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.
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Dr 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.
Continue ReadingNina Ellis wins an Editors’ Choice Award in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
Congratulation to Nina Ellis on winning an Editors’ Choice Award in the annual Raymond Carver Short Story Contest for ‘The Kingdom of the Shades’, a queer tale of love and loss, about ballet dancers and ghosts wandering around Rome at night. ‘The Kingdom of the Shades’ will be published in the forthcoming Fall Issue of […]
Continue ReadingDr Subha Mukherji gives an invited talk at the conference ‘Between the Labyrinth and the Way of Light: Early Modern Metaphors of Knowledge and Johannes Amos Comenius’, September 2021
The title of Dr Mukherji’s talk is “Wandering Mazes”: The Labyrinth as a Knowing Metaphor in Renaissance Culture. Link to conference programme: https://www.flu.cas.cz/images/akce/prednasky_seminare/2021/metaphors_program_A5_net.pdf]
Continue ReadingAre you thinking of applying to @Cambridge_Uni to study English? Registration now open for September Open Days, including course presentation, live Q&A and chat
The next Cambridge Virtual Open Days will take place on 13-26 September 2021. The programme of events for English is as follows: Course presentation and sample lecture (pre-recorded): available 13-26 September Live Q&A webinar: 16 September, 1pm-1.40pm Live chat: 16 September, 2pm-3pm For further information and to sign up to live sessions: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/cambridge-open-days/programme
Continue ReadingJohn Kinsella and Tracy Ryan Prize Winners Announced
Churchill College has announced the winners of the 2021 John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan Poetry Prize and Other Prize: Poetry Prize Winner: Talin Tahajian, for her poem ‘New Year Poem’ ‘Other’ Drama Prize Winner: Chakira Alin, for her play ‘Heroes’ ‘Other’ Drama Prize Runner-up: Joe Venable, for his play ‘Rapture’. Talin Tahajian is a Postgraduate […]
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