On Shakespeare and the Theatre of the Absurd at ‘Václav Havel’s Legacy and the Future of Central Europe’, 26 November 2016

Registration is now open for a symposium ‘Václav Havel’s Legacy and the Future of Central Europe’, held on 26 November at McGrath Centre, 10am-6pm, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. The symposium is free and includes lunch and a wine reception. Commemorating what would have been Václav Havel’s 80th birthday, this international symposium offers a platform for […]

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Seminar Series: Poetics Before Modernity – Western Literary Theory from Antiquity to 1700

Poetics before Modernity RITA COPELAND (University of Pennsylvania) “An Emotional Anthology of Style” Thursday (!), 24 November 2016, 5.15 PM Old Combination Room, Trinity College ALL WELCOME! Poetics before Modernity brings together leading classicists, medievalists, and Renaissance scholars to present new work on Western literary theory from antiquity to 1700. With the exception of Prof. […]

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Dr Kasia Boddy Discusses Willa Cather’s ‘O Pioneers!’ at Penguin Book Club Event, 15 November 2016

Dr Kasia Boddy is one of the panel discussing Willa Cather’s novel O Pioneers! for Penguin Book’s seasonal Book Club in collaboration with The Happy Reader. The discussion takes place on Tuesday 15 November, 18.30-20.30 at Joseph, 236 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RH. http://www.joseph-fashion.com/en/ecomru/le-blog/joseph-x-the-happy-reader/page/thehappyreader3 The Happy Reader – published by Penguin Books and Fantastic Man […]

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Inaugural Sessions of New Theory, Criticism, and Culture Seminar Announced

This is to announce two seminars taking place this term: Drew Milne (Cambridge), ‘Gleaning Under the Sign of the Anthropocene’ Wednesday, 16th November *1.15pm* G-R06/07 Alexander Freer (Cambridge), ‘Another Freudian Reading’ Wednesday, 30th November *5pm* G-R0607 These are the inaugural sessions of the Faculty’s newly constituted Theory, Criticism, and Culture Seminar. The Theory, Criticism, and […]

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Dr Robert Macfarlane’s Work on Land Use, Language and Environmental Economics Features in Slate.com, November 2016

Dr Robert Macfarlane’s work on land use, language and environmental economics features in a Slate.com article examining the issues surrounding the proposed 1,200-mile North Dakota Access Pipeline: ‘How much is this land worth?’ http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/11/standing_rock_shows_why_environmentalists_should_move_beyond_cost_benefit.html

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