Insurgent Empire shows how Britain’s enslaved and colonial subjects were not merely victims, but also agents whose resistance both contributed to their own liberation and shaped British ideas about freedom and who could be free. Link to more information about ‘Insurgent Empire’.
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Congratulations to Helen Murphy for winning the CUP Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences prize in technology-enabled learning for her work on CamGuides
Helen was awarded the prize, which is for excellence in technology-enabled learning, at the Pilkington Teaching Prizes Awards Ceremony on 25 June 2019. Link to further information about the prize. Link to more information about CamGuides, and the Cambridge Information Literacy Network, of which this is a product.
Continue ReadingUniversity of Cambridge Creative Writing Festival on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June 2019, Madingley Hall
In the second year of the University of Cambridge Centre for Creative Writing’s partnership with the BBC we will celebrate the short story through a wide range of events with award-winning authors, publishers, agents and judges. There will be talks, workshops, panel discussions and conversation with authors including Tessa Hadley (in conversation with Dame Gillian […]
Continue ReadingFaculty of English collaborates with the Prince’s Teaching Institute on an English Enrichment Residential in Cambridge, 29 June-1 July 2019
The Faculty is collaborating with the Prince’s Teaching Institute (https://www.ptieducation.org/) on an English Enrichment Residential in Cambridge, 29 June-1 July. Members of the Faculty have been working with the PTI to deliver research-led, academically inspiring CPD to secondary-school teachers for over a decade. By helping teachers to re-engage with the academic subject they love, the […]
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