Visiting Professor awarded Honorary Life Member Award

Professor Tansin Benn, Visiting Professor at Plymouth University, has been as awarded Honorary Life Member Award from the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women and Dance (IAPESGW) in recognition of her significant, sustained and outstanding contribution to the work of the Association at the 18th IAPESGW World Congress held in… Continue reading Visiting Professor awarded Honorary Life Member Award

Plymouth University lecturer short listed for short story award

Lucy Durneen

Wild Gestures, the first collection by Plymouth University Lecturer in English and Creative Writing Lucy Durneen, has been shortlisted in the Best Short Story Collection category at the Saboteur Awards. Published by Midnight Sun Publishing, the book brings together stories of loss, desire and opportunities missed and was released in January this year. The winner… Continue reading Plymouth University lecturer short listed for short story award

Feature: “Writing about writing about dying: researching the Livre des Martyrs”

Crespin, the 5th part of the Recueil des Martyrs, 1563, courtesy Solothurn Staatsbibliothek

BY JAMESON TUCKER When I got into the office on Monday morning, I was happy (and a bit surprised) to find a box containing six copies of my book, The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s Livre des Martyrs, which is coming out soon from Routledge. This is based on my PhD thesis, which… Continue reading Feature: “Writing about writing about dying: researching the Livre des Martyrs”

Launch of new book series on Espionage and Culture

This month sees the launch of a new Routledge book series – jointly edited by Dr Nicholas Barnett, Lecturer in Twentieth Century History at Plymouth University and Dr Laura Crossley, Lecturer in Film at Bournemouth University – that aims to generate new insights into the connections between espionage and culture. During the second half of… Continue reading Launch of new book series on Espionage and Culture