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A £1.5 million investigation, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), has been launched to understand how society can get the most out of the vast array of often overlooked cultural activities Britons take part in.

World premiere of treasured composer's violin concerto The Durham University Orchestral Society is to perform the world premiere of a work by one of Britain's most treasured classical composers.

—Dr Sungjune Jung Under the Microscope is a collection of videos that show glimpses of the natural and man-made world in stunning close-up.

Highlights from Stanford's Native American paintings collection are showcased in Memory and Markets: Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century The works at the Cantor Arts Center celebrate the emergence of Native American painters in the modern art market, beginning in Santa Fe in the 1930s.

Table tennis and classical music may seem a strange mix but the two will come together at the University of Warwick next month for a unique performance as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

A series of recitals organised by poet John Kinsella look at the relationship between song lyrics and poetry, inviting renowned musicians to perform their poetry and lyrics without instruments at Cambridge University.

Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been re-appointed chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues by President Obama.

Musicians and music-lovers alike are invited to this year's Cambridge Science Festival - the UK's biggest free science festival - which runs from March 12-25 at venues across the University and City.

New beats for old sounds on the island of Java are redefining and reviving local identities, writes JAMES GIGGACHER.

Author and philosopher Martha Nussbaum says a declining emphasis on the study of the humanities could lead to a world of "useful profit makers with no imaginations.

National recommendations for using public money to build arts venues are only succeeding in enforcing a system that is already flawed, a new study concludes.

Landscapes of Exploration is being held in the Peninsula Arts Gallery – within the University’s Roland Levinsky Building – and draws together for the first time the works of 10 visual artists, one musician and three writers who undertook residencies in the Antarctic between 2001 and 2009.

A staggering 46,800 people flocked to The University of Nottingham's Lowry exhibition in just 10 weeks.

A film series explores the dynamic relationship between the cinema and the profound social impact of the automobile during the 20th century.

—Professor Gillian Griffiths Under the Microscope is a collection of videos that show glimpses of the natural and man-made world in stunning close-up.

The University of Manchester is to host a £1.5 million investigation, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), into how society can get the most out of the vast array of often overlooked cultural activities Britons take part in.

Owners of Apple iPads and iPhones are invited to be part of an open ‘iOrchestra’ next week and perform a large-scale composition by a University composer.

Aphasia: A Stanford music professor's work, with hand gestures and odd sounds, about obsessive attention to ridiculous things Mangled vocal samples, random icons and precise hand gestures come together in a mesmerizing performance by Stanford music scholar Mark Applebaum.

The Scott Polar Research Institute is proud to have provided the inspiration for a major new composition by leading British composer, Cecilia McDowall.

MAGPI, the University of Pennsylvania's Internet2 hub, will host the Advanced Networks and the Arts & Humanities Symposium on Thursday Feb.

The 2012 Shulman Lectures in Science and the Humanities will explore the human capacity for music-making and music perception in light of new developments in evolutionary science and theory.

City of London Sinfonia, in collaboration with the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), will embark on an ambitious concert tour in February to celebrate the centenary of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12.

Two of the UK's leading international research centres studying the use of digital technologies in the arts and humanities are to merge.

Kettle's Yard has unveiled its 2012 New Music Series featuring 12 cutting edge concerts performed by world class musicians.

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library, the latest addition to the city's burgeoning downtown arts and culture district, is opening to the public on Sunday, Jan.

One of the world’s leading physics laboratories is set to stage a unique musical duet between a violinist and radioactive subatomic particles later this month.

An exhibition curated at the Bodleian Library by an English academic and a Music professor uncovers the story behind the largest donation ever made to the library.

A little known Shostakovich violin sonata fragment is to be heard for the first time in the UK at a special University of Manchester performance today (19 January).

In "The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies" (Oxford University Press), co-editor Trevor Pinch, professor of sociology and of science and technology studies, takes a look at how sound is experienced in machine shops, design studios, private homes and dance clubs.

A multimedia exhibition featuring film, images and rarely seen cultural objects from Sierra Leone that explores the role cultural heritage can play in reanimating post-conflict and developing societies opens at UCL this week.

PHILADELPHIA - Eight University of Pennsylvania professors have been named Penn Fellows for 2012. The announcement was made by Provost Vincent Price and Lynn Hollen Lees, vice provost for faculty.

Will use computers to study changes in Western musical style from 1300 to 1900 An international team of scholars led by Julie Cumming, Associate Dean of McGill's Schulich School of Music, is among th