22nd March 2018: Talk and book launch for Owl Sense

Join Dr Miriam Darlington, a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University, on Thursday 22 March for her talk and book launch of Owl Sense. Published by Faber & Faber on 8 February, this beautiful book charts the author’s travels from her home in Devon to the Hebrides, as she searches the British Isles and extends… Continue reading 22nd March 2018: Talk and book launch for Owl Sense

The Pronoun Utopia by David Sergeant

By David Sergeant  For a while now a lot of my research has been circling around ideas of utopia, and how it relates to prose fiction; a reading that has involved drawing on a range of fields and approaches, from narratology to environmental criticism. However, it wasn’t until I was a fair way into assembling… Continue reading The Pronoun Utopia by David Sergeant

Adam Benjamin featured in new book about international dance leadership

Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, is one of six international dance artists featured in a new publication entitled Dance Leadership: Theory into Practice by Jane Alexandre (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) This “what is”—rather than “how to”— volume proposes a theoretical framework for understanding dance leadership for dancers, leaders, and students of both domains, illustrated by… Continue reading Adam Benjamin featured in new book about international dance leadership

Eduardo Miranda publishes pioneering Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music

A pioneering new book, edited by Prof Eduardo Miranda, has just been published by Springer, on musical applications of unconventional computing. Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music (2017) explores how innovative new modes of computation may provide exciting new directions for future developments in the music industry, guiding the reader through the latest research in this emerging,… Continue reading Eduardo Miranda publishes pioneering Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music

New Singer-Songwriter Handbook co-edited by Katherine Williams

A new book on the practice of being a singer-songwriter has just been published by Bloomsbury, co-edited by Dr Katherine Williams, who is a lecturer in music at the University of Plymouth. The singer-songwriter, someone who writes and performs their own music, is an ever-present and increasingly complex figure in popular music worlds. The Singer-Songwriter… Continue reading New Singer-Songwriter Handbook co-edited by Katherine Williams

New book on the Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity by Plymouth historian

A new book by Dr G.H. Bennett, which reassesses naval policy of the 1920s and considers the lessons for today, has just been published by Bloomsbury, a few months ahead of schedule. Bennett is Associate Professor (Reader) in History at Plymouth University. The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919-22: Naval and Foreign Policy under Lloyd… Continue reading New book on the Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity by Plymouth historian

New book on gender and early modern political culture

Plymouth University researcher Professor James Daybell’s new book Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe (edited with Professor Svante Norrhem, Lund University, Sweden) was recently published by Routledge. The volume investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender, power, and political authority and influence, and offers a… Continue reading New book on gender and early modern political culture

New book on early modern women and agency

Plymouth University researcher Professor James Daybell’s new book Women and Epistolary Agency in Early Modern Culture, 1450–1690 (edited with Andrew Gordon, Aberdeen University) was recently published by Routledge.  It is the first collection to examine the gendered nature of women’s letter-writing in England and Ireland from the late-fifteenth century through to the Restoration. The essays collected… Continue reading New book on early modern women and agency

New book about British Women in WWI

A new book entitled British Women of the Eastern Front, by Dr Angela Smith, explores the experiences of British women who worked on the Eastern Front in Serbia and Russia during the First World War. Angela is Associate Professor (Reader) in English at Plymouth University. The book tracks the adventures of women from the early days of… Continue reading New book about British Women in WWI

New edited collection on Early Modern Letter Writing

Prof James Daybell has just published a new book, with Andrew Gordon of Aberdeen University, entitled Cultures of Correspondence in Early Modern Britain. This edited collection about early modern letter writing, published in the University of Pennsylvania Press’ Material Texts series, brings together leading scholars in the field from around the world including Nadine Akkerman, Mark Brayshay, Christopher… Continue reading New edited collection on Early Modern Letter Writing