Artist Talks at Plymouth University 2016 – Free & All Welcome

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FINE ART VISITING ARTIST SERIES 2016 TUESDAYS @ 4PM ROLAND LEVINSKY BUILDING, PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC October 11 (Jill Craigie Lecture Theatre) – Tony Godfrey Painting in the age of Installation October 18 (Lecture Theatre 1) – Sinta Tantra Flatlands: A Romance of Many Dimensions October 25 (Lecture Theatre 1) – presented by… Continue reading Artist Talks at Plymouth University 2016 – Free & All Welcome

4th October 2016: British Culture and The Cold War 1947-65

As part of the Peninsula Arts lecture series Plymouth University researcher Dr Nicholas Barnett explores the impact of the Cold War years on British Culture. Dr Barnett is an expert on Britain and the Cold War period and lecturer in Twentieth Century History, this lecture covers the topic of his first book: Britain’s Cold War: Culture, Modernity… Continue reading 4th October 2016: British Culture and The Cold War 1947-65

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. History Lecture with Peninsula Arts: Dr Nicholas Barnett on ‘British Culture and the Cold War, 1947–65’. 7pm on 4th October 2016, RLB LT2 (Roland Levinsky Building, Lecture Theatre… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin

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Photography Exhibition: LONGING FOR LANDSCAPE Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin 1 October – 1 December 2016 With the expansion of cities and industrialised agriculture, humankind is leaving ever more indelible signs of its existence on the planet’s surface – the anthropocene, the age of man has long begun. The exhibition, Longing for Landscape – Photography in the… Continue reading Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin

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

New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival

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LA SAINTE TRINITÉ Friday 28 October 2016 at 15.30 at the High Street Exhibitional Gallery, Ipswich (as part of the Spill Festival of Performance) Natalie Raven, who is undertaking a practice-research PhD at Plymouth University, is premiering a new piece at the SPILL Festival of Performance. Created in 2007 by artist Robert Pacitti and produced by… Continue reading New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival

Plymouth PhD candidate hosts event at British Library on Multi-media theses

Plymouth University PhD candidate, Coral Manton, will be chairing a Digital Conversation event at the British Library on Thursday 29th September from 6 to 8 pm. This free event will explore the growing trend toward non-text and multimedia research outputs being submitted as part of PhD theses and the challenges that this posses to researchers,… Continue reading Plymouth PhD candidate hosts event at British Library on Multi-media theses