Feature: “For the preservation of our rights and liberties: The Judiciary in the Long Nineteenth-Century and Now”

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By ANN LYON and JAMES GREGORY The political history of the British ‘long nineteenth-century’ is characterised by debates about the constitution in which parliamentary reform – the extension of the parliamentary franchise, the redrawing of constituencies, the power of the House of Lords, prominently figure. The judicial bench were recognised to have a political role… Continue reading Feature: “For the preservation of our rights and liberties: The Judiciary in the Long Nineteenth-Century and Now”

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.  Artist talk by Lynn Lu on “Empathy and the Collective Body in Performance Art”. 4pm on 8th November 2016 in Jill Craigie Lecture Theatre, Roland Levinsky Building. Open to the Public. Presidential… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

The following arts & humanities research events are taking place this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. At Plymouth University: MIA (Moving Image Arts) Seminar: 4pm on 1st November 2016 in Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building (RLB) Artist Talk Series: Abigail Reynolds (“Folding Time and Space”). 4pm on 1st November in RLB… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

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

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

Feature: “Perspectives on the 1620 Mayflower voyage”

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

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