Medieval into Renaissance – Essays for Helen Cooper

Published this month: Medieval into Renaissance – Essays for Helen Cooper.  A festschrift for Professor Helen Cooper, former Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English. The collection builds on and responds to the work of  Professor Cooper, exploring the connections and intersections between medieval and renaissance literature. Edited by Andrew King & Matthew Woodcock Includes an essay by Dr […]

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Dr Andrew Zurcher Plenary Lecture Epistolary Cultures Conference

Dr Zurcher gives the Plenary Lecture at the Epistolary Cultures – Letters and Letter-writing in Early Modern Europe conference, University of York, Friday 18 March. Bringing together speakers from around the globe who are working on early modern letter writing and its networks, this conference explores the many aspects of early modern epistolary culture in the […]

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Prof Christopher Page Keynote at International Guitar Research Centre Conference

Professor Christopher Page will be a keynote speaker at the International Guitar Research Centre Conference, University of Surrey, 18 March to 23 March 2016. Some of the most distinguished and highly regarded scholars and musicians from around the world will gather for this major international conference featuring six public concerts, four keynote lectures, and over 50 lecture-recitals and academic papers. 

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Dr Edward Wilson-Lee Publishes New book: Shakespeare in Swahililand

Dr Edward Wilson-Lee’s new book Shakespeare in Swahililand is published on 10 March with HarperCollins.  The launch party takes place at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, also on 10 March.  Shakespeare in Swahililand is the story of a search across eastern and central Africa to recover the extraordinary and unknown story of the part played by Shakespeare’s works in […]

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