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Seminars & ConferencesThe WIRAD Research MarketplaceTuesday 2nd March 2010, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Originated by UWN and hosted by the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth this event demonstrates the impressive breadth, range and quality of Art and Design scholarship in Wales. This is a significant gathering of academics across the Universities of Wales and research active public institutions who have expressed a commitment to be part of WIRAD - the Wales Institute for Research in Art & Design. The founding partners are University of Wales, Newport and University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, with expressions of interest regarding membership from the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University; National Museum Wales; National Library; Glamorgan University, Aberystwyth University and Glyndwr University.
We have invited the distinguished writer, critic, broadcaster and historian Sir Christopher Frayling to give the keynote address and this is followed with a panel discussion involving influential figures in the realms of policy, strategic development and delivery of visual arts and design at national and international levels: Yvette Vaughan Jones (International Visiting Arts); Louise Wright (British Council); Peter Florence (Director of Hay Festival); Jenni Spencer Davis (Senior Curator, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery); Emma Posey (Director of Bloc); Andrew Green (National Library of Wales). The aim being to stimulate discussion around the research, cultural and social benefits of WIRAD. The afternoon session is geared towards research staff engaging in discussion around research partnerships and possibilities within the network.
Programme Drwm Lecture Theatre, National Library of Wales
The new WIRAD Research Directory is now available online! PSMG 2009 ScheduleAUTUMN 2009Please note that this autumn PSMG have partnered with ffotogallery to open up its research series to a wider audience. As part of ongoing activity in this area we are proud to announce a series of invited lectures as part of Vision On (a co-curated digital media season at ffotogallery) to be held in Penarth.
1600-1700 Room H8A Rathmell Internal PSMG Research Seminar "Playing (Un)dead: Killer dolls, corpses and zombie metaphors for games" Emily Flynn-Jones, "Black Holes and Panoramic Tendencies" Lei Cox
1400-1600 ffotogallery, Penarth "Vision On" Invited Speaker as part of the Playing Things strand (part of May You Live in Interesting Times Digital Media Festival Tale of Tales In Conversation
4th November 2009 1900-2000 ffotogallery, Penarth "Vision On" Invited Speaker as part of the Seeing Things: Data Visualisation strand Ellie Harrison "Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector"
11th November 2009 1900-2000 ffotogallery, Penarth "Vision On" Invited Speaker as part of the Hearing Things strand Matthew Lovett "The future is no longer to listen to music, but to play it"
18th November 2009 1900-2000 ffotogallery, Penarth "Vision On" Invited Speaker as part of the Sensing Things: Distance and Proximity strand Stefan Agamanolis "Slow Communication"
25th November 2009 1900-2000 ffotogallery, Penarth "Vision On" Invited Speaker as part of the Making Things, Breaking Things: Digital DIY, Corrado Morgana "Making things, breaking things"
2nd December 2009 1900-2000 ffotogallery, Penarth "Vision On" Invited Speaker as part of the Disrupting Things: Visual Interventions Fiddian Warman "Action Research"
9th December 2009 1600-1700 Room H8A Rathmell Internal PSMG Research Seminar TBC, Brigitta Zics "Semiotics, Celebrity and the Audience: adaptation to stay the same" Roger Wooster
DIGIT Programme Autumn 2009
Wednesday September 30th 2009
Monday October 19th 2009
Tuesday November 17th 2009
Tuesday December 15th 2009
UWIC to host 5th Joint Conference of the Society for European Philosophy and the Forum for European Philosophy2009Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 August 2009UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff
The conference offers faculty and graduate students the opportunity to present papers in any area of European philosophy. The keynote speakers are.
The conference will include two open plenary sessions, The Future of Hermeneutics (Chair: Nicholas Davey, Dundee) and The Role of Imagery in Ontology and Thought (Chair: Clive Cazeaux, UWIC), and a work of sound art based on Cardiff's arcades (Jennie Savage) commissioned to accompany the conference.
For more information or to register, visit the conference website.
All-Wales Centre for Creative Teaching and Teaching Creativity in Art & Design10.00 am - 4.00pm, TUESDAY 23rd JUNE Craft in the Bay, Cardiff Bay
The twenty invited participants will be discussing the remit that such a Centre will have, and how it would be set up. We will be disseminating the outcomes, but do contact us if you are interested in participating in the development and activities of the Centre. We would love to hear from you, particularly if you can think of a more compelling name for the Centre! For more information on the programme...
Ruth Dineen or Annie Grove-White for more details.
TRIPS 09: Tuesday Research in Progress Seminars4.00 p.m., S317 South Block, Howard Gardens
A series of seminars on current research within Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art and Design. All welcome. Enquiries, contact Clive Cazeaux.
TRIPS 09 is organised by Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR). The 1st National Symposium for Emerging Art & Design ResearchersHilton Hotel, NewportTuesday 28th to Thursday 30th April 2009
This is a conference for those new to research in areas connected to Art & Design. The breadth of topics is deliberately wide in order to allow all WIRAD members (or potential members) to participate. It will be an opportunity to access expertise from other parts of WIRAD, present your research, find out about the research of others, discuss synergies and differences with peers and learn about the whole process of research. Further details are available here.
Perspectives on Development VI: A University of Wales ColloquiumWednesday 21st - Friday 23rd January, 2009Gregynog Hall, Newtown, Powys, Wales, UK
Call for Papers: Abstracts are invited for papers for the Sixth Colloquium of the . The Network is an open, cross-disciplinary, group of academics and practitioners with a common interest in development wherever and however it is practised. The group is particularly interested in the links between international development issues and the post-devolution agenda in Wales.
Presentations and interventions in fields related (but not limited) to recent research in aspects of national and international development are welcome. This could include discussion of research and actions linking international development issues and the post-devolution agenda in Wales. We also welcome proposals for full sessions, panels, round tables etc. Contributions are invited from activists, policy makers and practitioners, as well as academics, doctoral and postgraduate students.
Topics covered in previous colloquia include:
Abstracts
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted no later than 31st October 2008. To submit an abstract or request further information, email Joan Fothergill.
 
Archived Seminars and ConferencesPerformance and Screen Media Research Group seminars TRIPS: Tuesday Research in Progress Seminars 2008 Physicality 2007: Second International Workshop on Physicality WIRAD Joint Seminars Series 2006/2007 Creativity or Conformity? Building Cultures of Creativity in Higher Education Research Seminar in Preparation for joint RAE Submission Invisible College Third Seminar Series 2nd SPED/PDR Symposium |
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