In a new blog for the BBC Academy website, Dr Sarah Dillon – 2013 BBC New Generation Thinker and now presenter of Close Reading on BBC Radio 4’s Open Book and BBC Radio 3’s documentary series Literary Pursuits – reflects on the challenges and rewards of balancing broadcasting and academia.
Continue ReadingMonth: April 2016
“Discipline and Excess” Conference at the Faculty of English, April 15, 2016
On April 15, the English Faculty hosts Discipline and Excess, a graduate and early-career conference exploring boundaries and their transgression in English literature until 1750. Dr Helen Barr, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, gives the concluding talk.
Continue ReadingDr Kasia Boddy Convenor for CRASSH Symposium Books in the Making
Dr Kasia Boddy is a Convenor for the CRASSH Symposium, Books in the Making, 14-15 April 2016, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge. This interdisciplinary symposium brings together key players in the book trade and academics from a range of disciplines, and seeks to expand and enrich understanding of contemporary literary production by considering the consequences for […]
Continue ReadingGary Zhexi Zhang – Artists Residency with PRAKSIS, Oslo
Gary Zhexi Zhang is selected for an artist’s residency with PRAKSIS, Oslo, for a month from March 21 2016. The residency, led by David Blandy & Larry Achiampong, investigates ideas of identity in digital societies.
Continue ReadingLydia Davis, Author and Translator, Winner of the Man Booker International Prize – 2016 Graham Storey Lecture
Lydia Davis gives the 2016 Graham Storey Lecture on Monday 2 May, at the Faculty of English. The title of her lecture is “Bob, Son of Battle: Translating a Children’s Classic from English into English”. The lecture starts at 5pm and all are welcome. Lydia Davis is an acclaimed American fiction writer. She has won […]
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