Dr Todd Gray has taken a leading role in the study of Devon's history, has written widely on Devon's past and lectured to a large number of groups. His recent published work has included Strumpets and Ninnycocks and How to Swear Like an Elizabethan in Devon. His talk sheds light on the nature of society in Devon 500 years ago.
£6/£4.20/Friends free/Devon History Society members free. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPiA
Peter Greenaway is one of England’s true auteurs, and since 1965, his films have delighted, challenged and stunned cinema-goers.
With remarkable works such as The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Prospero's Books (1991) and The Baby of Mâcon (1993), Greenaway remains a vital voice in today’s sometimes staid and unadventurous approach to the medium.
In this talk, Peter Greenaway reflects on the making of The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover chaired by Johnny Mains, award-winning editor, author and curator for several Peninsula Arts film series.
The Mary Jacobs Memorial Lecture by Professor Lucy Bland
Lucy Bland’s research has concentrated on the history of gender, sexuality and feminism in Britain between 1880s-1980s. Her new projects are a social and cultural history of transracial adoption in Britain since World War II and an investigation of mixed race offspring of black GIs and British women born during World War II.
£6/£4.20/Friends free. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPiA.
Matthew Welton’s practice includes collaborations with musicians, visual artists and other writers. A lecturer in creative writing at the University of Nottingham, Matthew’s interest in poetry is related to explorations of the sounds of words and the possibilities of repetition.
He is the author of Carcanet: The Book of Matthew (2003), We needed coffee but… (2009) and The Number Poems (2016) and has won the Eric Gregory Award, the Jerwood-Aldeburgh Prize, and received a recommendation by the Poetry Book Society.
£6/£4.20/Friends free. Discounts available via the Artory App...
Tuesday 14 February, 19:00 Theatre 2, Roland Levinksy Building, Plymouth University £6/£4.20/Friends free Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPiA
Dr Lorenzo Pericolo, Associate Professor for History of Art at University of Warwick
Dr Lorenzo explores the life and work of Guido Reni (1575-1642). In the final years of his successful career, the Bolognese painter and compulsive gambler was swamped in debt. In contracting or reimbursing debts, he would offer his labour and work as guarantee of payment. The myriad of sketched-out...
Keynote Speaker: Professor Lynda Nead, Pevsner Chair of History of Art, Birkbeck, University of London
Lynda Nead is a world leading authority in Victorian studies, whose work encompasses the history of British visual culture, representations of Victorian womanhood, the Victorian metropolis and the regulation of obscenity in the 19th century.
Drawing upon findings from her recent exhibition at the Foundling Hospital, London, The Fallen Woman (25 September 2015 – 3 January 2016), Professor Nead will examine the myth and reality of the fallen woman in the Victorian era, her...
Dr Matthew Frost, Deputy Director, Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine research in the 20th century has transformed our understanding of the world, but evidence of marine research dates back to ancient times.
Modern day research is often associated with Captain Cook and his voyages in the 18th century. Later studies associated with Darwin and then with the HMS Challenger voyage, brought new advances and many naturalists were beginning to realise the importance of a closer study of the seas and marine life.
The Marine Biological Association of the UK was...
Local Studies Day celebrates the history of Plymouth and surrounding area. Together with a full day programme of presentations there are exhibitions on local history and book stalls. Features include the Vikings, the Cattewater Wreck, revolt and taxation 1550-1640, war graves and film of Plymouth Blitz.
Further details and tickets available from February, visit www.plymouthmuseum.gov.uk
Dr Anna Whitelock, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Anna Whitelock is a historian, author and broadcaster. She is a Reader in Early Modern History and is Director of the Centre for Public History, Heritage and Engagement with the Past at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is a regular media commentator on the Tudors, the monarchy, royal bodies, royal succession, gender and politics as well as on public history and heritage. Her books include, Mary Tudor: England’s First Queen, and most recently Elizabeth’s Bedfellows: An Intimate History of the Queen’s Court, from...
Dr Christian Weikop examines how three giants of the post-1945 German art scene refigured painting to critically reflect on German history and art history. Dr Weikop, Chancellor’s Fellow in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, is a specialist in modern and contemporary German art.
His talk accompanies the ARTIST ROOMS: Gerhard Richter exhibition at Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery (26 September 2015 – 16 January 2016).
Tuesday 15 December 2015 | 19:00 Theatre 2, Roland Levinsky Building Tickets: £6.60 | £4.50 concessions | Free to Peninsula Arts Friends....
