Call for Papers: Methodological Innovations Conference

The Institute of Health and Community (IHC) Methodological Innovations Conference Thursday, May 25th, 2017 Contemporary, collaborative and creative approaches to research questions Call for papers extended deadline 31st March   The Institute of Health and Community at the University of Plymouth are delighted to invite you to their interdisciplinary Methodological Innovations Conference with a theme… Continue reading Call for Papers: Methodological Innovations Conference

‘Noisy Embryos’ sci-art exhibition at Ruskin Gallery

  NOISY EMBRYOS Dates: 9 – 25 March 2017 Private View: Thursday 16 March at 5.00pm at the Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge An exhibition by University of Plymouth researchers, called Noisy Embryos, has opened in the Anglia Ruskin Gallery. Noisy Embryos is a multi-channel, audio-visual installation that reflects on the relationship between scientists and the animals they observe by… Continue reading ‘Noisy Embryos’ sci-art exhibition at Ruskin Gallery

Arts and Humanities research events this week at the University of Plymouth

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. 14th March, 2-4pm in Rolle Building room 204 – Impact Case Study workshop with Dr Rebecca Sullivan (CEO of the HIstorical Association and REF 2014 panellist), hosted by the Arts Institute.… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at the University of Plymouth

From digital to post-digital memory

On The Arts Institute Digital Memory Symposium: Monday, 16th January 2017 By Hannah Drayson and James Sweeting The University of Plymouth’s Art Institute’s first one-day research symposium brought together researchers from across the Faculty of Arts & Humanities to respond to the theme of Digital Memory.  It aimed to explore how the ‘turn to the material’ across… Continue reading From digital to post-digital memory

4 August 2017: “Queer Beyond London” event in Plymouth

Taking place at 2pm on Saturday 4th August is a Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery “Museum on Tour” event at The Council House, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 2AA. Come and share your experiences of themes including family and kinship, migration and movement, activism and community building, and the uses of history. Queer Beyond London… Continue reading 4 August 2017: “Queer Beyond London” event in Plymouth

Call for Proposals: Routledge Book Series in ‘Material Readings in Early Modern Culture’

This series, edited by Professor James Daybell (University of Plymouth) and Professor Adam Smyth (Balliol College, University of Oxford), provides a forum for studies that consider the material forms of texts as part of an investigation into early modern English culture. The editors invite proposals of a multi- or interdisciplinary nature, and particularly welcome proposals that combine… Continue reading Call for Proposals: Routledge Book Series in ‘Material Readings in Early Modern Culture’

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. 7th March 2017 at 4pm in the Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building – Talk by film director Paul Dudbridge, a First Tuesdays Artist Talk. All welcome. Free 7th March… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

Plymouth University PhD candidate returns from ‘Mars’

Benjamin Pothier, a Plymouth University PhD candidate in the Planetary Collegium research group, is successfully back from a Mars analog expedition to the Atacama desert in Chile. On 1st February 2017, he joined a group of explorers and climbers, including astronaut candidates from the PoSSUM program, for a 15 day expedition to one of the harshest environments… Continue reading Plymouth University PhD candidate returns from ‘Mars’

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

7th March 2017: Paul Dudbridge Talk

PAUL DUDBRIDGE: DIRECTOR and DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY at HANOVER PICTURES Tuesday 7 March 2017 from 4pm to 6pm in Jill Craigie Cinema Talk by film director Paul Dudbridge, plus Q+A discussion Paul will talk about his background, how he started out, his work as a director/DP and working with visual effects. He’ll share what qualities a… Continue reading 7th March 2017: Paul Dudbridge Talk