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
Category: Events – Mainly for University of Plymouth researchers
These are events and workshops primarily intended for University of Plymouth staff and students in the arts & humanities. If you are unsure whether you’d be welcome, or would like to find out more, please email theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk
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
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
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)
30 November 2016: Research seminar on drowning in early photography
English & Creative Writing Research Seminar Breathless: the look of drowning in early underwater photography Speaker: Dr Matt Kerr (University of Southampton) 3.30-5pm on Wednesday 30th November 2016 in Babbage 406, Plymouth University This paper investigates the imaginative links between photography and drowning in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. If photography can be thought of as… Continue reading 30 November 2016: Research seminar on drowning in early photography
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
30 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar
Please join us for the next PEP Talk (the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University), which will feature papers by Phil Smith and David Strang: Wednesday, 30th November 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm Babbage Building, Room 215, Plymouth University “Using character and journey in Symbolist Theatre to make a portrait of South Devon” In… Continue reading 30 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar
23 November 2016: Seminar on representing our environment through music
MUSIC RESEARCH SEMINAR Wednesday 23rd November 2016 in Rolle 015 (Plymouth University) at 2pm What do I have in common with Alberti and Messiaen?: Representing our environment through music Nuria Bonet Filella (ICCMR, Plymouth University) Composers and musicians have always incorporated elements of their soundscapes in their music, birdsong is perhaps the most clear example. With… Continue reading 23 November 2016: Seminar on representing our environment through music
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. Workshop for Arts & Humanities postgraduate researchers on using social media to promote your research (with Russ Taylor). 11am on 22nd November 2016 in Babbage Building, BGB 415 ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University