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
Feature: “Regarding Nature”
BY LIZ WELLS Regarding Nature, a solo exhibition by the London-based, French photographer, Chrystel Lebas, opened at Huis Marseilles in Amsterdam on Saturday, 10 December 2016. It draws on Field Studies, a project developed over several years in conjunction with the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. It was particularly good to see some recent… Continue reading Feature: “Regarding Nature”
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
Art Outside the Gallery: New Voices Conference at Plymouth by the Association of Art Historians
By Nicola Wakeham On 25th November 2016, Plymouth University had the honour of holding the latest New Voices Conference, organised by the Association of Art Historians (AAH). This whole day took place in the university’s beautiful Mast House building, located in Sutton Harbour, with stunning views across the waterside. The title for the conference was Art… Continue reading Art Outside the Gallery: New Voices Conference at Plymouth by the Association of Art Historians
Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017
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
Saying goodbye to ’16 via Mr Key’s Brief Lives
Throughout this frankly challenging year, we have gained frequent strength and fortitude by regularly flipping through the pages of Mr Key’s Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives (Little Brown, 2015). Its author and compiler, Frank Key, is a small press legend, blogger and radio personality. Taking as its starting point John Aubrey’s Brief Lives, Mr Key has attempted… Continue reading Saying goodbye to ’16 via Mr Key’s Brief Lives
Feature: “The Political History of the English Plum Pudding in the Long Nineteenth Century”
BY JAMES GREGORY One enduring item in the British culinary self-imagination has been the plum pudding – often closely associated in festivities with the roast beef (of old England). The pudding – so named for the dried fruits which may have included fruit other than prunes – was not just for Christmas time but… Continue reading Feature: “The Political History of the English Plum Pudding in the Long Nineteenth Century”
Plymouth researcher, David Sergeant, publishes new collection on Doris Lessing
Dr David Sergeant, Lecturer in English at Plymouth University, has co-edited and published a chapter in the book Doris Lessing and the Forming of History (Edinburgh University Press). Co-edited with Kevin Brazil and Tom Sperlinger, the volume considers Lessing’s writing as a whole and in retrospect, focusing on her innovative attempts to rework literary form to engage with the challenges thrown up by the… Continue reading Plymouth researcher, David Sergeant, publishes new collection on Doris Lessing
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