From Sniper to Smartphone: Hybrid Warfare and the New Face of Conflict 18 November 2023 2-6pm Imperial War Museum (London) Beryl Pong is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the Centre for the Future of Intelligence, and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of English, at the University of Cambridge. As part of her […]
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Kasia Boddy, Bonnie Lander Johnson and Claudia Tobin awarded an IAA (AHRC) grant to share their research on sanctuary gardens
Kasia Boddy, Bonnie Lander Johnson and Claudia Tobin have been awarded an IAA (AHRC) grant to share their research on sanctuary gardens with public audiences in London and Cambridge. Events include talks about the history and literature of sanctuary, writing workshops in Sue Stuart-Smith’s sanctuary garden, an exhibition at the Garden Museum London and a […]
Continue ReadingKatrin Ettenhuber (Pembroke) publishes ‘The Logical Renaissance: Literature, Cognition, and Argument, 1479-1630’ (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Katrin Ettenhuber’s new book is the first major study of the role of logic in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature. It explores how major authors of the period, including Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, Spenser, and Sidney, conceived of the arts of thinking and argument, and how they creatively appropriated and transformed logical concepts and ideas in […]
Continue ReadingOlivia Krauze and Aubin Ramon translate and direct ‘I was in the house and I was waiting for the rain to come’, 31st Oct-4th Nov, Corpus Playroom, Cambridge
Olivia Krauze has co-translated and co-directed Jean-Luc Lagarce’s 1994 play J’étais dans ma maison et j’attendais que la pluie vienne (I was in the house and I was waiting for the rain to come) for what will be its UK English-language premiere at the Corpus Playroom, Cambridge, 31st October-4th November. The project combines translation, movement, and original […]
Continue ReadingDr Zoë Svendsen publishes ‘Theatre & Dramaturgy’ (Methuen Drama/Bloomsbury, 2023)
What is a dramaturg? What is dramaturgy? What are the political implications for the way that plays produce meaning in performance? Over the last decade, the role of the dramaturg has become more common in the theatrical process, but it is still a new term for many theatre-goers. Theatre & Dramaturgy offers a working definition […]
Continue ReadingStudying English at Cambridge: online study evenings on Wednesday 8th and Wednesday 15th November 2023
Studying English at Cambridge The Faculty of English is holding two online study evenings on Wednesday 8th and Wednesday 15th November 2023. The events are aimed at A Level, IB or Scottish Higher English Literature students who may be considering studying English at university. If you are in Year 11 and thinking about taking English […]
Continue Reading‘Baroque Latinity’ book launch: Wednesday 1 November, 5pm-7pm, Institute of Advanced Studies, London
This event will celebrate the publication of Baroque Latinity: Studies in the Neo-Latin Literature of the European Baroque, ed. Jacqueline Glomski, Gesine Manuwald and Andrew Taylor (London: Bloomsbury, 2023), an essay collection marking the culmination of an AHRC-funded project based at UCL. Booking for the free event at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2023/nov/ias-book-launch-hybrid-baroque-latinity
Continue ReadingJade Cuttle wins the inaugural non-fiction Morley Prize for her book ‘Silthood’, October 2023
Prize judge Marianne Tatepo, Commissioning Editor for Ebury Press and Pop Press (Penguin Random House UK), said: “We stepped into the world of Silthood, where nature comes to life in an almost anthropomorphic way. It’s a stunning, original, genre-bending entry in the non-fiction category.” Jade Cuttle, formerly of Barlby High school and York College, says: […]
Continue Reading“The Pleasures of Hating 1660-1830”, 18th November 2023, Trinity College, Cambridge: conference convened by Francesca Gardner and Daniel Brooks
“The Pleasures of Hating 1660-1830”, a conference co-convened by PhD students Francesca Gardner and Daniel Brooks, is being held in the Trinity College OCR on November 18th. This will be especially relevant to those who are researching the history of emotions. Registration details and schedule can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pleasures-of-hating-1660-1830-registration-730845306987?aff=oddtdtcreator
Continue ReadingProf. Michael D. Hurley and Dr Rebekah Lamb (St Andrews) have co-edited a special issue on John Henry Newman for Religion and Literature (Notre Dame)
Essays and reflections include contributions from His Majesty King Charles III, Lord Rowan Williams, Cyril O’Regan, Sr. Catherine Droste, OP, the late Rev. Dr. Ian Ker, Leonie Caldecott, Giuseppe Pezzini, and more. Special thanks to the Fathers of the Birmingham Oratory for allowing the use of this rare photograph of Newman for the journal cover. […]
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