English Faculty News

The Faculty of English at Cambridge has a diverse and lively research
culture. In these pages, amongst other Faculty news, you can find information about the Faculty’s research activities, including: book publications (academic, creative and trade books); keynote and public lectures; media appearances; prizes and funding awarded; organisation of major conferences, symposia and exhibitions; public engagement events, and more.

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Dr John Colley publishes ‘Humanism, English Literature, and the Translation of Greek, 1430–1560’ (Oxford University Press, 2025)

Dr John Colley’s first monograph, Humanism, English Literature, and the Translation of Greek, 1430-1560 (Oxford University Press) is scheduled for online publication in April 2025. The book traces the influence of the Quattrocento rebirth of Greek scholarship on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century English literature, and argues that attending to the period’s ideas about Greek translation fundamentally […]

17th April 2025, deadline for a Call for papers for the Symposium ‘Black Atlantic Magazines and Space’

The Symposium will be held at the British Library on 8th May 2025. Further information on the event and submitting papers can be found in the poster below or at this link: https://blogs.bl.uk/americas/2025/03/call-for-papers-twentieth-century-black-periodicals-and-space-.html

Registration open (until Friday 6 June) for ‘Staging Silence from Antiquity to the Renaissance’, 3-4 July 2025, St John’s College, Cambridge

Registration has now opened (until Friday 6 June) for ‘Staging Silence from Antiquity to the Renaissance’, a two-day conference at St John’s College, Cambridge, 3-4 July 2025. Speakers include Barbara Ravelhofer, Julie Stone Peters, and Elisabeth Dutton. Further details about the event, including a programme and how to register, are available at https://stagingsilence.wordpress.com. Space is […]