16th May 2017: Multisensory Aesthetics Symposium

10.30am – 6pm | Link 3 The Multisensory Aesthetics project at Plymouth University is a transdiciplinary collaboration between psychology, fine art, 3D design and sound art, designed to explore the creation and perception of multisensory artworks. As part of the project you are invited to a one day workshop exploring the use of multisensory techniques… Continue reading 16th May 2017: Multisensory Aesthetics Symposium

Registration now open: On the Moors Postgraduate Research Conference

On The Moors: Performance.Experience.Presence Postgraduate Research Conference 10-11 June 2017 on Dartmoor Keynotes by Roberta Mock, Phil Smith and Claudia Zeiske Registration now open! The University of Plymouth annual transdisciplinary practice-research postgraduate conference this year takes place in Dartmoor National Park over the weekend of 10-11 June 2017, and is now open for booking.  Following the… Continue reading Registration now open: On the Moors Postgraduate Research Conference

Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century: early bird extended

22nd and 23rd June | Plymouth University The first international conference hosted by Plymouth Nineteenth Century Studies (PUNCS) began on the day of the Brexit referendum, and commentators have seen that event in the context of other signs of anti-globalisation and in a landscape of violent disintegrations or forcible integrations in the Twenty-first century. This… Continue reading Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century: early bird extended

Plymouth University lecturer short listed for short story award

Lucy Durneen

Wild Gestures, the first collection by Plymouth University Lecturer in English and Creative Writing Lucy Durneen, has been shortlisted in the Best Short Story Collection category at the Saboteur Awards. Published by Midnight Sun Publishing, the book brings together stories of loss, desire and opportunities missed and was released in January this year. The winner… Continue reading Plymouth University lecturer short listed for short story award

Arts and Humanities research events this week

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. 2nd May 2017, 12.30pm, Roland Levinsky Building 213- Hannah Drayson and Mike Blow, a Design Knowledge seminar 3rd May 2017, 4.30pm, in Roland Levinsky Building 306 – Steven Paige on archives,… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week

3 May 2017: Artistic research seminar on archives and digitality

Steven Paige, "Antinous/Acrobats", 2015

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group Plymouth University, all welcome: Steven Paige: “Anxious Archives? How we might try and not forget, and it does not always have to be digital” Wednesday, 3rd May 2017, 4.30 – 5.30pm In Roland Levinsky Building (RLB) 306, Plymouth University Does the… Continue reading 3 May 2017: Artistic research seminar on archives and digitality

Namaste! On Art, Technology and Rickshaw rules

Three CogNovo and Transtechnology Research fellows, Agatha Haines, Jacqui Knight and Eugenia Stamboliev report on their trip as University ambassadors to India with Dr Hannah Drayson.  At the end of our individual PhD projects on the interdisciplinary program CogNovo, we – Agi Haines, Jacqui Knight, and Eugenia Stamboliev, were very grateful to receive funding support towards… Continue reading Namaste! On Art, Technology and Rickshaw rules

4th May 2017: Histories of the Unexpected Live

7.30pm | The House | Plymouth University  As a curtain raiser for Plymouth History Month, BBC’s Sam Willis and Plymouth University’s James Daybell present Histories of the Unexpected Live, the chart-topping, history podcast that features on Dan Snow’s History Hit Network, Histories of the Unexpected Live. There is a new buzz about history – the new rock… Continue reading 4th May 2017: Histories of the Unexpected Live

27th April 2017: Ecologies

3pm-3pm Crosspoint, Roland Levinsky Building ‘The interconnected networks existing at the scales of mind, society and the environment’ (Felix Guattari, The Three Ecologies, 1989) The School of Art, Design & Architecture Postgraduate Research Expo ’17 is an afternoon exhibition of work, networking and research exchange, being the first showcase of its kind for masters students,… Continue reading 27th April 2017: Ecologies

Arts and Humanities research events this week

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. 26th April 2017, 4.30pm- Chris Green and Katheryn Owens,Teri Bailie and James Harper, a Performance. Experience. Presence. seminar 26th April 2017, 4pm- Dr Elaine Murphy: ‘A Water Baudie House: Women and the… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week