Dr. Hannah Lucas, Newby Trust Research Fellow at Newnham College, has been awarded a prestigious Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The AvH Foundation funds outstanding postdoctoral researchers from around the world to conduct research at any academic institution in Germany. Dr. Lucas will take up the Fellowship from October 2025, jointly affiliated […]
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Eva Dema elected to the Harvard Society of Fellows
Eva Dema has been awarded a Junior Fellowship in the Harvard Society of Fellows. Supported by this three-year research award (2025-28), she will aim to publish her doctoral thesis as a monograph, before starting work on a new research project. While her thesis constitutes the first book-length study of Thomas Hardy’s poetry manuscripts, her second […]
Continue ReadingJuliette Bretan is awarded a Fellowship at the Herder Institute in Marburg, Germany
The Herder Institute is an internationally renowned centre for research on Eastern Central Europe. Its Fellowship Program enables a short-term, intensive research stay in the library and the scientific collections of the Institute. Juliette Bretan will be there for one month, in July 2025. Juliette Bretan is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of English […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Anthony Bale talks about his work in progress on medieval witchcraft at King’s College on 27 February
Professor Bale is giving his paper as part of the King’s College Medieval Questions series. The title of the talk is ‘The first witch: how do we approach the Kilkenny witch-trial of 1324?’
Continue ReadingAnthony Bale’s ‘A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages’ appears in Czech translation, February 2025
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: the World through Medieval Eyes by Professor Anthony Bale appears in Czech translation on 12 February, as Středověký turista: Poutníci, učenci a špioni na cestách. The translator is Marek Sečkař and it is published by Host. Details: https://www.hostbrno.cz/bale-anthony/ This adds to the various languages it has already appeared […]
Continue ReadingDr Rachel Bryan’s new monograph is published by Cambridge University Press, January 2025
Dr Rachel Bryan’s new monograph, Twentieth-Century Literature and the Aftermath of War, was published by Cambridge University Press on 9 January 2025. Link to further information: https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/literature/english-literature-1900-1945/twentieth-century-literature-and-aftermath-war?format=HB
Continue Reading‘Monstrum’ by Lottie Mills is longlisted for the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
Monstrum, by Lottie Mills, a short story collection published by Oneworld in 2024, has been longlisted for the 2025 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, the world’s largest and most prestigious literary prize for young writers. Lottie Mills is a current English MPhil student at Newnham College, as well as a Newnham graduate. Link to more […]
Continue ReadingOn 4 February, the British Library Eccles Institute hosts a Webinar to celebrate publication of ‘Matoaka, Pocahontas, Rebecca: Her Atlantic Identities and Afterlives’, co-edited by Dr Amy Morris
Want to learn more about Matoaka/Pocahontas and Her story, people & legacy Her captivity, conversion & London trip The archive & its limits Indigenous art & expression? Join us on Tuesday 4 February 5pm UK/12pm NYC/9am PST for an online panel discussion and Q & A about the life and legacy of Matoaka/Pocahontas to celebrate […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Anthony Bale discusses Pope Joan on ‘In Our Time’ – broadcast date, 30 January 2025
Anthony Bale appears on BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time’ to talk about the myth of Pope Joan. The broadcast date is Thursday 30 January, BBC Radio 4, 9am (repeated Sunday, 11pm). After broadcast, the programme can be listened to on BBC Sounds. The discussion is chaired by Melvyn Bragg. The panellists for this episode are: […]
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