Pages tagged with: school-of-humanities-and-performing-arts
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Historian named as joint winner of prestigious national prize
Dr Louis Halewood is chosen by the Institute of Historical Research as one of two winners for the 2020 Sir Julian Corbett Prize in Modern Naval History.
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Researching the impact of jazz improvisation
Plymouth University news: Plymouth University Lecturer in Music Dr Katherine Williams has been awarded the first ever Jazz Research Fellowship by the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation and the Jazz Education Network
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Beethoven's private legacy: his musical sketches
The 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven provides the backdrop for a special Christmas lecture at the University.
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Researchers to investigate Quantum Computing for the music industry
The University is to lead a collaboration looking into the potentially game-changing impact that Quantum Computing could have upon the UK’s music industry
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New short courses launched in Humanities and Performing Arts
The School of Humanities and Performing Arts has launched three new short courses that can be taken online in the areas of Music Theory, Voice Support and Creative Writing
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Sustainability under the spotlight in collaborative research project for the creative industries
The University is part of a collaborative project that is to research sustainable practices within the creative industries.
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Students win national awards for maritime history projects
History students Amy Stokes and Corey Watson were awarded prizes for Undergraduate Achievement in Maritime History, awarded by the British Commission for Maritime History.
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Responding to the pandemic through poetry
A University of Plymouth project using poetry to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has generated huge support from the public and the artistic community.
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Opening The Box
The University welcomes the opening of The Box, a new multidisciplinary arts and culture centre in the city
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IGNITE launches online platform to showcase arts students and graduates
The IGNITE Festival may well have been postponed for 12 months due to COVID-19, but a new website has gone live to profile and showcase graduate talent in the city.
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Literature academic publishes major essay on 18th century literature
Dr Min Wild writes the lead article for the Times Literary Supplement on 18th century fiction
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Science fiction becomes fact to create live musical performance
Dr Alexis Kirke, Senior Research Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research at the University of Plymouth, has shown that a human musician can communicate directly with a quantum computer via teleportation.
