The 2014 Graham Storey Lecture

The 2014 Graham Storey Lecture will be given by Professor Caryl Phillips, Yale University. Nothing Personal: James Baldwin, Richard Avedon, and the pursuit of Celebrity Taking place on Monday 10 February at 5pm in the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue.

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Professor Anne Barton

Colleagues will be saddened to know that Professor Anne Barton (FBA), Fellow of Trinity College and once the Chair of the Faculty Board of English, passed away on Monday night after a period of illness. She leaves a great gap, but this is a time to celebrate the intellectual legacy she has left for scholars […]

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Forgotten Poems Recovered by American Civil War Research

American Civil War poetry that sheds light on a neglected chapter of the era’s literary history has been recovered and made freely available online after 150 years. The ground-breaking edition of poems, including many pieces by little-known African American writers, has been published online following extensive research by Dr Rebecca Weir at the University of […]

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Zoë Svendsen Featured in the Times Higher Education Supplement

“There is a huge crossover between academia and the theatre now,” says Zoë Svendsen. “When I left university, they felt like much more separate worlds…There is a very close relationship between my practice, my research and my teaching.” See more on the Times Higher Education website: Zoë Svendsen on the dramaturge’s role at the heart […]

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Jenny Bavidge Awarded Pilkington Prize

Dr Jennifer Bavidge has been awarded a Pilkington Prize for teaching and her oversight of the development of English and Creative Writing as a specialism within the Institute of Continuing Education. Congratulations, Dr Bavidge!

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