Plymouth University post graduate student Nuria Bonet has been awarded a travel award to attend the Galpin Society and AMIS joint conference in Edinburgh, 1-4 June 2017. For the third year running, her work into Catalan shawms has been recognised and she has been given the chance to meet world-leading specialists in organology. She will… Continue reading Nuria Bonet wins research award
Month: May 2017
Polly Macpherson featured on BBC Radio Four
Polly Macpherson, Associate Professor in 3D Design, has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour to discuss the ‘other’ category of show’s upcoming craft prize. Polly is one of the category’s judges and describes the diverse range of entries received, including mosaic, paper, basketry, leather and various new materials. The Woman’s Hour Craft Prize 2017… Continue reading Polly Macpherson featured on BBC Radio Four
Review: Visions of Agony, Redemption and Justice
By Harry Bennett At the end of April Pen Arts in association with Plymouth Wrestling Association hosted a mini-lecture and performance entitled: Visions of Agony, Redemption and Justice. Combining a mini-lecture on the history of wrestling with a three match wrestling show the piece was written as an integrated performance: the lecture (and the idea… Continue reading Review: Visions of Agony, Redemption and Justice
Win tickets for Port Elliot Festival 2017
The Port Eliot Festival is a true cultural icon. Every July, people from across the world travel to a small village in south east Cornwall to see famous faces from the realms of music, art, literature, food and more. But where Port Eliot differs from other festivals is that it offers the opportunity to truly… Continue reading Win tickets for Port Elliot Festival 2017
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. 24th May 2017, All day, Ocean Studios- New Materialism and Film in the Anthropocene workshop, a RADIX/Artistic Research Cluster seminar
22nd May – 11th June 2017: Words and Music Festival
The music of Noel Coward, a timeless cinema classic and the boundless energy of the Charleston will be among the highlights as the spirit of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ comes alive once again. The Festival, organised by Peninsula Arts, will showcase the best entertainment of the 1920s, including performances by celebrated cabaret duo Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James McConnel and… Continue reading 22nd May – 11th June 2017: Words and Music Festival
Cornerstone Heritage at Powderham Castle-Summer Lectures
This May and June Cornerstone Heritage, the University of Plymouth’s heritage research group, presents three weeks of (almost) daily talks by leading experts on the history and heritage of the historic built environment hosted by the Earl of Devon at Powderham Castle. ‘Cornerstone at Powderham’ is part of the University of Plymouth’s wider on-site investigation… Continue reading Cornerstone Heritage at Powderham Castle-Summer Lectures
25th May 2017: Soil Erosion Challenges in East Africa- an interdisciplinary approach
6pm | Stonehouse Lecture Theatre The Jali Ardhi project aims to evaluate the impact of soil erosion on both the environme ntal and social resilience of communities in East Africa. With growing land-use pressures and consequent severe soil erosion, many East African socio-ecological systems are at a tipping point. Field-based research is being undertaken in… Continue reading 25th May 2017: Soil Erosion Challenges in East Africa- an interdisciplinary approach
Arts and 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. 16th May 2017, 7pm in Roland Levinsky Building Lecture Theatre 2 – Prof Lucy Bland on “Britain’s ‘Brown Babies’: The Children of Black GIs and White Women Born in World War… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
22nd June 2017: Territories
22nd and 23rd June 2017 | Plymouth University This two-day symposium will offer an insight into artistic practices that engage with concepts of territories within contemporary culture. Possession is a necessary condition when space is framed as ‘territory’, whereas landscape may be considered in purely aesthetic terms. When landscape is territory, we can think of… Continue reading 22nd June 2017: Territories