{"id":1390,"date":"2016-11-03T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2016-11-03T16:40:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T16:40:46","slug":"1st-december-2016-dr-sam-willlis-working-with-tv-and-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/2016\/11\/03\/1st-december-2016-dr-sam-willlis-working-with-tv-and-media\/","title":{"rendered":"1 December 2016: Workshop with Dr Sam Willis – Working with TV and Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arts Institute<\/strong><\/a> and Graduate School<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at Plymouth University are delighted to invite postgraduate research students and staff at the University to a\u00a0TV and Media workshop by historian, archaeologist and broadcaster\u00a0Dr Sam Willis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"sam-willis-image\"<\/a>In this workshop, Sam will\u00a0look at the ways in which researchers work with TV and the media.<\/p>\n

The workshop will take place on 1 December 2016 at 10am. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please email researchskills@plymouth.ac.uk to book your place. (Places are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis). <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sam’s\u00a0most recent BBC history series The Silk Road<\/em> aired on BBC2 over the summer of 2016. Past TV work includes working on\u00a0the Hornblower TV series and on Channel 4\u2019s award winning film Shackleton<\/em>. The Shackleton project involved building a replica of Shackleton\u2019s ship the\u00a0Endurance<\/em>\u00a0and sailing her into an\u00a0arctic ice pack.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Sam presented Nelson\u2019s Caribbean Hell Hole<\/em>,\u00a0a film for BBC4 about a mass sailors\u2019 graveyard on a beach in Antigua.\u00a0In the summer of 2013, Sam was part of a team that recreated the 1869 John Wesley Powell expedition \u2013 the first time that anyone rowed the length of the Grand Canyon. Operation Grand Canyon<\/em> was broadcast on BBC2 in January 2014.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Sam presented a 3-part series for BBC4 Shipwreck: Britain\u2019s Sunken History<\/em>,\u00a0and in 2014 another 3-part series for BBC4, Castles: Britain\u2019s Fortified History<\/em>. The theme of retelling significant themes in British history continued in 2015 with a 3-part series Britain\u2019s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates & Rogues<\/em>. Sam is currently filming a 3-part series for the BBC on The History of Weapons.<\/em><\/p>\n

He\u00a0has worked as a maritime history consultant and talking head for Christie\u2019s, the BBC, Channel 4, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and National Public Radio in Boston.<\/p>\n

Sam is the author of numerous books including the bestselling Hearts of Oak Trilogy and the Fighting Ships Series. His latest book,\u00a0The Struggle for Seapower<\/em>\u00a0is the first all encompassing naval history of the American Revolution.<\/p>\n

Sam has also published a number of articles on a wide variety of subjects in history. He has written for\u00a0The Sunday Times<\/em>,\u00a0The Mail on Sunday,<\/em>\u00a0The Daily Mail<\/em>,\u00a0The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, BBC History Magazine<\/em>, War\u00a0in History<\/em>,\u00a0The Journal of Military History<\/em>,\u00a0The Journal of Maritime Archaeology<\/em>,\u00a0The International History Review<\/em>,\u00a0The Journal for Maritime Research<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Mariner\u2019s Mirror<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sam is a Visiting Fellow in Maritime and Naval History at Plymouth University, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; and, with Professor James Daybell<\/a>, the writer and presenter of the new podcast series Histories of the Unexpected<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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