Ever wondered whether W. S. Graham liked to draw? Or what he made of flying? Or what kinds of spaces – real and imagined – are opened up by his tricky poetry? Come along on Friday to hear a group of people asking and answering these questions – and some others – as we celebrate […]
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Dr Sophie Seita publishes article about feminist forums and magazines (Fall 2018)
Dr Sophie Seita has published ‘The Politics of the Forum in Feminist Avant-Garde Magazines After 1980‘ in the Journal of Modern Literature, 42.1 (Fall 2018), pp. 163-182. Abstract Dissatisfied with the exclusion of women from preceding avant-gardes, the overlapping communities that formed around the feminist avant-garde magazines Chain, Raddle Moon, HOW(ever), and HOW2 attempted to forge […]
Continue ReadingDr Trudi Tate publishes an article about Vietnamese-American refugee writers Viet Nguyen and Thuy Le: ‘Living Afterwards’, November 2018
Dr Trudi Tate has published an article about Vietnamese-American refugee writers Viet Nguyen and Thuy Le: ‘Living Afterwards’, Book 2.0, 8:1-2 (2018).
Continue ReadingDylan Carver, Eliza Haughton-Shaw, Alexander Hobday and Ephraim Levinson speak at the British Society for 18th Century Studies Annual Conference, in a panel showcasing current PhD work in the Faculty, January 2019
Dylan Carver, Eliza Haughton-Shaw, Alexander Hobday and Ephraim Levinson are all speaking at the British Society for 18th Century Studies Annual Conference in Oxford, January 4-6, in a special panel showcasing current PhD work in the Faculty. The title of the panel is ‘Cultural Transformation in Later Eighteenth-Century Britain: New Directions from the University of […]
Continue ReadingConference registration open – A Good Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Dying Well, 10-11 January 2019
Conference registration open A Good Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Dying Well 10 January 2019 – 11 January 2019 Conference convenors: Dr Laura Davies and Dr Emma Salgard Cunha http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/27897 Dying well is an increasingly urgent and ubiquitous topic within discussions of ageing, palliative care, euthanasia, bereavement, grief, and mental health. This conference brings together researchers […]
Continue ReadingDr Trudi Tate publishes new book ‘A Short History of the Crimean War’, November 2018
Dr Trudi Tate has published a new book, A Short History of the Crimean War (I. B. Tauris, 2018). https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/A-Short-History-of-the-Crimean-War-by-Trudi-Tate/9781848858619
Continue ReadingAnnouncing a fully-funded PhD, ‘Writing the Ethnological Museum’, based in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Applications are invited for ‘Writing the Ethnological Museum’, a fully-funded doctoral studentship based in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. This studentship is provided through the Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership (OOC DTP), a consortium of the three universities for doctoral training and funding in […]
Continue ReadingDr Michael D. Hurley writes on why this is a doubly important year for Victorian poet G. M. Hopkins
Dr Michael D. Hurley has written on why this a doubly important year for Victorian poet G. M. Hopkins: https://catholicherald.co.uk/magazine/the-inspired-scribblings-of-englands-finest-catholic-poet/
Continue ReadingYui Kajita’s essay ‘Hardy’s Questioning’ wins first place in the Thomas Hardy Association’s Student Essay Prize
Yui Kajita was awarded the winning place in the Thomas Hardy Association’s Student Essay Prize for her essay, ‘Hardy’s Questioning’, published in the most recent issue of the Hardy Review (vol. 20, no. 1): <http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/1934-8908>. Her essay was judged by members of The Thomas Hardy Association’s Editorial Board, who commented that it is ‘a delightful […]
Continue ReadingYui Kajita gives invited lecture for the Walter de la Mare Society, Monday 26 November 2018
Yui Kajita gives an invited lecture for the Walter de la Mare Society at The London Review Bookshop on Monday, 26 November 2018 at 6.45 pm. The talk is titled, ‘”A lully of voices”: Haunting Echoes in Walter de la Mare and Thomas Hardy’. More details can be found on the Society’s website: <http://www.walterdelamare.co.uk>.
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