in Roland Levinsky Building rooms RLB 206 and 207, 10am-3pm This one-day symposium hosted by the Arts Institute seeks to bring together researchers from across the faculty and beyond who have cognate interests in what might broadly be described as ‘digital memory’, in order to stimulate potential collaborations with an eye to funding opportunities. Digital… Continue reading CfP: Digital Memory Symposium at Plymouth University (16 January 2017)
Month: November 2016
30 November 2016: Research seminar on drowning in early photography
English & Creative Writing Research Seminar Breathless: the look of drowning in early underwater photography Speaker: Dr Matt Kerr (University of Southampton) 3.30-5pm on Wednesday 30th November 2016 in Babbage 406, Plymouth University This paper investigates the imaginative links between photography and drowning in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. If photography can be thought of as… Continue reading 30 November 2016: Research seminar on drowning in early photography
Plymouth University Researcher featured on BBC One’s ‘Who do you think you are?’
Dr Daniel Grey, Lecturer in World History since 1880 at Plymouth University, was featured in BBC One’s ‘Who do you think you are?’ on 24th November 2016. During the episode he explored the ancestry of actor Danny Dyer, tracing the history of his three-times great-grandmother, Mary Ann, who was suspected of killing her illegitimate daughter. The episode… Continue reading Plymouth University Researcher featured on BBC One’s ‘Who do you think you are?’
Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Art+Sound Seminar: 2pm on 30th November 2016 in Nancy Astor Building, NAB 006 History Seminar: Dr Todd Gray on “Carving out the Renaissance in Devon”. 4pm on 30th November in Babbage… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
30 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar
Please join us for the next PEP Talk (the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University), which will feature papers by Phil Smith and David Strang: Wednesday, 30th November 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm Babbage Building, Room 215, Plymouth University “Using character and journey in Symbolist Theatre to make a portrait of South Devon” In… Continue reading 30 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar
How to create a successful podcast series: “Histories of the Unexpected”
What links zebras to the Second World War? What connects partying to mental illness in Victorian Britain? What ties the bed to the expansion of the British Empire? What’s the history of hair? Toilets? Oranges? Zombies? Paperclips? Erm, flatulence? Well, they are all topics that have been explored by Professor James Daybell and Dr… Continue reading How to create a successful podcast series: “Histories of the Unexpected”
Six Plymouth University Researchers become members of AHRC Peer Review College
Six researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University have recently been selected as members of the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Peer Review College. Professor Alessandro Aurigi, Dr Anya Lewin, Professor Daniel Maudlin, Professor Dafydd Moore, Dr Angela Smith and Dr Katharine Willis were chosen to join 1,500 existing members… Continue reading Six Plymouth University Researchers become members of AHRC Peer Review College
Professor Roy Ascott exhibiting at Henry Moore Institute
25th January-23rd April 2017 Gallery 4, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. Plymouth University researcher Professor Roy Ascott is exhibiting at the the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds from January to April 2017. Professor Ascott is a pioneering British artist and an influential teacher who has worked in the fields of cybernetics, telematics and telecommunications since 1960. Before his… Continue reading Professor Roy Ascott exhibiting at Henry Moore Institute
23 November 2016: Seminar on representing our environment through music
MUSIC RESEARCH SEMINAR Wednesday 23rd November 2016 in Rolle 015 (Plymouth University) at 2pm What do I have in common with Alberti and Messiaen?: Representing our environment through music Nuria Bonet Filella (ICCMR, Plymouth University) Composers and musicians have always incorporated elements of their soundscapes in their music, birdsong is perhaps the most clear example. With… Continue reading 23 November 2016: Seminar on representing our environment through music
Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Workshop for Arts & Humanities postgraduate researchers on using social media to promote your research (with Russ Taylor). 11am on 22nd November 2016 in Babbage Building, BGB 415 ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University