New book published, co-edited by Dr Mathelinda Nabugodi – ‘Thinking Through Relation: Encounters in Creative Critical Writing’, November 2021
Thinking Through Relation: Encounters in Creative Critical Writing Edited by Florian Mussgnug, Mathelinda Nabugodi and Thea Petrou This book is an offering: it contains eighteen essays in honour of Timothy Mathews, written by leading scholars in the fields of French, Comparative Literature, Visual Culture and Creative Critical Writing. These essays examine the power of serendipitous […]
Continue ReadingDr Zoë Svendsen is interviewed by ‘The Stage’ about her new role of ‘climate dramturg’ at London’s Donmar Warehouse, November 2021
Dr Zoë Svendsen, already an associate artist at the Donmar Warehouse, talks to Nicholas Davies of The Stage about what her new role of ‘climate dramaturg’ entails and how theatre can explore climate-conscious practices. Link to the interview.
Continue ReadingNew Book Published: Sarah Dillon’s Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning
Professor Sarah Dillon’s new book is published today with Routledge, entitled Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning. Co-authored with Dr Claire Craig, former Head of the Government Office for Science and Vice-President (Evidence) of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA), Storylistening makes the case for the urgent need to take stories seriously in […]
Continue ReadingMichael D. Hurley @TrinCollCam has been made an Honorary Professor of the International Institute for Hermeneutics
The award recognises Professor Hurley’s scholarly work on the intersections of literature, theology and philosophy: https://www.iihermeneutics.org/honorary-professors
Continue ReadingDr Harry McCarthy (Jesus) is featured on an upcoming BBC Radio 4 programme on teaching novels in the contemporary university (2 November, 11.30am)
The second in a three-part series titled Pride or Prejudice: How We Read Now and presented by Professor Abigail Williams (University of Oxford), the programme explores the reading and teaching of novels in an era of content warnings, cancel culture and calls to decolonise the curriculum. Dr McCarthy is one of several academics who contributed […]
Continue ReadingDissident Histories of Pakistan: joint virtual launch of The South Asian Resource and Research Centre Archive & Revolutionary Papers Digital Teaching Tools, 1 Nov 2021
Dissident Histories of Pakistan We would like to invite you to a joint virtual launch of The South Asian Resource and Research Centre (SARRC) Archive & Revolutionary Papers (RP) Digital Teaching Tools 1 Nov 2021, 1:30-3:15 PM (GMT + 1) via Zoom The event, which will be live translated into Urdu and English, is part […]
Continue ReadingKasia Boddy and Bonnie Lander Johnson receive University funding to explore the history of Cambridge’s involvement in saffron production and consumption
Kasia Boddy and Bonnie Lander Johnson have received a grant from the University’s Research & Collections Programme for funding within the Materiality Research Growth Network to explore ‘Cambridge Saffron’. The project is to examine the history of Cambridge’s involvement in saffron production and consumption, both locally and globally. Working with colleagues in the UL, the […]
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