Browse LARC LEEDS ARTS RESEARCH CENTRE Bringing together creative practitioners and academics across Leeds Beckett University. The Leeds Arts Research Centre (LARC) at Leeds Beckett University brings together researchers with shared interests and ambitions across broad areas of creativity and professional practice within the arts and popular culture. Specific areas covered include Art and Design, Music, Drama, Dance, Architecture, Creative Technologies, Film, and Performing Arts. The majority of staff currently work within the Leeds School of Arts. The centre formally launched in the autumn of 2017, indicating a recognition by our university of the potential for substantial research development and growth within the area. The centre has a strong core of both experienced and early career researchers and provides a visible, outward-facing ‘research home’ and identity for these staff and their research students. The work being undertaken encompasses more traditional academic outputs such as journal articles and monographs alongside exciting and innovative practice-based research. Much of the latter is high impact, engaging with external bodies and individuals to produce work which challenges and changes lives. The centre is led by Simon Morris, Professor of Art, and Robert Shail, Professor of Film. Professor Morris's own research centres on radical artistic reworkings of text as material object, whilst Professor Shail's work focuses on masculinity in British cinema and children's films. For them both, LARC has been a labour of love. VIRTUAL HARMONIES By Dr Tenley Martin Dr Tenley Martin a senior lecturer in Music at Leeds Beckett University, Leeds School of Art takes us through her latest, community based research project ‘Virtual Harmonies’ VIEW PROJECT INSIDE / OUT Our INSIDE/OUT series of lectures brings the best minds of our generation to inspire and support the work students and colleagues do across the Leeds School of Arts. To this end, we have flown in renowned speakers from around the globe. In order to enhance the cultural life of Leeds, we make the lecture series open to the general public and available to an international audience online. VIEW INSIDE OUT LECTURE SERIES LARC is the home to 143 academics and their research. What matters to us at Leeds Beckett University is not so much the work we do individually but what our research allows others to do: its impact on local, national and international communities. We are a recognised centre of excellence for practice as research in the arts that make a positive difference to the lives of others. Professor Simon Morris Director of Research RELATED PROJECTS Dr Jill Gibbon UNWRAPPING THE ETIQUETTE OF THE ARMS TRADE Dr Alexander Kelly TOURING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND DOCUMENTARY THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE Simon Warren ARCHITECTURE LIVE PROJECT OUR RESEARCHERS VIEW ALL RESEARCHERS Professor Robert Shail Director of Research / Leeds School Of Arts Professor Simon Morris Director of Research / Leeds School Of Arts Aidan Winterburn Senior Lecturer / Leeds School Of Arts Keep up to date with our latest news and events SUBSCRIBE FOLLOW LARC Keep up to date with our latest activities on social media. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Tweets by LBUArtsResearch RELATED NEWS News Fashion royalty flock to see latest Matty Bovan collection Published on 18 Sep 2019 News International artists to speak at Leeds Beckett for lecture series Published on 01 Mar 2019 ALL NEWS STUDY WITH US THE GRADUATE SCHOOL Study for a research degree at Leeds Beckett and you'll join a thriving academic community in an inspiring and supportive environment. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL HOW TO APPLY OTHER LINKS Types of research degrees Facilities Talk to a supervisor Just been accepted? See our Privacy policy. MANAGE ACCEPT ALL +44 113 812 0000 FIND US Accessibility Disclaimer Privacy Modern Slavery Statement Contact Us A member of University Alliance © 2021 Leeds Beckett University