2 November 2016: Research Development Workshop – REF Strategy and Humanities

2nd November at 1.30pm in Babbage 405, Plymouth University Professor Martin Halliwell, University of Leicester, will be leading the first of the Art Institute’s Research Development workshops this year at Plymouth University. Professor Halliwell is the current chair of the English Association, a recent chair of the British Association for American Studies and the incoming… Continue reading 2 November 2016: Research Development Workshop – REF Strategy and Humanities

Lucy Durneen’s creative non-fiction on BBC Radio 4

Lucy Durneen

A creative non-fiction piece written and performed by Lucy Durneen, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, alongside Dr Adnan Mahmutović from Stockholm University, has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Comics, War & Ordinary Miracles was specially commissioned for the BBC, and explores the two academics’ very different lives in 1992 and their connection through… Continue reading Lucy Durneen’s creative non-fiction on BBC Radio 4

Arts & 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. ICCMR Seminar: Aurelien Antoine – ‘Designing a Sound Classification System’. 3.30pm on 11th October 2016 in Scott Building 105 Artist Talk: Tony Godfrey – ‘Painting in the age of Installation’. 4pm on… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University

Short story by Lucy Durneen in Neon Magazine

Plymouth University lecturer Dr Lucy Durneen’s short story ‘Noli Mi Tangere’ has been featured in the online literary magazine Neon. Lucy’s story was selected as one of Neon‘s ‘Five Short Stories to Read this Month’ as part of their ‘Literary List’ feature. They described her story as ‘flawlessly-crafted and filled with haunting detail’. Lucy is an Associate Lecturer… Continue reading Short story by Lucy Durneen in Neon Magazine

Feature article by Dr Min Wild in Times Literary Supplement

The Distrest Poet

Plymouth University researcher Dr Min Wild has one of the lead articles in last week’s Times Literary Supplement: a 3,000 word essay-review of a new book on Oliver Goldsmith and eighteenth-century Grub St subcultures. Min researches in the eighteenth century, with special interests in periodicals and print culture, in satire, and in criticism. She teaches eighteenth-century literature, as well as early modern… Continue reading Feature article by Dr Min Wild in Times Literary Supplement

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