Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Monday 1st May, 5 – 6.30 Faculty of English, 9 West Road, GR06/07,  The Annual Kathleen Hughes Memorial Lecture,  The Moral Economy in Early Medieval Ireland Dr Elizabeth Boyle, Maynooth University This event will be live-streamed, registration is required:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpd-CuqT0jH9RCuNOasu5yyXwn40Qk_LHX A reception will follow in the Faculty of English […]

Gylphi Contemporary Writers: Ali Smith Symposium Wednesday 26 April, 10:00 – 18:00 GR06/07 Faculty of English, Gylphi Contemporary Writers: Ali Smith Symposium, a one-day symposium. Keynote: Dr Kaye Mitchell (Director of the Centre for New Writing, University of Manchester). This symposium, which will be attended by the author herself, intends to explore the critical and […]

‘Past Mirth, Present Laughter?: Forms of Comedy 1300-1900: This event will be taking place on the 4th May, 9:30-18:00 English Faculty,  GR06/07 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP ‘Past Mirth, Present Laughter?’ is a postgraduate Conference which seeks to bring the comic works of the past back into the critical spotlight of the present-day academy. ‘[One] […]

As Visiting Professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, Professor Hurley will offer lectures and seminars across a broad curriculum. The Professorship is also an opportunity to engage with the University’s postgraduate research community, and to collaborate with academic staff in the Faculté des Lettres, notably Professor Alexis Tadié, with whom Professor Hurley shares cross-disciplinary interests […]

Tuesday 2nd May, 5.00-7.00 (launch), and then at selected times until 10th May: REFORMATIONS, an exhibition of wearable artwork about bodies, memory, text and transformation. The pieces in this show have been made by Jane Partner, Fellow in English at Trinity Hall and are exhibited in the college’s stunning Elizabethan Old Library, where they are presented […]

Bhanu Kapil | Incubation: A Space For Monsters Tuesday, April 25th 2023 7pm-10pm For the launch of Bhanu Kapil’s Incubation: a space for monsters, Prototype presents readings and performances from Bhanu Kapil & Blue Pieta (featuring musicians/performers Yasmin Rai & Nina Harries), Sarona Abuaker, Sandeep Parmar, Azad Ashim Sharma and Stephanie Sy-Quia. Link to further […]

Bonnie Lander Johnson chaired a discussion with Booker-Prize winner Eleanor Catton at the Cambridge Literary Festival. They discussed Catton’s most recent eco-thriller, Birnam Wood and the politics of land ownership, conservation and big tech.

300 school children aged 11-18 came to Cambridge for a day of writing with YA author, Manjeet Mann and Downing Fellow in English, Bonnie Lander Johnson. Students were given a college tour, an introduction to English at Cambridge, and an opportunity to read their work from the big stage. Quentin Blake (English and Downing alum) […]

Ted Tregear’s first book, Anthologizing Shakespeare, 1593–1603, is published by Oxford University Press in April 2023. Between 1599 and 1601, no fewer than five anthologies appeared in print with extracts from Shakespeare’s works. Some featured whole poems, while others chose short passages from his poems and plays, gathered alongside lines on similar topics by his […]