Upcoming Arts and Humanities Events September – October 2019

    The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this month. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information.   Arts Institute Public Programme  Mon 23 Sep – Sat 16 Nov – Exhibition: Mariner: A Painted Ship Upon A Painted Ocean | The Levinsky Gallery  Tue 1 Oct –… Continue reading Upcoming Arts and Humanities Events September – October 2019

Book Review: “Red Hot Mama: The Life of Sophie Tucker”

Red Hot Mama: The Life of Sophie Tucker. By Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff. University of Texas Press, 2018. 275 pp., ISBN 978-4773-1236-0 (hc).  reviewed by Roberta Mock Sophie Tucker was an entertainer. It’s not a term we use much anymore. We now tend to use words like celebrity – and she was certainly that too. In… Continue reading Book Review: “Red Hot Mama: The Life of Sophie Tucker”

14th September 2017: Research Leadership in the Arts and Humanities

14th September 2017 | Babbage 406 | 9am-3pm Research leadership is an increasingly important issue for humanities academics. Being a leader can mean actively shaping your field and your institution, growing grant income, developing new projects and research teams, and supporting the research aspirations of colleagues. This day-long workshop covers practical definitions of research leadership,… Continue reading 14th September 2017: Research Leadership in the Arts and Humanities

Registration now open: On the Moors Postgraduate Research Conference

On The Moors: Performance.Experience.Presence Postgraduate Research Conference 10-11 June 2017 on Dartmoor Keynotes by Roberta Mock, Phil Smith and Claudia Zeiske Registration now open! The University of Plymouth annual transdisciplinary practice-research postgraduate conference this year takes place in Dartmoor National Park over the weekend of 10-11 June 2017, and is now open for booking.  Following the… Continue reading Registration now open: On the Moors Postgraduate Research Conference

CfP: ‘On the Moors’ postgraduate research conference

2017 PEP Talks Conference: On the Moors   Call for presentations: University of Plymouth Performance.Experience.Presence Postgraduate Conference 10-11 June 2017, in Dartmoor National Park, Devon We are seeking proposals for our annual trans-disciplinary practice-research postgraduate conference. We invite contributions from arts and humanities post-graduate students and early career researchers that focus on collaborative methods and/or… Continue reading CfP: ‘On the Moors’ postgraduate research 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)

Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017

Adam Whiting in Heaven is a Place (2014)

A film made by Plymouth University practitioner-researchers, Kayla Parker, Roberta Mock and Ruth Way, is currently screening for a month as part of the Out of Borders Venice International Experimental Art Festival. Heaven is a Place is a community dance film made in collaboration with the advocacy organisation, Pride in Plymouth. It was part of an EU-funded cultural project… Continue reading Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017

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. MIA (Moving Image Arts) Seminar: Tom Trevor on ‘The River Tamar Project’. 4pm on 6th December 2016 in Jill Craigie Cinema  ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research) Seminar: Edward Braund on ‘Music… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University

7 December 2016: Practice-research seminar with Anya Lewin & Roberta Mock

Roberta Mock, A Trip Around the World is Not a Cruise (2016). Photo: Benjamin Graham

You are welcome to join the following research seminar, co-hosted by ARC (Artistic Research Cluster) and PEP (Performance.Experience.Presence research group) at Plymouth University: 7th December 2016, 4.30 – 6.00 pm in Scott 109, Plymouth University Presentations by Dr Anya Lewin & Prof Roberta Mock Fez: The Royal Scent opening up process when you don’t like… Continue reading 7 December 2016: Practice-research seminar with Anya Lewin & Roberta Mock

New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival

Photo by Rachel Parry

LA SAINTE TRINITÉ Friday 28 October 2016 at 15.30 at the High Street Exhibitional Gallery, Ipswich (as part of the Spill Festival of Performance) Natalie Raven, who is undertaking a practice-research PhD at Plymouth University, is premiering a new piece at the SPILL Festival of Performance. Created in 2007 by artist Robert Pacitti and produced by… Continue reading New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival