The pre-arrival resource for taught Master’s students, CamGuides, was recently announced as a runner-up for the Digital Award for Information Literacy 2019. Link to CamGuides. Link to further information about Digital Award for Information Literacy 2019. CamGuides was written and developed by Helen Murphy (English Faculty Library Manager) with support from the University’s Language Centre. […]
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Dr Zoë Svendsen speaks at ‘Ecological Issues and Environmental Problems in Theatre and Performing Arts’, Bratislava, 4-9 May 2019,
Dr Zoë Svendsen speaks at Ecological Issues and Environmental Problems in Theatre and Performing Arts, an international conference taking place in Bratislava, Slovakia, 4-9 May 2019. Link to conference programme.
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright speaks at a workshop on ‘The Literary Heritage of Anglo-Dutch Relations 1050-1600’, University of Cambridge, 3 May 2019
Dr Laura Wright speaks at a workshop on ‘The Literary Heritage of Anglo-Dutch Relations 1050-1600’, which takes place at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, on 3 May 2019. This workshop is part of a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and the University of Bristol to explore the contacts between Dutch and English speakers in the Middle […]
Continue ReadingFelicity Sheehy awarded the 2019 Jane Martin Poetry Prize
Felicity Sheehy, a PhD student in English at King’s College, has been awarded the 2019 Jane Martin Poetry Prize, sponsored by Girton College. The prize was judged by Adam Crothers and Hilary Davies and was open to UK resident poets ages 18-30. It was established in 2010 in memory of Girton alumna Jane Elizabeth Martin. […]
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright speaks at the Docklands History Group Annual Conference, Museum of London, 18 May 2019
Dr Laura Wright speaks about ‘Language and London Bridge’ at the Docklands History Group Annual Conference on Saturday 18 May 2019. The conference looks at ‘The Medieval Port of London’, and takes place at the Museum of London. A link to the conference website and programme.
Continue ReadingDr Jason Scott-Warren and Professor Caroline van Eck convene ‘Exuviae: Distributing the Self in Images and Objects’, CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 10-11 May 2019
‘Exuviae: Distributing the Self in Images and Objects’ celebrates the 21st birthday of Alfred Gell’s Art and Agency and takes place at CRASSH, University of Cambridge, from Friday 10 May-Saturday 11 May 2019. The convenors are Dr Jason Scott-Warren and Professor Caroline van Eck. Link to further information and registration.
Continue ReadingDr Michael D. Hurley runs postgraduate workshop on the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, University of St Andrews, 26 April 2019
Dr Michael D. Hurley will be running a postgraduate workshop on the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins with Dr Stephen Tardif (University of Toronto) at the University of St Andrews on Friday 26th April. https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/poetry-workshop-reading-gerard-manley-hopkins-sj/
Continue ReadingProfessor John Kerrigan speaks at ‘On Suffering’, a conference at New York University, April 2019
John Kerrigan talks about the representation of migrant experience in contemporary poetry, drama, film and also NGO reports and journalism at a conference On Suffering being held at New York University on 18 and 19 April.
Continue ReadingDr Sarah Haggarty publishes new book on William Blake, March 2019
William Blake in Context has just been published by Cambridge University Press. Its thirty eight essays, written by an international team of scholars, offer new interpretations and detailed analysis of a range of Blake’s work, from song to myth to critical prose and more, including his drawings, engravings, illustrations, paintings, manuscripts, and of course, illuminated […]
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright is a speaker at ‘Multilingual practices from antiquity to the present day’, a round-table at the University of Oslo, 29-30 April 2019
Dr Laura Wright is a speaker at ‘Multilingual practices from antiquity to the present day’, a round-table at the University of Oslo, 29-30 April 2019 https://www.hf.uio.no/multiling/english/news-and-events/events/conferences/2019/multilingualism-from-antiquity-to-the-present-day/index.html
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