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 […]

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Katrin 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 […]

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Olivia 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 […]

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‘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  

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“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

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Prof. 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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