21st April 2017: Heritage Research Symposium

13.30-17.00, Room 108, Mast House The Arts Institute and School of Humanities and Performing Arts will be hosting a symposium around the theme of Heritage Research Programme 13.00-13.30: REF and Research Update (James Daybell) 13.30-13.45: Introduction and overview of ‘Cornerstone Heritage’ (James Daybell, History and Daniel Maudlin, History) 13.45-14.45: Session 1 Diana Walters (International Museums… Continue reading 21st April 2017: Heritage Research Symposium

29 March 2017: Artistic Research Seminar on Painting & Performance

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. All welcome! Papers on Painting & Performance by Jeremy Diggle & Helen Billinghurst Wednesday 29th March, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building RLB308, Plymouth University Professor Jeremy Diggle: “The Performance of Painting” Jeremy Diggle is Honorary… Continue reading 29 March 2017: Artistic Research Seminar on Painting & Performance

Arts and 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. 28th March 2017 at 12.30pm, Roland Levinsky Building (RLB) 213 – Helen Walter on The Body and Design, a Design Knowledge seminar 29th March at 3pm in Rolle Building 018 – Embodied… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

Feature: “Waiting for a cure: Oskar Kokoschka’s Portraits of Tubercular Patients”

By GEMMA BLACKSHAW The modern period has been historicised as one of heroic advancement in the visual arts, a time marked by artists’ experimentation with new materials and methods, and representation of new ways of seeing. What is less acknowledged in this history is the role played by medicine, a field which was also marching forwards… Continue reading Feature: “Waiting for a cure: Oskar Kokoschka’s Portraits of Tubercular Patients”

29 March 2017: ‘Embodied Disturbance’ Artistic Research Workshop

Thomas Baugh, 'Appropriate Movement,' Filmic floor projection

Embodied Disturbance Wednesday, 29th March 2017, 3-6 pm in Rolle 018, University of Plymouth This workshop, which is organised by the Artistic Research Cluster at Plymouth University, seeks to bring together researchers drawn mainly from the artistic fields, but also invites researchers from across all domains that have cognate interests in, what might broadly be described as, embodied disturbances.… Continue reading 29 March 2017: ‘Embodied Disturbance’ Artistic Research Workshop

Eduardo Miranda publishes pioneering Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music

A pioneering new book, edited by Prof Eduardo Miranda, has just been published by Springer, on musical applications of unconventional computing. Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music (2017) explores how innovative new modes of computation may provide exciting new directions for future developments in the music industry, guiding the reader through the latest research in this emerging,… Continue reading Eduardo Miranda publishes pioneering Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music

22 March 2017: Research Seminar on Performance, Intimacy and Emotion

Ruth Way & Russell Frampton, 'Blind Torrent' (2012)

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. All welcome.  Papers by Ruth Way and Eugenia Stamboliev Wednesday 22 March 2017, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building, room 308 “Clearing A Path: Somatic transformations in the Opening of Hearts and Spaces, Dances of Self-Agency and Empathic Response” Ruth… Continue reading 22 March 2017: Research Seminar on Performance, Intimacy and Emotion

Plymouth University Computer Music PhD candidate wins French award

Pierre-Emmanuel Largeron, a PhD candidate at the University of Plymouth, has been chosen to receive one of seven Trophées des Français de l’etranger 2017, which celebrate the achievements of French expatriates and francophones around the world. Organised by lepetitjournal.com, in partnership with national government, business and media, the awards on Tuesday 7 March were attended… Continue reading Plymouth University Computer Music PhD candidate wins French award

22 March 2017: Evening of Poetry and Marine Science

An evening of Poetry and Marine Science 22nd March 2017 at 5.30 pm at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory You are welcome to attend an evening of science, poetry and discussion, featuring talks and readings from five pairs of poets and scientists who have been working together to explore subjects ranging from algal blooms to ecosystem modelling, renewable energy… Continue reading 22 March 2017: Evening of Poetry and Marine Science

Call for Papers: Methodological Innovations Conference

The Institute of Health and Community (IHC) Methodological Innovations Conference Thursday, May 25th, 2017 Contemporary, collaborative and creative approaches to research questions Call for papers extended deadline 31st March   The Institute of Health and Community at the University of Plymouth are delighted to invite you to their interdisciplinary Methodological Innovations Conference with a theme… Continue reading Call for Papers: Methodological Innovations Conference