On a podcast hosted by the Jesuit Collections https://www.jesuitcollections.org.uk, Dr Hurley (University of Cambridge), Dr Lamb (University of St Andrews), and Dr Graffius (Curator of the Museum, Library, and Archives at Stonyhurst) explore Hopkins’s life, the literary and theological richness of his poetry, and some of the ways in which his religious, scientific, and creative […]
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University of Cambridge English Virtual Graduate Conference 2021 – “O’ you wonder!”: Worldviews in pre-1750 literature – 17-18 April 2021
The early modern period witnessed a unique and rapid epistemological expansion as the world was ‘discovered’, colonised and conceptualised. Literature became a portal for experiencing this ever-expanding world and wondering at it. Our conference brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on the worlds and wonders being written before 1750. We will be joined by our keynote speaker, […]
Continue ReadingSociety for Museum Archaeology (SMA) publishes a case study on ‘Untold Histories Museum Tours’, co-founded and co-written by Ananya Mishra with Akshyeta Suryanarayan and Danika Parikh
This is one of a series of case studies compiled and published by SMA as part of ‘Communicating Archaeology: case studies on the use of and engagement with archaeological collections’. Link to SMA website for further information.
Continue ReadingThe latest issue of the English Faculty Magazine, ‘9 West Road’, is now available
Link to the Spring 2021 issue of 9 West Road.
Continue ReadingSarah Jilani (AHRC-Newton Trust PhD candidate, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge) is named a New Generation Thinker 2021 by a joint committee of the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC
Sarah Jilani is a British-Turkish researcher and culture journalist who has studied films, fiction and art looking at subjectivity and decolonisation in post-independence (1950s-80s) Africa and South Asia. Her academic research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Literature/Film Quarterly, Women: A Cultural Review and Life Writing, while her freelance writing […]
Continue ReadingDr Mark Wormald appears on Episode 29 of the Slightly Foxed podcast about the Barrie Cooke archive and collection, March 2021
Barrie Cooke’s archive is a treasure trove of previously unseen poems, personal letters and literary papers written by Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and other writers, as well as electrifying drawings and paintings by Cooke, inspired by his friends. The archive was acquired by Pembroke College, Cambridge. Link to the podcast.
Continue ReadingCambridge Festival, Sat, 27 March 2021, 15:00 – 16:00 GMT, ZOOM, Rambert Dance Company in Conversation: a panel discussion with members of Rambert’s creative team, including dancers, about the creation of their acclaimed production Draw from Within
Draw from Within was one of the earliest new dance pieces created during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was a hugely ambitious work to create technically as it was conceived to be performed and consumed as a live stream globally. So rather than performing “in front of” cameras Rambert Dancers performed with cameras “within” the production, […]
Continue ReadingDiscover Faculty of English events at the Cambridge Festival 2021, Friday 26 March-Sunday 4 April @Cambridge_Fest
American English: Dialogues in Dialect 26 March – 4 April on demand talk and children’s activity pack Link to 30-minute talk by Molly Becker aimed at adults, which goes live on 26 March: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGRgWxwKMZI There is also a short introduction to dialect aimed at children aged 8-12, which looks at how dialect influences the words […]
Continue ReadingCall for abstracts for “O’ you wonder!”: Worldviews in pre-1750 literature. Virtual Graduate Conference, 17-18 April 2021, University of Cambridge, Faculty of English
We are now accepting abstracts for “O’ you wonder!”: Worldviews in Pre-1750 Literature. This virtual conference will take place on 17th and 18th April 2021. The early modern period witnessed unique and rapid epistemological expansion, as the world was ‘discovered’, colonised and conceptualised. Literature became a portal by which to experience this ever-expanding world and […]
Continue ReadingMichael D. Hurley discusses his research on poetics and metaphysics with Professor Matthew F. Wickman @byuhumcenter
In a wide-ranging conversation for the “Faith and Imagination” podcast, Dr Hurley speaks with the Director of the Humanities Center at BYU about his recent book, “Faith in Poetry: Verse Style as a Mode of Religious Belief”. Dr Hurley addresses the question of what poets (and readers) believe poetry can say or do that other […]
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