Dr Peter Bokody speaks at the 34th World Congress of Art History

Plymouth University researcher Dr Péter Bokody  was a speaker at the 34th World Congress of Art History hosted jointly by Peking University, Central Academy of Fine Arts and Palace Museum in Beijing. The congress was organized by the Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA), the largest international organization for the study of art history. The… Continue reading Dr Peter Bokody speaks at the 34th World Congress of Art History

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. P.E.P Talks seminar: Welcome session for the Performance.Experience.Presence research group. 4.30pm-6pm, 28th September 2016, RLB (Roland Levinsky Building) room 309 History seminar: Professor James Daybell on Gender and the Politics of the… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University

Work + Play: Plymouth University photographer exhibiting in Brighton

work + play A group show about collective identity and the relevance of social class featuring Plymouth University photographer Ines Rae, with Cesar Da Luz and Magnum Photography Award winner Dougie Wallace work + play is a month long photography exhibition that confronts issues of social class, explored through the documentation of work and leisure time. Opening… Continue reading Work + Play: Plymouth University photographer exhibiting in Brighton

Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Ethical and governance issues in funding applications and applying for ethical approval (Angela Pellowe and Pam Baxter) 2pm-3pm, 21st September, John Bull Building i-DAT: Research State of the… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

21 September 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar

Hogarth’s Dog: Devices, Narrative and Illusion 21st September 2016, 12noon in Link Building, floor 3, Plymouth University Transtechnology Research Seminar by Dr. Hannah Drayson and Prof. Michael Punt Following from Sedgwick and Frank’s (1995) Shame in the Cyberetic Fold, Hannah Drayson will gloss the discussion surrounding the concept of affect in the arts and humanities… Continue reading 21 September 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar

Feature: Women’s Early Modern Letters Online and the Dutch Royal Archives

Mary, Princess of Orange

By PROFESSOR JAMES DAYBELL On 23 September 1633, the Constantijn Huygens, the Golden Age Dutch polymath and secretary to two Princes of Orange (Frederick Henry and William II) wrote to Amalia von Solms-Braunfels, wife of the Dutch Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik von Oranje-Nassau (1584–1647) reporting that her husband had given orders for his army to break camp… Continue reading Feature: Women’s Early Modern Letters Online and the Dutch Royal Archives

Professor Eduardo Miranda’s new book ‘Mind Pieces’ published in New York

The recording of the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival premiere of Professor Eduardo Miranda’s symphony, ‘Mind Pieces’ and an accompanying e-book have recently been published by Intelligent Arts, in New York, USA. Mind Pieces stemmed from Professor Miranda’s research into using computers to harness musical creativity. The e-book is about bringing technology and intuitive musical… Continue reading Professor Eduardo Miranda’s new book ‘Mind Pieces’ published in New York

Feature: “Working upon the royal sympathy: researching the myth and reality of Victoria’s royal mercy”

Portrait by George Hayter

BY JAMES GREGORY A beautiful young queen is moved to commute the sentence on those condemned to be executed for high treason – with all the horrors of hanging, drawing and quartering – aided by the advice of her dashing prime minister. Viewers of the most recent, third, episode of ITV’s series, Victoria (which aired… Continue reading Feature: “Working upon the royal sympathy: researching the myth and reality of Victoria’s royal mercy”

New book on gender and early modern political culture

Plymouth University researcher Professor James Daybell’s new book Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe (edited with Professor Svante Norrhem, Lund University, Sweden) was recently published by Routledge. The volume investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender, power, and political authority and influence, and offers a… Continue reading New book on gender and early modern political culture

New book on early modern women and agency

Plymouth University researcher Professor James Daybell’s new book Women and Epistolary Agency in Early Modern Culture, 1450–1690 (edited with Andrew Gordon, Aberdeen University) was recently published by Routledge.  It is the first collection to examine the gendered nature of women’s letter-writing in England and Ireland from the late-fifteenth century through to the Restoration. The essays collected… Continue reading New book on early modern women and agency