Congratulations to Dr. Subha Mukherji on being awarded a European Research Council Consolidator grant for a 5-year interdisciplinary project: ‘Epistemic Intersections in Early Modern England: the Place of Literature’, to start in summer 2014. See the CRAASH website for more information on the project. Twitter – @EMCrossroads
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The Blood Project – The Blood Conference
In January Dr Bonnie Lander Johnson convened The Blood Conference: Theories of Blood in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Culture at St Anne’s College, Oxford. The conference forms part of The Blood Project, a collaboration of scholars from a range of disciplines investigating the complex idea of blood. The two and a […]
Continue ReadingThe 2014 Graham Storey Lecture
The 2014 Graham Storey Lecture will be given by Professor Caryl Phillips, Yale University. Nothing Personal: James Baldwin, Richard Avedon, and the pursuit of Celebrity Taking place on Monday 10 February at 5pm in the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue.
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Colleagues will be saddened to know that Professor Anne Barton (FBA), Fellow of Trinity College and once the Chair of the Faculty Board of English, passed away on Monday night after a period of illness. She leaves a great gap, but this is a time to celebrate the intellectual legacy she has left for scholars […]
Continue ReadingForgotten Poems Recovered by American Civil War Research
American Civil War poetry that sheds light on a neglected chapter of the era’s literary history has been recovered and made freely available online after 150 years. The ground-breaking edition of poems, including many pieces by little-known African American writers, has been published online following extensive research by Dr Rebecca Weir at the University of […]
Continue ReadingZoë Svendsen Featured in the Times Higher Education Supplement
“There is a huge crossover between academia and the theatre now,” says Zoë Svendsen. “When I left university, they felt like much more separate worlds…There is a very close relationship between my practice, my research and my teaching.” See more on the Times Higher Education website: Zoë Svendsen on the dramaturge’s role at the heart […]
Continue ReadingRob Macfarlane Shortlisted for Warwick Prize
Dr Rob Macfarlane’s book, The Old Ways, has been shortlisted for the Warwick University Prize for Writing. Read more via BBC news, the Telegraph & the Guardian.
Continue ReadingDr Gavin Alexander on Radio 4
Dr Gavin Alexander appeared on BBC Radio 4’s The Sonnet and the Sword on Sunday 11th August 2013. The Sonnet and the Sword looks at Elizabethan courtier poetry, its influence on literature and its context in the wider world.
Continue ReadingColleagues Elected Fellows of the British Academy
The Faculty is delighted to announce that two of our colleagues have been elected Fellows of the British Academy. We extend our congratulations to Professor John Kerrigan and Professor Christopher Page.
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Professor Steven Connor comments on £1m sale of Samuel Beckett manuscript (Reuters). Steve Watts discusses how not to write a personal statement for English courses (the Guardian). Dr Robert Macfarlane interviewed for BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions, on the Music of the Outer Hebrides (BBC Radio 3).
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