the SCR. Finally, we have enjoyed an excep,onal team of resident fellows,
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