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Professor Philip Esler's (AHRC) visit to the IoE

Tuesday 3 April 2007

Professor Philip Esler, Chief Executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) visited the Institute of Education on Tuesday 3 April 2007. Philip Esler is currently Professor of Biblical Criticism at St Andrew's University where he was recently Vice-Principal for Research. Before becoming an academic, Professor Esler worked for 10 years as a litigation solicitor and then a barrister in Australia. He was awarded a DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1984; his research was on the New Testament and his thesis focused on The Social and Political Motivations of Lucan Theology. In October 1992 he took up a position as Reader in New Testament in the University of St Andrews and was promoted to Professor of Biblical Criticism there in September 1995. He has published very extensively, particularly in the social-scientific analysis of New Testament and other biblical and apocryphal texts. He also has a recent monograph in the area of the Bible and the visual arts co-authored with a British artist.

Key aims of the day:

To explain and discuss the Institute's contribution to AHRC's research mission
To discuss how the AHRC can support and develop the Institute's research strategy
To provide advice to colleagues in particular research areas relating to the AHRC's research mission
To plan key priorities and discuss developing issues in this area over the next period

During his visit, Professor Esler had the opportunity to discuss Music research related issues with Professor Graham Welch, Professor Lucy Green, Professor Sue Hallam and Evangelos Himonides. The School of Arts and Humanities has conducted numerous research projects funded by the AHRC (for more details see: here)

Professors Philip Esler and Garry McCulloch

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Professor Philip Esler's (AHRC) visit to the IoE

Tuesday 3 April 2007

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