25 January 2017: Seminar on Performance, Anthropology & Martial Arts

By Shi Deru (a.k.a. Shawn Xiangyang Liu), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45725217

Please join us for the first PEP Talk of 2017 the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University:  The Anthropology of Performance in Martial Arts Studies Presented by Dr D.S. Farrer  Wednesday, 25th January 2017, 4.30 – 6.00pm in Roland Levinsky Building room RLB306, Plymouth University  The development of a new academic field… Continue reading 25 January 2017: Seminar on Performance, Anthropology & Martial Arts

26 January 2017: Group Creativity & Education Symposium

Symposium: Group Creativity and Education Thursday 26th January 2017, 9:30am – 4pm Presented by Cognovo and Art and Sound Link Building, Third Floor Cognovo Seminar Space, Plymouth University This symposium brings together psychologists, creative artists and educationalists to share common practice and explore new ideas in education and group creativity. In an educational landscape in the UK which… Continue reading 26 January 2017: Group Creativity & Education Symposium

26th January 2017: Design Research Showcase at Plymouth University

Thursday 26th January 2017, 1300-1700 Roland Levinsky Building Crosspoint (Ground Floor), Plymouth University    This event will commence by showcasing research posters from the Design Research community at Plymouth: Design Knowledge, i-DAT and Message research clusters. You are welcome to come and see this work. Professor Leon Cruickshank from Lancaster University will then be joining us for the… Continue reading 26th January 2017: Design Research Showcase at Plymouth University

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. 17th January 2017 at 7pm in Roland Levinsky Building, RLB LT2. Professor James Daybel on ‘Gender, Power and Early Modern Gloves’, a History with Pen Arts lecture 18th January, 1pm, CogNovo… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research Events This Week at Plymouth University

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. 10th-19th January 2017 at Plymouth Art Centre: On Location, a new film directed by Dr Kayla Parker, will be shown in the cinema between regular cinema programme screenings and private events. Please contact… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research Events this week at Plymouth University

Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017

Adam Whiting in Heaven is a Place (2014)

A film made by Plymouth University practitioner-researchers, Kayla Parker, Roberta Mock and Ruth Way, is currently screening for a month as part of the Out of Borders Venice International Experimental Art Festival. Heaven is a Place is a community dance film made in collaboration with the advocacy organisation, Pride in Plymouth. It was part of an EU-funded cultural project… Continue reading Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017

24 January 2017: Talk on Museums & the Role of a Curator

Led by Joanna Norman (Deputy Head of Research, Victoria & Albert Museum) 2.30pm-4.30pm at Plymouth University What does a curator actually do, and how does their role fit into the work of a museum as a whole? This session – co-organised by the Arts Institute, Doctoral Training Centre in the Arts & Humanities and the Graduate… Continue reading 24 January 2017: Talk on Museums & the Role of a Curator

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. Message Workshop: Mandy Russell on Elements. 4pm on 12th December 2016 in RLB 703 Design Knowledge Seminar: Marc Trotereau and Tavs Jorgensen. 12.30pm on 13th December  Land/Water Seminar: 3pm on 14th December in Scott 102… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University

14th December 2016: Art History Research Seminar

Peace - Burial at Sea exhibited 1842 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N00528

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

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