Adam Benjamin delivers keynote lecture

Plymouth University researcher Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, has given a keynote speech at DanceAble symposium in Den Haag, The Netherlands to raise awareness about ‘inclusive dance’ and the empowerment of dancers with disabilities. The keynote followed a recent trip to the LABO inclusive dance symposium at the Royal Conservatoire of the Arts in… Continue reading Adam Benjamin delivers keynote lecture

Polly Macpherson gives international keynote presentation

Polly Macpherson

Plymouth University researcher Polly Macpherson, Associate Professor in 3D design, has given a keynote presentation as part of the first International Crafts Week in China. Polly presented at the International Conference of Innovative Traditional Crafts at Hangzhou Creative Design Centre explaining the need to marry traditional craft/designing and making with modern innovation, and joined a… Continue reading Polly Macpherson gives international keynote presentation

18th May 2017: Photographies

18 May & 19 May, 2017 309 Regent St, University of Westminster, London UK To celebrate their tenth anniversary, photographies journal is holding a two-day conference.  Bringing together a range of international speakers, it promises to be a defining event engaging and interrogating the contemporary condition and currency of the photographic image.  Talks will address… Continue reading 18th May 2017: Photographies

Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century: early bird extended

22nd and 23rd June | Plymouth University The first international conference hosted by Plymouth Nineteenth Century Studies (PUNCS) began on the day of the Brexit referendum, and commentators have seen that event in the context of other signs of anti-globalisation and in a landscape of violent disintegrations or forcible integrations in the Twenty-first century. This… Continue reading Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century: early bird extended

The 21st annual Digital Research in the Humanities & Arts Deadline extended

Due to popular demand the DRHA2017 DataAche Call for Papers has been extended until 30th April 2017. The 21st annual Digital Research in the Humanities & Arts (DRHA) conference hosted by The Arts Institute at the University of Plymouth “We’re drowning (not waving) in a sea of data – with data, data everywhere, but not… Continue reading The 21st annual Digital Research in the Humanities & Arts Deadline extended

22-23 June 2017: Union and Disunion in the 19th Century Conference

Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century Conference 22-23 June 2017 at Plymouth University Registration is now open for this international conference, the second in a series organised by Plymouth University Nineteenth Century Studies (PUNCS). It is timed for the first anniversary of the Brexit referendum, and brings together leading scholars from the United States,… Continue reading 22-23 June 2017: Union and Disunion in the 19th Century Conference

The 21st International Conference on Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA2017)

Data Ache a conference hosted by the Arts Institute at the University of Plymouth (UK) 10–13 September 2017 CONFIRMED KEYNOTES: Prof Jussi Parikka, Oreet Ashery, Dr Tim Davies, Prof Eduardo Miranda & Prof Jane Winters “We’re drowning (not waving) in a sea of data – with data, data everywhere, but not a drop of information.”… Continue reading The 21st International Conference on Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA2017)

Dr Allister Gall screens new film in Australia

Plymouth University researcher Dr Allister Gall is screening his film Everything Imperfect at the ‘Sightlines: Filmmaking in the Academy’ conference, RMIT University, Australia. Everything Imperfect was made in 2013 and submitted alongside his PhD thesis. The film utilised diary/documentary footage of micro-cinema events organised as part of the practice, films submitted for the project, filmed interviews with participants,… Continue reading Dr Allister Gall screens new film in Australia

Plymouth University at International Inclusive Dance Symposium in Antwerp

Plymouth University researcher Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, travelled to Antwerp, Belgium with eleven Plymouth students and graduates to take part in the LAB International Symposium of Inclusive Dance and Re-thinking Bodies at the Royal Conservatoire of Dance from 19-21 October 2016. LAB is an inclusive dance research project, and Adam is a contributor at… Continue reading Plymouth University at International Inclusive Dance Symposium in Antwerp

7 July 2016: Symposium on the psychology of artistic creativity

You are welcome to attend the symposium, Psychology of Artistic Creativity, taking place on Thursday 7th July from 9:30am – 12:45pm as part of the Cognition Institute Conference at Plymouth University. It is free to attend. The session will feature talks from: Jon May (Plymouth University) – The psychology of artistic creativity David Sargeant (Plymouth University) – Thinking through fiction Emma Redding… Continue reading 7 July 2016: Symposium on the psychology of artistic creativity