The Faculty of English is delighted to announce that our colleague Dr Fiona Green has been awarded one of the 2024 Pilkington Prizes for excellence in teaching

The Faculty of English is delighted to announce that our colleague Dr Fiona Green has been awarded one of the 2024 Pilkington Prizes for excellence in teaching. You can find out more about this year’s winners and the history of the prize here: https://www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/pilkington-prize/2024 Raphael Lyne, Chair of the Faculty of English, said ‘Fiona is […]

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Queer & Trans Philologies Conference, Friday 22 March-Saturday 23 March, 9.30am–5.30pm, Online Livestream

Queer & Trans Philologies Friday 22 March-Saturday 23 March, 9.30am–5.30pm, Online Livestream Convenor Stephen Matthew Turton (English, University of Cambridge) Co-convenors François·e Charmaille (English and MMLL (French), University of Cambridge) Alexandra Zhirnova (ASNC, University of Cambridge) Orsolya Petocz, MMLL (Italian, University of Cambridge) For further information and to book: https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/39800/

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“Stonebreakers” screening: award-winning 2022 documentary on conflicts over monuments and historical representation in the USA, Thursday 14 March, 5pm, Newnham College. Followed by Q&A with filmmakers Valerio Ciriaci, Isaak Liptzin, and discussants, including Dr Amy Morris

“Stonebreakers” Screening Award-winning 2022 documentary on conflicts over monuments and historical representation in the USA Thursday, March 14 | 5pm | Newnham College, (C. Beerbower Room) Followed by Q & A with the filmmakers Valerio Ciriaci, Isaak Liptzin, and discussants Prof Jenny Mander, Dr Amy Morris, and Saleyha Ahsan.

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See Francesca Gardner’s short film ‘Making Light of Essays | Making Essays of Light’ at the launch of the 2024 Cambridge Festival

Francesca Gardner’s short film, based on her research into light, commonplacing, and the literary essay, will be shown for the first time at the launch of this year’s Cambridge Festival at West Hub on 13th March. The film, titled ‘Making Light of Essays | Making Essays of Light’, was made in collaboration with creative professional […]

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Dr Jennifer Wallace speaks at ‘Lord Byron and the Spirit of Anglo-Hellenism: A Bicentenary Commemoration’, Hellenic Centre, London, 19 March 2024

Dr Jennifer Wallace speaks about Byron and Greece alongside Professors Roderick Beaton, David Ricks and Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri at a special event in London to commemorate the bicentenary of the poet’s death at Missolonghi. Two hundred years on from his death in Greece on 19 April 1824, Byron remains one of the most important […]

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