Dr Jarrett’s book, Mathematics and Late Elizabethan Drama, has just been published with Palgrave Macmillan, in their series of books on Literature, Science and Medicine. It is the first book to examine the influence that sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century mathematical thinking exerted on the writing and production of early modern drama. It examines how the […]
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Join us at the Judith E. Wilson Studio as we welcome back English and Robinson College alumnus, Toby Marlow, 12pm-1.30pm, 22 January 2020
Toby Marlow in conversation Graduate Drama and Performance Seminar Judith E. Wilson Studio 12:00-1:30pm 22nd January 2020 Join us at the Judith E. Wilson Studio as we welcome back English and Robinson College alumnus, Toby Marlow. He is one half of the writing duo behind ‘SIX’, a pop concert musical about the six wives of […]
Continue ReadingMigrant Knowledge, Early Modern and Beyond
Migrant Knowledge, Early Modern and Beyond Convened by Subha Mukherji, Rowan Williams, Natalya Din-Kariuki and Carla Suthren By Dr Subha Mukherji Between clusters of stars And the borders of a river Yousif Qasmiyeh Unattached as tumble weed W.H. Auden People, things, ideas and languages have crossed borders since the earliest of times. Such passages […]
Continue ReadingDr Mina Gorji contributes to ‘John Clare’s Scraping’, BBC Sounds, 12 January 2020.
Dr Mina Gorji contributes to ‘John Clare’s Scraping’, first broadcast on BBC Sounds on Sunday 12 January 2020. For the 200th anniversary of John Clare’s poems, this programme takes a look at the music and songs he gathered. For more information and to listen to the programme go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000d6sh
Continue ReadingDr Jennifer Wallace speaks on the keynote Presidential Panel at the MLA convention in Seattle, 10 January 2020
Jennifer Wallace speaks on the keynote Presidential Panel at the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) convention in Seattle on Friday 10th January, on the subject of “Being Human”. https://mla.confex.com/mla/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8184
Continue ReadingJerusalem in Exile: Artist’s Books by Kamal Boullata, 24 January-13 March 2020, West Court Gallery, Jesus College
This exhibition celebrates the life and work of the Jerusalem-born artist Kamal Boullata (1942—2019), and is curated by Claudia Tobin and the artist’s wife, Lily Farhoud. It centres on Boullata’s handmade artist’s books and silk screen prints, which explore the interplay between poetry and image, and convergences of colour and architecture. At the centre of […]
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