You are welcome to join us for the following research seminar: “Space Interface: collaborating on the mixed reality continuum” by Dr Mathew Emmett Scott Building 102, Plymouth University Wednesday 26 October 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm In this seminar, shared by ARC (Artistic Research Cluster) and Performance.Experience.Presence (P.E.P) research group, Mathew will talk about his ongoing Space Interface collaboration with… Continue reading 26 October 2016: artistic research seminar on mixed reality collaboration
8 November 2016: Spend US Election Eve with Plymouth University Experts
Presidential Election Debate: America Decides 8 November 2016, 7-8pm plus time for questions and answers Lecture Theatre 2, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University Presidential elections rarely lack controversy but 2016 is proving to be the most interesting contest in generations. Nominees Hillary Clinton (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican) attract partisan admiration and derision in almost equal… Continue reading 8 November 2016: Spend US Election Eve with Plymouth University Experts
2 November 2016: Research Development Workshop – REF Strategy and Humanities
2nd November at 1.30pm in Babbage 405, Plymouth University Professor Martin Halliwell, University of Leicester, will be leading the first of the Art Institute’s Research Development workshops this year at Plymouth University. Professor Halliwell is the current chair of the English Association, a recent chair of the British Association for American Studies and the incoming… Continue reading 2 November 2016: Research Development Workshop – REF Strategy and Humanities
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. i-DAT+ Creative School + Tate Exchange: Creative Data Lab#1. 17th-21st October 2016 at Plymouth School of Creative Arts History Lecture with Peninsula Arts: Dr Jo Esra (University of Exeter): ‘Remembering and Memorializing… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
20-22 October 2016: Free interactive playful technology workshops
You are invited to participate in a wide range of workshops during Off The Lip, which takes place from 20-22 October 2016 at Plymouth University. This event arises from CogNovo, which is a multidisciplinary and international research project exploring creativity, cognition, and innovation. Among the Off the Lip workshops are: A Space to Wonder: Interactive Improvisation Workshop with Movement… Continue reading 20-22 October 2016: Free interactive playful technology workshops
Feature: “What can Duke Ellington’s recordings tell us about jazz history?”
BY KATHERINE WILLIAMS Most people think of three things when they think of jazz history: jazz was made famous by a succession of individual musicians (Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins etc.) jazz is predominantly an improvised music, and jazz is an oral tradition (rather than notated art form), and we… Continue reading Feature: “What can Duke Ellington’s recordings tell us about jazz history?”
Dr Anya Lewin awarded Arts Council grant
Plymouth University researcher Dr Anya Lewin has been awarded an Arts Council England Grant for the Arts for her latest project, Fez:The Royal Scent. Fez: The Royal Scent will complete her trilogy of moving image installations inspired by family photographs and public archives, which are used to open up questions about historical context, narrative and… Continue reading Dr Anya Lewin awarded Arts Council grant
Lucy Durneen’s creative non-fiction on BBC Radio 4
A creative non-fiction piece written and performed by Lucy Durneen, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, alongside Dr Adnan Mahmutović from Stockholm University, has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Comics, War & Ordinary Miracles was specially commissioned for the BBC, and explores the two academics’ very different lives in 1992 and their connection through… Continue reading Lucy Durneen’s creative non-fiction on BBC Radio 4
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. ICCMR Seminar: Aurelien Antoine – ‘Designing a Sound Classification System’. 3.30pm on 11th October 2016 in Scott Building 105 Artist Talk: Tony Godfrey – ‘Painting in the age of Installation’. 4pm on… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
12 October 2016: Interdisciplinary medical humanities seminar (on being a patient)
Please join us for the next PEP Talk (the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University) “Negotiating the Gap: Both-and approaches to the practice of being a patient” by Dr Lee Miller and Dr Joanne ‘Bob’ Whalley Wednesday 12 October 2016, 4.30-6 pm Roland Levinsky Building room 309, Plymouth University What if… Continue reading 12 October 2016: Interdisciplinary medical humanities seminar (on being a patient)