Podcasting Session for Staff – Thursday 22 February

This session will be run by the BBC’s Dr Sam Willis (Castles; The Silk Road; Britain’s Armed History; Britain’s Outlaws, History of Invasions) and Professor James Daybell, Director of the Arts Institute. The two co-write and co-present the chart-topping podcast Histories of the Unexpected, which is hosted by Dan Snow’s History Hit Network. James and… Continue reading Podcasting Session for Staff – Thursday 22 February

4th May 2017: Histories of the Unexpected Live

7.30pm | The House | Plymouth University  As a curtain raiser for Plymouth History Month, BBC’s Sam Willis and Plymouth University’s James Daybell present Histories of the Unexpected Live, the chart-topping, history podcast that features on Dan Snow’s History Hit Network, Histories of the Unexpected Live. There is a new buzz about history – the new rock… Continue reading 4th May 2017: Histories of the Unexpected Live

How to create a successful podcast series: “Histories of the Unexpected”

  What links zebras to the Second World War? What connects partying to mental illness in Victorian Britain? What ties the bed to the expansion of the British Empire? What’s the history of hair? Toilets? Oranges? Zombies? Paperclips? Erm, flatulence? Well, they are all topics that have been explored by Professor James Daybell and Dr… Continue reading How to create a successful podcast series: “Histories of the Unexpected”

1 December 2016: Workshop with Dr Sam Willis – Working with TV and Media

The Arts Institute and Graduate School at Plymouth University are delighted to invite postgraduate research students and staff at the University to a TV and Media workshop by historian, archaeologist and broadcaster Dr Sam Willis. In this workshop, Sam will look at the ways in which researchers work with TV and the media. The workshop will take place on… Continue reading 1 December 2016: Workshop with Dr Sam Willis – Working with TV and Media