Writing by Sound: Pitman’s Phonographic Shorthand charts something of the extraordinary ambition of Isaac Pitman’s attempt to create and popularise a system of writing in which the ‘very sound of every word is made VISIBLE.’ Pitman’s innovation was to develop a shorthand system with a phonetic rather than orthographic basis; a way of recording speech […]
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Dr Mina Gorji at Cambridge University Botanic Garden Festival of Plants, 14 May 2016
Dr Mina Gorji gave a talk entitled John Clare’s Ragwort: Weeds and Wildflowers at the 2016 Festival of Plants which took place at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens on Saturday 14 May.
Continue Reading“Being Interdisciplinary in Animal Studies: a Postgraduate Symposium”: Abi L Glen Presents Paper
This AHRC-funded, invitation-only symposium, organised by the University of Strathclyde, takes place in Central Glasgow on May 18-19 2016. Abi L Glen presents a paper on the importance of, and difficulties in navigating, the synthesis of art historical and literary approaches to medieval animal studies. The symposium takes place just before the next British Animal […]
Continue Reading“American Stuff”: American Literature Graduate Symposium, 14 May 2016, Faculty of English
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 […]
Continue ReadingDr Joe Moshenska’s ‘A Stain in the Blood’ Published on May 4 2016 by Heinemann
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 […]
Continue Reading‘The Other Side: An Audiophonic Séance’ at the Judith E Wilson Drama Studio, 12 May 2016
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 […]
Continue ReadingDr Orietta Da Rold: Keynote Lecture at University of Alicante, 3 May 2016
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’.
Continue ReadingDr Rob MacFarlane Praises Choice of Nan Shepherd as Face of Scottish £5 Note
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 […]
Continue ReadingJ H Prynne Gives Judith E Wilson Poetry Lecture, 2016
Mr J H Prynne gives the Judith E Wilson Poetry Lecture, 2016, at 5pm on Thursday 5 May. The title of the lecture is ‘Reading Kazoo’. The venue is Little Hall, Sidgwick Site. All are welcome. Enquiries: Drew Milne – agm33@cam.ac.uk
Continue ReadingDr Edward Wilson-Lee Awarded Leverhulme Fellowship for 2016/17
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 […]
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