What to take to university is a question foremost in the minds of thousands of freshers up and down the country. Prof. Christopher Page’s latest book The Guitar in Tudor England reveals that 16th century students faced similar dilemmas – though their packing lists were rather different. In the hands of an amorous young man, […]
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Writing Europe, 500-1450
Dr Orietta Da Rold has contributed to a new book, Writing Europe, 500-1450. Medieval Europe was characterized by a sophisticated market for the production, exchange and sale of written texts. This volume brings together papers on a range of topics, centred on manuscript studies and textual criticism, which explore these issues from a pan-European perspective. […]
Continue ReadingSamuel Johnson Prize Longlist
Congratulations to Dr Robert Macfarlane, who has made the long-list for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction with his book Landmarks. Read more from the guardian here. See also reviews in: The Observer The Guardian The Telegraph The Irish Times The Spectator Times Higher Education The London Review of Books Publishing Director of Hamish Hamilton […]
Continue ReadingBritish Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2015
The British Academy has announced its timetable for this year’s Postdoctoral Fellowships competition, with a first stage closing date of 5pm on 7th October. If you are thinking of making an application for a Fellowship at Cambridge in the Faculty of English or Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, we advise that you make informal […]
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