Dr Jennifer Wallace (English) and Dr Emily Kneebone (Classics) are organising a day-long symposium to accompany the production of the Cambridge Greek Play double bill of Antigone and Lysistrata at the Arts Theatre. The symposium brings together Classicists, philosophers, literary and cultural critics, theatre directors and actors to discuss tragedy, comedy, politics and revolution and […]

The Alchemical Landscape project has been awarded CRASSH Research Group status for the academic year 2016/2017.  As part of a series of seminars across Michaelmas, Lent and Easter terms, on Tuesday 18 October, James Mackay (film producer) gives a talk entitled ‘Jarman and Cocteau: A Shared Vision’  (5pm, Seminar room S2, 2nd Floor, Alison Richard […]

Following a sold out and extended run at the Young Vic in 2015, World Factory shines a light on ‘Made in China’ as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas. World Factory is at Cambridge Junction from 18-21 October and then moves to Brighton and Manchester. Considering that adults make approximately 35,000 decisions per day, […]

This October, the Faculty of English hosts a series of events with American Writers: Tuesday 4 October – English Faculty, Room G-R04, 4.30pm: Mark Greif, editor of n+1 and author of ‘In The Age of the Crisis of Man: Thought and Fiction in America, 1933-1973’, will discuss his new book ‘Against Everything’.  (Sponsored by American […]

Dr Orietta da Rold posts a new blog, Paper as Commodity in Medieval Magical and Medical Practices, as part of ‘The Recipes Project: Food, Magic, Art, Science and Medicine’. ‘The Recipes Project’  is an international group of scholars interested in the history of recipes, ranging from magical charms to veterinary remedies. Old recipes can tell […]

Professor Steve Connor joins Melvyn Bragg on ‘In Our Time‘ to discuss George Orwell.  This programme is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on  29 September at 9am and 9.30pm.

Peter de Bolla is in conversation with Jon Levi, author of ‘Septimania‘, at Waterstones in Cambridge on September 26th, 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm.

Dr Marcus Waithe organises ‘Craftsmanship To-Day: A Symposium on Modern Making‘ at the Art Workers’ Guild .  Sponsored by The Guild of St George, a charity for arts, crafts and the rural economy originally founded by John Ruskin in 1871, this event takes place on 24th September.

Dr Marcus Waithe gave an invited plenary lecture entitled ‘Ruskin and Craftsmanship’ on 19th August 2016 at a ‘Craft Symposium‘ hosted by the Falkland Centre for Stewardship, Falkland Estate, Fife, Scotland.

Dr Ian Patterson is one of two judges for this year’s Scott Moncrieff Prize for translations from the French.  The other judge is the author Michèle Roberts. Established in 1965, and named after the celebrated translator of Proust’s À la Recherche du Temps Perdu, the prize is sponsored by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni and […]