American Literature Graduate Symposium: “American Stuff” Saturday 14 May, 2016 GR06/7, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge Keynotes: David Brauner (Reading), Pamela Thurschwell (Sussex) Defending his unadorned, realist style, William Dean Howells remarked in a 1903 letter to Charles Norton: ‘I am not sorry for having wrought in common, crude material so much; that […]

Dr Joe Moshenska’s new book ‘A Stain in the Blood – The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby‘ is the story of an extraordinary life and of a journey that helped to shape a nation. Digby, one of the most remarkable Englishmen who ever lived, was a trusted advisor to the King, a pioneering philosopher […]

Bad Timing and The Alchemical Landscape present ‘The Other Side: An Audiophonic Séance’ at 7.30pm on Thursday 12 May in the Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge. Leading Cambridge promoter of experimental music, Bad Timing, and members of the ongoing Alchemical Landscape research project invite you to an evening of […]

Dr Orietta Da Rold is at the University of Alicante on 3 May to give a Keynote Lecture entitled ‘Middle English Texts in their Material Context’.    

The new Scottish £5 note featuring the author Nan Shepherd will enter circulation later this year. As well as an image of Shepherd, the £5 note includes a quote from her first novel, The Quarry Wood – “It’s a grand thing to get leave to live” – and one from The Living Mountain: “But the […]

Dr Edward Wilson-Lee has been awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship for 2016/2017 to work on his next project: The Life and Library of Columbus’ Bastard Son. Hernando Colón, son of Columbus the explorer, was the collector of the first great library of the print age, the core of which survives today as the Biblioteca Colombina within […]

Poetry Reading on Saturday 30 April, 2016. 8pm to 9.30pm in the Faculty of English Judith E Wilson Drama Studio. Featuring: Geoff Gilbert & Alex Houen, Chris Nealon and Sophie Mayer  

Dr Edward Wilson-Lee is at the Stratford Literary Festival on 29 April, taking part in ‘For All time – The Global Reach of Shakespeare’.  In  discussion, Dr Wilson-Lee, Bennet Brandreth and Gabriel Josipovici explore the extraordinary reach of Shakespeare’s global legacy, and look at how he is interpreted in wildly differing cultures. Dr Wilson-Lee also […]

The English Faculty hosts several forums from ART / MONEY / CRISIS, an international two-day conference based at CRASSH.  The conference timetable includes artistic practitioners and academic speakers from disciplines including literature, sociology, economics, visual arts, cultural studies, anthropology, history, music, and politics. ART / MONEY / CRISIS features contributions from Faculty of English members […]

An all-ages event, with a special pop-up exhibition of Shakespeare-related materials.  Come and hear (very) short informal talks by researchers in the Faculty of English on subjects ranging from the myth of Richard III, illustrated Shakespeare, women editing Shakespeare, and Shakespeare in Swaziland, illustrated by a wide range of items from the University Library’s holdings, […]