3 May 2017: Artistic research seminar on archives and digitality

Steven Paige, "Antinous/Acrobats", 2015

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group Plymouth University, all welcome: Steven Paige: “Anxious Archives? How we might try and not forget, and it does not always have to be digital” Wednesday, 3rd May 2017, 4.30 – 5.30pm In Roland Levinsky Building (RLB) 306, Plymouth University Does the… Continue reading 3 May 2017: Artistic research seminar on archives and digitality

Namaste! On Art, Technology and Rickshaw rules

Three CogNovo and Transtechnology Research fellows, Agatha Haines, Jacqui Knight and Eugenia Stamboliev report on their trip as University ambassadors to India with Dr Hannah Drayson.  At the end of our individual PhD projects on the interdisciplinary program CogNovo, we – Agi Haines, Jacqui Knight, and Eugenia Stamboliev, were very grateful to receive funding support towards… Continue reading Namaste! On Art, Technology and Rickshaw rules

4th May 2017: Histories of the Unexpected Live

7.30pm | The House | Plymouth University  As a curtain raiser for Plymouth History Month, BBC’s Sam Willis and Plymouth University’s James Daybell present Histories of the Unexpected Live, the chart-topping, history podcast that features on Dan Snow’s History Hit Network, Histories of the Unexpected Live. There is a new buzz about history – the new rock… Continue reading 4th May 2017: Histories of the Unexpected Live

27th April 2017: Ecologies

3pm-3pm Crosspoint, Roland Levinsky Building ‘The interconnected networks existing at the scales of mind, society and the environment’ (Felix Guattari, The Three Ecologies, 1989) The School of Art, Design & Architecture Postgraduate Research Expo ’17 is an afternoon exhibition of work, networking and research exchange, being the first showcase of its kind for masters students,… Continue reading 27th April 2017: Ecologies

Arts and Humanities research events this week

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. 26th April 2017, 4.30pm- Chris Green and Katheryn Owens,Teri Bailie and James Harper, a Performance. Experience. Presence. seminar 26th April 2017, 4pm- Dr Elaine Murphy: ‘A Water Baudie House: Women and the… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week

Feature: “Writing about writing about dying: researching the Livre des Martyrs”

Crespin, the 5th part of the Recueil des Martyrs, 1563, courtesy Solothurn Staatsbibliothek

BY JAMESON TUCKER When I got into the office on Monday morning, I was happy (and a bit surprised) to find a box containing six copies of my book, The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s Livre des Martyrs, which is coming out soon from Routledge. This is based on my PhD thesis, which… Continue reading Feature: “Writing about writing about dying: researching the Livre des Martyrs”

3rd May 2017: Plymouth Festival of Words

Building on the success of the Plymouth International Book Festival, Plymouth Festival of Words celebrates words in all their forms including literature, poetry, theatre and more. Launching Plymouth History Month, it showcases an eclectic blend of nationally and internationally renowned writers and artists, alongside a rich community programme coordinated by WonderZoo, involving literary groups from… Continue reading 3rd May 2017: Plymouth Festival of Words

26 April 2017: Performance research seminar on collaboration

"miles and miles" (Karen Christopher & Sophie Grodin, 2015)

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group Plymouth University. All welcome.  Two presentations on Collaborative Performance Research Wednesday, 26th April 2017 at 4.30 – 6.00pm in ROLLE 313, Plymouth University  Green and Owens “5 Current Conditions of a Millennial Practice”  Abstract: ‘Friends share some level of intimacy, but carry the plurality… Continue reading 26 April 2017: Performance research seminar on collaboration

Plymouth University Lecturer shortlisted for prestigious writing prize

An award-winning novelist and academic at the University has been shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Alumnus, Tom Vowler, is one of just 21 writers to be selected from 6,000 entries for the honour of the best piece of unpublished short fiction in English. Tom, an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing in the… Continue reading Plymouth University Lecturer shortlisted for prestigious writing prize

Arts and Humanities research events this week

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. 19th April 2017, 1pm, CogNovo seminar room, Link buiding, 3rd Floor- Illusions, a Transtechnology seminar 20th April 2017, 1pm, Roland Levinksy Building 703- Jo Davies and Steven Smith, a Message seminar