The second in a three-part series titled Pride or Prejudice: How We Read Now and presented by Professor Abigail Williams (University of Oxford), the programme explores the reading and teaching of novels in an era of content warnings, cancel culture and calls to decolonise the curriculum. Dr McCarthy is one of several academics who contributed […]
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Dissident Histories of Pakistan: joint virtual launch of The South Asian Resource and Research Centre Archive & Revolutionary Papers Digital Teaching Tools, 1 Nov 2021
Dissident Histories of Pakistan We would like to invite you to a joint virtual launch of The South Asian Resource and Research Centre (SARRC) Archive & Revolutionary Papers (RP) Digital Teaching Tools 1 Nov 2021, 1:30-3:15 PM (GMT + 1) via Zoom The event, which will be live translated into Urdu and English, is part […]
Continue ReadingKasia Boddy and Bonnie Lander Johnson receive University funding to explore the history of Cambridge’s involvement in saffron production and consumption
Kasia Boddy and Bonnie Lander Johnson have received a grant from the University’s Research & Collections Programme for funding within the Materiality Research Growth Network to explore ‘Cambridge Saffron’. The project is to examine the history of Cambridge’s involvement in saffron production and consumption, both locally and globally. Working with colleagues in the UL, the […]
Continue ReadingTrudi Tate was in conversation with Merve Emre about Merve’s new annotated edition of Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’
Trudi Tate (Affiliated Lecturer and Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall) was in conversation with Oxford scholar Merve Emre about Merve’s new annotated edition of Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway. The event was hosted by Waterstones bookshop in Cambridge on 15 October 2021.
Continue ReadingDr Orietta Da Rold gives the 2021 Sandars Lectures, November 2021
The Sandars Readership in Bibliography is one of the most prestigious honorary posts to which book historians, librarians and researchers can be appointed. Those elected deliver a series of lectures on their chosen subject, and Dr Orietta Da Rold will be speaking on the subject of ‘Paper Past and Paper Future’: Lecture One – Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingJoin Professor Sarah Dillon and Dr Claire Craig for the launch of their new book ‘Storylistening: Narrative Evidence and Public Reasoning’, 25 November 2021
The two authors will talk to Bennett Professor of Public Policy Diane Coyle about the urgent need to use stories to improve public reasoning. They will share a theory and practice of listening to narratives where decisions are strongly influenced by contentious knowledge and powerful imaginings in areas such as climate change, artificial intelligence, […]
Continue ReadingDr Jennifer Wallace invited to speak on “Poets and Philhellenes” at event to mark 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, October 2021
Dr Jennifer Wallace has been invited to speak about “Poets and Philhellenes” at the Greek Embassy in London on 26 October at an event to mark the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution. Click here for further information and to register.
Continue ReadingDr Diarmuid Hester (Emmanuel) has won first prize in the Humanities Innovation Week competition
Run by Cambridge Enterprise, the competition helps researchers to develop their innovative ideas into products or services that will have impact outside academia. Diarmuid’s winning entry was ‘Prick Up Your Ears: cultural history audio trails’. From the press release: Diarmuid’s cultural history audio trails allow listeners to head out onto the streets to immerse themselves […]
Continue ReadingArticle by Molly Becker published in the Journal of American Studies
Molly Becker’s article, ‘Talking American in the Midwest: Lingustic Diversity and Authenticity in the Twentieth-Century United States’, has just been published in the Journal of American Studies. Link to the article. Molly Becker is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of English and Downing College.
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