15 June 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar on Objects of Affect and Affection

“The Decisive Moment, Instant or Attenuated?” a research presentation by Jacqui Knight in the CogNovo seminar room, Link Building (3rd floor) at Plymouth University 15 June 2016, from 13:00-15:00 Preceded by coffee and tea from 12:30. The representation of the ‘distilled moment’ or ‘decisive moment’, clarifies some things whilst it obscures others; what it obscures is the distinction… Continue reading 15 June 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar on Objects of Affect and Affection

19 May 2016: What does a 3* or 4* research output look like in the arts & design?

19 May 2016, starting at 10 am Roland Levinsky Building, room 209, at Plymouth University In this session, Professor Naren Barfield will discuss how we might recognise and understand what constitutes an ‘internationally-excellent’ or ‘world-leading’ research output in the fields of art and design. More generally, for those who might not be located within this… Continue reading 19 May 2016: What does a 3* or 4* research output look like in the arts & design?

18 May 2016: English and Creative Writing research seminar

‘Re-reading print books about islands in digital literary spaces’ This research seminar will be presented by JR Carpenter as part of the English and Creative Writing seminar series at Plymouth University. JR is a post-doctoral fellow at the Eccles Centre for North American Studies at the British Library, and her talk is drawn from her… Continue reading 18 May 2016: English and Creative Writing research seminar

11 May 2016: seminar on music of English folk song

Paul Wilson

You are welcome to attend the following MUSIC RESEARCH SEMINAR by Paul Wilson (Wren Music) Wednesday 11 May 2016 at 2 pm in Rolle 015, Plymouth University “Moving Modes: Truths and questions about the Music of English Folk Song” This talk investigates some of the truths and myths about the musical modes of English Folk Song.… Continue reading 11 May 2016: seminar on music of English folk song

4 May 2016: performance research seminar on moving, being & thinking at Plymouth University

You are warmly invited to attend the next in our series of PEP Talks, the seminar series for the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. Wednesday 4 May 2016
, 16.30 – 18.00pm, in the Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University  The papers will be presented by Phil Smith and Ruth Way. Abstracts and titles for both are… Continue reading 4 May 2016: performance research seminar on moving, being & thinking at Plymouth University

27 April 2016: English research seminar on transatlantic fiction

You are welcome to attend the following seminar of Plymouth University’s English & Creative Writing research group: Wednesday 27th April 2016, 3.30-5pm in the Babbage Building, room BGB 409, at Plymouth University  ‘The Chain of the Narration’: transatlantic fiction and the natural history of North America a paper by Dr Kathryn Gray.

20 April 2016: P.E.P. Talk research seminar on performance and the body

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Performance. Experience. Presence. You are warmly invited to attend the next in our series of PEP Talks, the seminar series for the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University.   Wednesday 20 April 2016
, 16.30 – 18.00, in Roland Levinsky Building room 309, Plymouth University.    The papers will be presented by Leah Dungay and John Matthews. Abstracts and titles… Continue reading 20 April 2016: P.E.P. Talk research seminar on performance and the body

24 March 2016: “Thinking through Space in Fiction” seminar

You are welcome to attend the following talk by Dr David Sergeant (Lecturer in English) on “Thinking through Space in Fiction” Thursday 24 March 2016 at 4.30pm in the seminar room on floor 3 of the Link Building, Plymouth University (as part of the CogNovo What’s Up series)   Narrative is, by its very nature, temporal,… Continue reading 24 March 2016: “Thinking through Space in Fiction” seminar

23 March 2016: Illustration Event

You are welcome to attend the following FREE Illustration Event at Plymouth University on 23 March 2016 from 12 noon – 5 pm in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Roland Levinsky Building SCHEDULE: 12:00 David Hughes’ work incorporates aspects of illustration, graphic design, photography and animation, and his satirical drawings (often on the themes of “war, politics… Continue reading 23 March 2016: Illustration Event

23 March 2016: “Freedom of Time and Space: Technological Affordances of Play” seminar

You are welcome to attend this seminar, presented by James Sweeting, and organised by the Transtechnology research group 23 March 2016 at 1pm in the seminar room on Floor 3 of the Link Building, Plymouth University.   In 1979, Gunpei Yokoi, traveling on a bullet train, saw a bored businessman playing with an LCD calculator… Continue reading 23 March 2016: “Freedom of Time and Space: Technological Affordances of Play” seminar