BY KATHRYN N. GRAY In 1622, Mourt’s Relation, a narrative report on the Mayflower voyage and settlement in Plymouth, was published anonymously in London. In contrast to William Bradford’s more famous account of this colonial settlement, Of Plimouth Plantation, which he began in the 1630s in the form of a personal journal, Mourt’s Relation is… Continue reading Feature: “Perspectives on the 1620 Mayflower voyage”
Plymouth University Researcher awarded international book prize
Professor Daniel Maudlin, in the School of Humanities and Performing Arts at Plymouth University, has been awarded a prestigious prize by the International Society for Landscape, Place and Material Culture. Known as the Allen G. Noble Book Award, the prize is given for the best edited book on material culture in North America. Professor Maudlin… Continue reading Plymouth University Researcher awarded international book prize
Artist Talks at Plymouth University 2016 – Free & All Welcome
FINE ART VISITING ARTIST SERIES 2016 TUESDAYS @ 4PM ROLAND LEVINSKY BUILDING, PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC October 11 (Jill Craigie Lecture Theatre) – Tony Godfrey Painting in the age of Installation October 18 (Lecture Theatre 1) – Sinta Tantra Flatlands: A Romance of Many Dimensions October 25 (Lecture Theatre 1) – presented by… Continue reading Artist Talks at Plymouth University 2016 – Free & All Welcome
4th October 2016: British Culture and The Cold War 1947-65
As part of the Peninsula Arts lecture series Plymouth University researcher Dr Nicholas Barnett explores the impact of the Cold War years on British Culture. Dr Barnett is an expert on Britain and the Cold War period and lecturer in Twentieth Century History, this lecture covers the topic of his first book: Britain’s Cold War: Culture, Modernity… Continue reading 4th October 2016: British Culture and The Cold War 1947-65
Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. History Lecture with Peninsula Arts: Dr Nicholas Barnett on ‘British Culture and the Cold War, 1947–65’. 7pm on 4th October 2016, RLB LT2 (Roland Levinsky Building, Lecture Theatre… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
Music in mind
Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) has been working on pioneering brain-computer music interfacing, BCMI for short (or as the ICCMR director of research Professor Eduardo Miranda sometimes calls it, ‘Music Neurotechnology’), for over a decade. This work has been used, amongst other things, to give disabled patients access to music making. A… Continue reading Music in mind
Unlocking the history of the unexpected
A major new series of podcasts that aim to unlock history is being launched this week. Created by James Daybell, Professor of Early Modern History, and Honorary Research Fellow Dr Sam Willis, Histories of the Unexpected will demonstrate that anything can have a fascinating history and that everything links together in unexpected ways. The first… Continue reading Unlocking the history of the unexpected
Dr Peter Bokody speaks at the 34th World Congress of Art History
Plymouth University researcher Dr Péter Bokody was a speaker at the 34th World Congress of Art History hosted jointly by Peking University, Central Academy of Fine Arts and Palace Museum in Beijing. The congress was organized by the Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA), the largest international organization for the study of art history. The… Continue reading Dr Peter Bokody speaks at the 34th World Congress of Art History
Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin
Photography Exhibition: LONGING FOR LANDSCAPE Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin 1 October – 1 December 2016 With the expansion of cities and industrialised agriculture, humankind is leaving ever more indelible signs of its existence on the planet’s surface – the anthropocene, the age of man has long begun. The exhibition, Longing for Landscape – Photography in the… Continue reading Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin
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. P.E.P Talks seminar: Welcome session for the Performance.Experience.Presence research group. 4.30pm-6pm, 28th September 2016, RLB (Roland Levinsky Building) room 309 History seminar: Professor James Daybell on Gender and the Politics of the… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University