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 […]

As part of the Faculty’s display of the work of J.H. Prynne, John James will be reading his new work *On Reading J.H. Prynne’s Sub Songs* on Monday, 21 November at 7pm in the Judith E. Wilson Studio, English Faculty (9 West Road, Sidgwick Site). John James’ first published work ‘Mmm…Ah, Yes’ appeared in 1967, […]

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. […]

Dr Kasia Boddy is one of seven Cambridge academics to contribute to a University of Cambridge opinion piece, Decision time in the US, ahead of the US Presidential elections on 8 November 2016. This item was picked up by Cambridge Independent and Cambridge News.  

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 […]

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 […]

Registration Delegates are now invited to register for Ear Pieces. There are 2 packages on offer, both for early-career and senior researchers, and for PhD candidates. ‘Full’ registration includes, in both cases, buffet lunches on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th, tea and coffee throughout the conference, and a three-course dinner in the historic setting of […]

Dr Mina Gorji gives a public lecture at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival on Saturday 5 November.  The title of her talk is ‘John Clare’s Soundscapes’. http://www.poetryinaldeburgh.org/

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

Read Dr Raphael Lyne’s 3-year anniversary review of his blog ‘What literature knows about your brain’: http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/cogblog/