On Monday 6th March at 11am on BBC Radio 4, Dr Sarah Dillon will present the first in a three part documentary series exploring literary and scientific imaginings of Mars. Seeing is Believing is Episode 1 of We Are the Martians, and will be available to listen again on the BBC iplayer. […]
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Dr Joe Moshenska Speaks About ‘A Stain in the Blood’ At The Lichfield Literary Festival, 4 March 2017
Dr Joe Moshenska speaks about his book, A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby, at the Lichfield Literary Festival on Saturday 4 March. http://www.lichfieldfestival.org/events.htm
Continue ReadingDr Jennifer Wallace Talks At The Inaugural Tragic Film Festival, 5 March 2017
“Tragic Decisions and Historical Forces”: an after-film talk by Dr Jennifer Wallace at the inaugural tragic film festival (London SadFest 2017) at Genesis Cinema, Mile End, London. Sunday 5 March. London SadFest, 3-5 March 2017, is a unique film festival that celebrates and explores the world of sad films. http://www.londonsadfest.com/
Continue ReadingPOETRY PERFORMANCE SERIES #3: Jeschke/Beynon~Spott~Kemp~Smeaton, Drama Studio, Faculty of English, 3 March 2017
POETRY PERFORMANCE SERIES #3: JESCHKE/BEYNON ~ SPOTT ~ KEMP ~ SMEATON Drama Studio, Faculty of English, 3 March 2017 Book table LISA JESCHKE & LUCY BEYNON Have made theatre together since 2007, in Cambridge, London, Berlin, etc. Some of it has been published, including David Cameron (Shit Valley Press, 2015). VERITY SPOTT Is a poet and musician based in Brighton, […]
Continue ReadingDr Joe Moshenska’s ‘A Stain in the Blood’ Published In Paperback, 2 March 2017
The paperback of Dr Joe Moshenska’s book on Sir Kenelm Digby, ‘A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby’ is published on 2 March. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1097776/a-stain-in-the-blood/9780099591764/
Continue ReadingProfessor Steven Connor Discusses ‘Living By Numbers’ at ‘Words By The Water’, March 2017
Steven Connor discusses his book Living by Numbers at the Words By The Water Festival of Literature and Ideas, Keswick, on 3rd March 2017.
Continue ReadingLiterature Cambridge Presents Literature Study Days At Stapleford Granary
Literature Cambridge presents Literature Study Days at Stapleford Granary. Lectures by Cambridge academics, open to the public. Booking essential. Saturday 25 February – Alice in Space. Gillian Beer and Zoe Jaques Bookings: https://staplefordgranary.org.uk/whats-on/lcaas17-alice-in-space.aspx Saturday 18 March – Tragedy: Past and Present. Jennifer Wallace, Adrian Poole, Alison Hennegan Bookings: https://staplefordgranary.org.uk/whats-on/lctd16-tragedy,-past-and-present.aspx Saturday 29 April – Reading Pride […]
Continue ReadingDr Sophie Seita Presents her Work at the University of Southampton, February 2017
Dr Sophie Seita is invited to present her work at the University of Southampton, as part of a new poetry and performance series called Entropics, curated by Dr Sarah Hayden: https://entropicsblog.wordpress.com/ Monday 27 February 2017
Continue ReadingDr Ewan Jones Organises Colloquium, ‘The Digital Archive Today’, 6 March 2017 – Registration Now Open
What possibilities and challenges does the digital age pose for the cultural archive? How do the portals through which we approach the text (tags, hyperlinks, indexes) change the nature of what we access? How can computational technologies not merely represent, but also remediate, large corpora or datasets. How might current and prospective projects distinguish themselves […]
Continue ReadingDr Mina Gorji Discusses John Clare On ‘In Our Time’, 9 February 2017
Dr Mina Gorji joins Melvyn Bragg on ‘In Our Time‘ to discuss the poet, John Clare. Listen to the repeat on BBC Radio 4 at 9.30pm, Thursday 9 February.
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