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. Research Development 21st February @ 13.30, Rolle 117, Pitfalls of Publishing, You are invited to play the Publishing Trap! An Open Access and Open Research session with a difference… Continue reading Arts and Humanities Research Events this February

News from the Arts and Humanities Research Council

The latest newsletter from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) can be viewed via this link. The newsletter contains information about AHRC activities and funding calls. The March 2018 issue includes: The launch of the Health Humanities Medal 2018 – The Arts and Humanities Research Council, in association with the Wellcome Trust, has launched… Continue reading News from the Arts and Humanities Research Council

Feature: “Waiting for a cure: Oskar Kokoschka’s Portraits of Tubercular Patients”

By GEMMA BLACKSHAW The modern period has been historicised as one of heroic advancement in the visual arts, a time marked by artists’ experimentation with new materials and methods, and representation of new ways of seeing. What is less acknowledged in this history is the role played by medicine, a field which was also marching forwards… Continue reading Feature: “Waiting for a cure: Oskar Kokoschka’s Portraits of Tubercular Patients”

12 October 2016: Interdisciplinary medical humanities seminar (on being a patient)

Please join us for the next PEP Talk (the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University)   “Negotiating the Gap: Both-and approaches to the practice of being a patient” by Dr Lee Miller and Dr Joanne ‘Bob’ Whalley   Wednesday 12 October 2016, 4.30-6 pm Roland Levinsky Building room 309, Plymouth University What if… Continue reading 12 October 2016: Interdisciplinary medical humanities seminar (on being a patient)