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
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15th November 2017: Collaborative Research and Grants
Babbage 406 | 1pm – 5pm RESEARCH: Collaboration and Funding 1.00pm -1.15pm: James Daybell and Peter Hinds – Introduction to Collaborative Research: Micro to Macro Session 1: 1.15pm -2.45pm: 1.15pm -1.30pm: Susan Matheron – The Grant Application Process at Plymouth 1.30pm -1.45pm: David Sergeant – Applying for an AHRC Research Leadership Grant 1.45pm -2.00pm: Eduardo… Continue reading 15th November 2017: Collaborative Research and Grants
History Academic wins International Prize
Plymouth University researcher Professor James Daybell, has been awarded the international prize from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and in collaboration with the University of Oxford, the award-winning project is entitled Women’s Early Modern Letters Online (WEMLO) and provides a meeting place for researchers of… Continue reading History Academic wins International Prize
14th September 2017: Research Leadership in the Arts and Humanities
14th September 2017 | Babbage 406 | 9am-3pm Research leadership is an increasingly important issue for humanities academics. Being a leader can mean actively shaping your field and your institution, growing grant income, developing new projects and research teams, and supporting the research aspirations of colleagues. This day-long workshop covers practical definitions of research leadership,… Continue reading 14th September 2017: Research Leadership in the Arts and Humanities
Cornerstone Heritage at Powderham Castle-Summer Lectures
This May and June Cornerstone Heritage, the University of Plymouth’s heritage research group, presents three weeks of (almost) daily talks by leading experts on the history and heritage of the historic built environment hosted by the Earl of Devon at Powderham Castle. ‘Cornerstone at Powderham’ is part of the University of Plymouth’s wider on-site investigation… Continue reading Cornerstone Heritage at Powderham Castle-Summer Lectures
4th May 2017: Histories of the Unexpected Live
7.30pm | The House | Plymouth University As a curtain raiser for Plymouth History Month, BBC’s Sam Willis and Plymouth University’s James Daybell present Histories of the Unexpected Live, the chart-topping, history podcast that features on Dan Snow’s History Hit Network, Histories of the Unexpected Live. There is a new buzz about history – the new rock… Continue reading 4th May 2017: Histories of the Unexpected Live
21st April 2017: Heritage Research Symposium
13.30-17.00, Room 108, Mast House The Arts Institute and School of Humanities and Performing Arts will be hosting a symposium around the theme of Heritage Research Programme 13.00-13.30: REF and Research Update (James Daybell) 13.30-13.45: Introduction and overview of ‘Cornerstone Heritage’ (James Daybell, History and Daniel Maudlin, History) 13.45-14.45: Session 1 Diana Walters (International Museums… Continue reading 21st April 2017: Heritage Research Symposium
From digital to post-digital memory
On The Arts Institute Digital Memory Symposium: Monday, 16th January 2017 By Hannah Drayson and James Sweeting The University of Plymouth’s Art Institute’s first one-day research symposium brought together researchers from across the Faculty of Arts & Humanities to respond to the theme of Digital Memory. It aimed to explore how the ‘turn to the material’ across… Continue reading From digital to post-digital memory
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’
The 21st International Conference on Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA2017)
Data Ache a conference hosted by the Arts Institute at the University of Plymouth (UK) 10–13 September 2017 CONFIRMED KEYNOTES: Prof Jussi Parikka, Oreet Ashery, Dr Tim Davies, Prof Eduardo Miranda & Prof Jane Winters “We’re drowning (not waving) in a sea of data – with data, data everywhere, but not a drop of information.”… Continue reading The 21st International Conference on Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA2017)