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
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News about The Arts Institute at Plymouth University and its members.
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
New book on the Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity by Plymouth historian
A new book by Dr G.H. Bennett, which reassesses naval policy of the 1920s and considers the lessons for today, has just been published by Bloomsbury, a few months ahead of schedule. Bennett is Associate Professor (Reader) in History at Plymouth University. The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919-22: Naval and Foreign Policy under Lloyd… Continue reading New book on the Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity by Plymouth historian
CfP: Union & Disunion in the 19th century
PUNCS (Plymouth University Nineteenth Century Studies) invites proposals for 20-minute papers for a proposed international, interdisciplinary conference on 22nd and 23rd June 2017 at Plymouth University (UK) on the general theme of union and disunion. In him all union and disunion shine ‘Prologue’, Thomas Holcroft, The Deserted Daughter (1806) Among the rare phenomena of the day in… Continue reading CfP: Union & Disunion in the 19th century
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
New book about British Women in WWI
A new book entitled British Women of the Eastern Front, by Dr Angela Smith, explores the experiences of British women who worked on the Eastern Front in Serbia and Russia during the First World War. Angela is Associate Professor (Reader) in English at Plymouth University. The book tracks the adventures of women from the early days of… Continue reading New book about British Women in WWI
Plymouth University signs research and education partnership with Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory
The University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, which will see the two organisations collaborating on a range of research projects. The new partnership will initially see members of Plymouth’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) working alongside Moscow’s Scholarly Centre of Interdisciplinary… Continue reading Plymouth University signs research and education partnership with Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory
New filmwork by Claudia Pilsl made in response to Brexit
Walking the Line, a new filmwork made in response to Brexit by Claudia Pilsl, is screening on 16/17 July 2016 at the x-24 2016 24-hour cinema festival. This free festival, in Gainsborough, features more than 100 videos from over 100 artists from over 30 countries. It is curated and produced by Fenia Kotsopoulou and Daz… Continue reading New filmwork by Claudia Pilsl made in response to Brexit
Message is 100
On 30th June 2016, Message – the Communication Arts research cluster at Plymouth University – celebrated its 100th research event. Message was founded in 2007. It is dedicated to the development and discussion of contemporary visual communication messages through research, particularly, but not exclusively, within graphic design, typography, illustration, fine art and publishing. Message is… Continue reading Message is 100