The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this month. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. 6th March 2018, 4.30pm – 6pm, Scott, Room 105 ICCMR- Dr Marcelo Gimenes: Experiments in Machine Learning of Musical Style 6th March 2018, 2pm, Rolle 015 Music- Nic Pillai (BCU) “I… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this March
Plymouth PhD Candidate Sent Picture to the Moon
On January 19th 2018, Benjamin Pothier, a PhD Candidate in the Planetary Collegium programme, successfully sent to the Moon and back a photograph he took of the Mars Curiosity Rover test site in the Atacama Desert. The photo was sent as radio waves from Dwingeloo Radiotelescope. The team used a formerly classified Cold War radio technique to send… Continue reading Plymouth PhD Candidate Sent Picture to the Moon
Podcasting Session for Staff – Thursday 22 February
This session will be run by the BBC’s Dr Sam Willis (Castles; The Silk Road; Britain’s Armed History; Britain’s Outlaws, History of Invasions) and Professor James Daybell, Director of the Arts Institute. The two co-write and co-present the chart-topping podcast Histories of the Unexpected, which is hosted by Dan Snow’s History Hit Network. James and… Continue reading Podcasting Session for Staff – Thursday 22 February
Masters Student in Art History wins major national prize for her research on the ‘Stupid Sketches’ of French Post-Impressionist, Émile Bernard.
Fiona Saint-Davis, a student on the ResM Art History programme at the University of Plymouth, has won the coveted national ‘Undergraduate Dissertation Prize’ offered by the Association of Art Historians, the body which represents the discipline in the UK. Against the stiffest competition, with submissions from the largest Art History departments in the country, Fiona… Continue reading Masters Student in Art History wins major national prize for her research on the ‘Stupid Sketches’ of French Post-Impressionist, Émile Bernard.
Arts and Humanities research events this February
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this month. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. 13th February 2018, 4.30pm – 6pm, Scott, Room 105 ICCMR- Mr Jared Drayton- An Evolutionary Computing Approach to Singing Synthesis 14th February 2018, 4.30pm – 6pm, Roland Levinsky, Room 303 Performance.… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this February
20th March 2018: Audiences for Tate Research: Exhibitions, Archives and Publication
Rolle 211 | 3pm – 5pm Over the last decade the role of the national museums as centres for organised research has been transformed out of all recognition. The exploitation of new technologies and access to new streams of funding have encouraged these changes as has new thinking about the role of museums and of… Continue reading 20th March 2018: Audiences for Tate Research: Exhibitions, Archives and Publication
Illuminate short film released
A film of Illuminate 2017, the successful 3-day light festival held at the Royal William Yard in November, has been released by The Media Workshop. The event saw work by University staff and students on display, alongside that of other artists. Professor Chris Bennewith, Head of the School of Art, Design and Architecture is a… Continue reading Illuminate short film released
Min Wild’s review featured in the Time Literary Supplement
University of Plymouth researcher Dr Min Wild’s article ‘Print and oral performance in the eighteenth century’ has featured as a lead review in the TLS. In the piece, she examines the complex and changing relationship between print and the oral, focusing on The Invention of Books by Paula McDowell and Abigail Williams’ The Social Life… Continue reading Min Wild’s review featured in the Time Literary Supplement
Arts and Humanities Research events this January
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this month. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. 3rd January 2018, 10am – 1pm, Roland Levinsky Design Lab Message, Design Knowledge and i-DAT- Design Research Seminar 3 16th January 2018, 4.30pm – 6pm, Scott, Room 105 ICCMR- Dr Alexis… Continue reading Arts and Humanities Research events this January
Dr Alexis Kirke presents BBC programme on Dementia, Music and Broadcasting
Following Dr Alexis Kirke’s (Senior Research Fellow, ICCMR) award-winning documentary on music and dementia, produced in collaboration with the BBC Radio Devon and broadcast in 2014 – a follow-up special is now scheduled to be broadcast between Christmas and New Year. Co-produced and co-presented by Alexis, it will air at 13:15 on Wednesday 27th December on… Continue reading Dr Alexis Kirke presents BBC programme on Dementia, Music and Broadcasting