Professor Sam Smiles, an internationally-recognised expert on British painter J.M.W. Turner, will be giving a paper in next week’s Art History Research Seminar. Professor Smiles will be discussing the critically-acclaimed exhibition he co-curated at Tate Britain, ‘Late Turner: Painting Set Free’ of 2014, and the challenges he faced as an academic-curator in meeting the museum’s… Continue reading 14th December 2016: Art History Research Seminar
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Feature: “Between Us: Audiences, Affect and the In-Between”
BY LEE MILLER AND JOANNE ‘BOB’ WHALLEY How do you write about writing in a way that is engaging, resists becoming a self-regarding meta-commentary, and makes people want to read your other work without looking like an advert? It’s quite a tall-order, but that’s what we hope to do over the next few paragraphs. In… Continue reading Feature: “Between Us: Audiences, Affect and the In-Between”
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
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
Advice & Support Sessions for Researchers at Plymouth University: December 2016
Spaces are available on the following Research Support Programme sessions taking place during December: Writing an effective research funding proposal 7th December 2016, 1000 – 1200 Submitting Applications and Resource Planning for Research Projects 7th December 2016, 1100 – 1230 Research Advice – Surgeries: How to cost your project and obtain internal approval for externally… Continue reading Advice & Support Sessions for Researchers at Plymouth University: December 2016
CfP: Digital Memory Symposium at Plymouth University (16 January 2017)
in Roland Levinsky Building rooms RLB 206 and 207, 10am-3pm This one-day symposium hosted by the Arts Institute seeks to bring together researchers from across the faculty and beyond who have cognate interests in what might broadly be described as ‘digital memory’, in order to stimulate potential collaborations with an eye to funding opportunities. Digital… Continue reading CfP: Digital Memory Symposium at Plymouth University (16 January 2017)
Plymouth University Researcher featured on BBC One’s ‘Who do you think you are?’
Dr Daniel Grey, Lecturer in World History since 1880 at Plymouth University, was featured in BBC One’s ‘Who do you think you are?’ on 24th November 2016. During the episode he explored the ancestry of actor Danny Dyer, tracing the history of his three-times great-grandmother, Mary Ann, who was suspected of killing her illegitimate daughter. The episode… Continue reading Plymouth University Researcher featured on BBC One’s ‘Who do you think you are?’
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. Art+Sound Seminar: 2pm on 30th November 2016 in Nancy Astor Building, NAB 006 History Seminar: Dr Todd Gray on “Carving out the Renaissance in Devon”. 4pm on 30th November in Babbage… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
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”
Six Plymouth University Researchers become members of AHRC Peer Review College
Six researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University have recently been selected as members of the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Peer Review College. Professor Alessandro Aurigi, Dr Anya Lewin, Professor Daniel Maudlin, Professor Dafydd Moore, Dr Angela Smith and Dr Katharine Willis were chosen to join 1,500 existing members… Continue reading Six Plymouth University Researchers become members of AHRC Peer Review College