Introduction to screening of ‘Stories We Tell’ (2012)

The following text was written and presented by Roberta Mock, to introduce the screening of Stories We Tell on 22 February 2016 as part of the Peninsula Arts Women & Cinema season.   Our film tonight, Stories We Tell, was made by Sarah Polley, who is an actor, writer and director from Toronto. She started performing as… Continue reading Introduction to screening of ‘Stories We Tell’ (2012)

‘An Accident of the History of Technology’ podcast with Guy Edmonds

CogNovo Research Fellow, Guy Edmonds, has published a podcast with Roger Malina on the very early days of cinema. It has the title “The Divorce of Eye and Ear is an Accident of the History of Technology” and is available on the international, interdisciplinary, multi-lingual online platform, Creative Disturbances. Creative Disturbances is a new Leonardo… Continue reading ‘An Accident of the History of Technology’ podcast with Guy Edmonds

Arts & Humanities Research for Radio Audiences – workshop on 23 March

The Arts Institute invites arts & humanities researchers at Plymouth University to the following workshop. If you are not based in these disciplines, or at Plymouth University, and wish to attend, please email to find out whether there are places available for you. “Arts & Humanities Research for Radio Audiences” by Dr Ed Baxter (Resonance… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research for Radio Audiences – workshop on 23 March

24 February: Land/Water & the Visual Arts session on research residencies in Nicosia, Cyprus

You are welcome to attend this session run by the Land/Water and the Visual Arts research group: Wednesday 24 February 2016 3.30-5.30pm in Scott Building room SCB102 Nicosia Residency – Cyprus – 2013-2015 featuring work by Liz Nicol, Hannah Drayson and Carole Baker and with an introduction by Professor Liz Wells Following her residency in… Continue reading 24 February: Land/Water & the Visual Arts session on research residencies in Nicosia, Cyprus

Creative Writing Showcase Research Seminar: 24 February 2016

You are welcome to attend the following English & Creative Writing Staff Research Session. Feel free to bring friends, students and well-behaved pets. Wednesday 24 February, 3.30 – 5.30 pm in Babbage BGB405. This Creative Writing roundtable event will showcase the department’s best recent work by Prof Anthony Caleshu Dr Miriam Darlington Dr Lucy Durneen Dr David Sergeant Dr… Continue reading Creative Writing Showcase Research Seminar: 24 February 2016

Conference: “Gender, Power and Materiality in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800” (7-9 April 2016)

This three-day conference (7-9 April 2016) at Plymouth University on the theme of ‘Gender, Power and Materiality in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800’ is part of a two-year AHRC-funded international research network run by Professor James Daybell (Plymouth University), Professor Svante Norrhem (Lund University), Dr Nadine Akkerman (Leiden University) and Professors Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van… Continue reading Conference: “Gender, Power and Materiality in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800” (7-9 April 2016)

Feature: “Voices of angels & men: religious identity and pilgrimage to the Mont Saint-Michel in 16th & 17th century France”

BY ELIZABETH TINGLE   The abbey of the Mont Saint-Michel is located on a spectacular natural site, a small rocky outcrop in the bay of Avranches in Normandy which is an island at high tide but accessible on foot at low tide. In 708 AD, Aubert, bishop of Avranches, founded a sanctuary on the Mont… Continue reading Feature: “Voices of angels & men: religious identity and pilgrimage to the Mont Saint-Michel in 16th & 17th century France”

New book about Rufus Wainwright by Dr Katherine Williams

Equinox Publishing has just published Dr Katherine Williams‘ new book, Rufus Wainwright. Katherine, a Lecturer in Music at Plymouth University, is a musicologist and saxophonist. Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright is famous around the world for his multi-faceted musical style, shown through both his recorded output and his engaging live performances. In this book, Katherine Williams combines aspects… Continue reading New book about Rufus Wainwright by Dr Katherine Williams

“Traffic: movement / place / flow / mobility” – Conference 14-16 April 2016

This conference, organized by Land2 and the Land/Water & the Visual Arts research group at Plymouth University, seeks to explore the symbiotic relation of artists’ activities and an understanding of the ways in which place might be conceived in relation to flows, traffic and mobility.  An important aspect of the conference will be to explore… Continue reading “Traffic: movement / place / flow / mobility” – Conference 14-16 April 2016

Maritime History Conference for New Researchers – 15/16 April 2016

This conference at Plymouth University provides a unique opportunity for emerging scholars to present their work in a supportive environment and to build relations with other maritime historians.  The conference will feature presentations on research in maritime history from research degree students, the world of museums, and by independent scholars. The keynote is Dr J.D.… Continue reading Maritime History Conference for New Researchers – 15/16 April 2016