Feature: “Writing about writing about dying: researching the Livre des Martyrs”

Crespin, the 5th part of the Recueil des Martyrs, 1563, courtesy Solothurn Staatsbibliothek

BY JAMESON TUCKER When I got into the office on Monday morning, I was happy (and a bit surprised) to find a box containing six copies of my book, The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s Livre des Martyrs, which is coming out soon from Routledge. This is based on my PhD thesis, which… Continue reading Feature: “Writing about writing about dying: researching the Livre des Martyrs”

Arts and Humanities research events this week at the University of Plymouth

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. 14th March, 2-4pm in Rolle Building room 204 – Impact Case Study workshop with Dr Rebecca Sullivan (CEO of the HIstorical Association and REF 2014 panellist), hosted by the Arts Institute.… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at the University of Plymouth

4 August 2017: “Queer Beyond London” event in Plymouth

Taking place at 2pm on Saturday 4th August is a Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery “Museum on Tour” event at The Council House, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 2AA. Come and share your experiences of themes including family and kinship, migration and movement, activism and community building, and the uses of history. Queer Beyond London… Continue reading 4 August 2017: “Queer Beyond London” event in Plymouth

Call for Proposals: Routledge Book Series in ‘Material Readings in Early Modern Culture’

This series, edited by Professor James Daybell (University of Plymouth) and Professor Adam Smyth (Balliol College, University of Oxford), provides a forum for studies that consider the material forms of texts as part of an investigation into early modern English culture. The editors invite proposals of a multi- or interdisciplinary nature, and particularly welcome proposals that combine… Continue reading Call for Proposals: Routledge Book Series in ‘Material Readings in Early Modern Culture’

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. 7th March 2017 at 4pm in the Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building – Talk by film director Paul Dudbridge, a First Tuesdays Artist Talk. All welcome. Free 7th March… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

22-23 June 2017: Union and Disunion in the 19th Century Conference

Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century Conference 22-23 June 2017 at Plymouth University Registration is now open for this international conference, the second in a series organised by Plymouth University Nineteenth Century Studies (PUNCS). It is timed for the first anniversary of the Brexit referendum, and brings together leading scholars from the United States,… Continue reading 22-23 June 2017: Union and Disunion in the 19th Century Conference

Arts and 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.   20th February 2017 at 11am in Scott Building 102 – Lisa Talia Moretti on “Big Data & Social Listening” 21st February at 1.30pm in Roland Levinsky Building, RLB 213 – Pete… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

Arts and 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. 15th February 2017 at 1pm, in CogNovo seminar room, Link Building floor 3 – “Narrative”, a Transtechnology seminar 15th February at 3pm, in Babbage 2016 – REF workshop for researchers in UoA… Continue reading Arts and Humanities Research Events this week at Plymouth University

Launch of new book series on Espionage and Culture

This month sees the launch of a new Routledge book series – jointly edited by Dr Nicholas Barnett, Lecturer in Twentieth Century History at Plymouth University and Dr Laura Crossley, Lecturer in Film at Bournemouth University – that aims to generate new insights into the connections between espionage and culture. During the second half of… Continue reading Launch of new book series on Espionage and Culture

Arts and 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. 7th February 2017, 3pm in Babbage 409 – REF Workshop for Art & Design Researchers (UoA 34), led by Prof Stephen Partridge. 8th February, 4.30pm in Roland Levinsky Building RLB 308… Continue reading Arts and Humanities Research Events this week at Plymouth University